Thursday, November 18, 2010

Cockington Green Gardens (Nicholls)


 

Cockington Green Gardens offers its visitors a venture into a delightful and fascinating display of meticulously crafted miniature buildings set within beautifully landscaped gardens. Cockington Green Gardens is a family owned and operated attraction, with four generations involved in its operation over the past 30 years.
Opened to the public in 1979, Cockington Green is one of Canberra’s landmark attractions, being a winner of an Australian Tourism Award and many local tourism industry awards in this time.
The park is constantly growing with the popular addition of the International display area, which complements the original English Village and its beautifully established gardens.

The main displays are featured in two sections: The Original Display Area and the International Display. Incorporated within the park are the Miniature Train displays and for something a little different, visit the dolls houses in the Rose Room Indoor Display

The idea for the MULTI award–winning Cockington Green was born in 1972. Upon visiting miniature villages while on an extended family holiday in the UK, founders Doug and Brenda Sarah returned to Australia inspired and undertook a feasibility study to developing a village of their own. Eighteen months later, they invited other family members to participate in the project, and the rest is history.

It is located at Gold Creek Village, 15km north of the city on Gold Creek Road, off the Barton Highway, Nicholls, Canberra.



by Sunny Sun

 

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