Children will take a tour around the gardens to look at and sketch the wonderful trees and plants

Enjoy the stories that bring Lanyon Homestead to life, with this 30 minute tour of the Lanyon Homestead precinct and outbuildings.

Did you know Grace Cossington-Smith once made art at Lanyon?

What type of music did teenagers play and dance to in 1850? 

Learn techniques to source and design with seasonal, local wildflowers and garden flowers.

All materials provided, take away two of…

Make a handy device used by farmers to shift mobs of livestock when they don’t have a dog of the…

Outdoor Heritage Tours of Lanyon and Cuppacumbalong Homesteads

Explore the interconnected history of these two gorgeous homestead sites

TOUR Part…

OUTDOOR HERITAGE TOURS of Lanyon and Cuppacumbalong Homesteads
Explore the interconnected history of these two gorgeous homestead sites.

TOUR Part…

Create beautiful wearable jewellery using succulent plants with designer Tracey Andriolo.

Learn tips and tricks to create living, green wearable…

An exhibition featuring Australian wildflower floral designs by floristry students from Canberra Institute of Technology.

Cuppacumbalong Homestead, Tharwa

ACT Historic…

Enjoy High Tea or Lunch at the Barracks during Floriade!

Lanyon Homestead is a main Floriade site this year. Immerse yourself in the gardens at Lanyon Homestead as the…

We will bring the Mugga Mugga precinct to life, with this 30 minute tour of the landscape, learning about early Canberran settlement.

We will bring Calthorpes' House to life, with this 30 minute tour of the beautiful garden, learning about 20th century life in Canberra.