Coucals Garden

Coucals of Mount Crosby is situated 30 klms west of Brisbane, Australia in the D’Aquilar ranges.

The 4 acres have been landscaped using tonnes of Helidon Sandstone..
The raised garden beds are flanked by 30 metre Spotted Gums and many other native trees originally situated on the property.

These gardens have been created by Jim and Jan with just the aid of a Bob Cat machine to move some of the larger rocks.

Jan designed and worked the gardens with Jim cutting rocks and building the many gazebos and seating areas.

A sloping hillside property with huge gums and views of the D’Aguilar ranges.
A variety of gardens incorporating various themes displaying a wide range of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate planting that is unified by the natural sandstone edging. We use no herbicides or pesticides and welcome insects.

Visitors can discover these garden areas via meandering paths and steps leading you on a journey of discovery, or quiet contemplation should you wish to sit in one of the many seating areas and just take in the bird calls, perfumes and natural beauty of the bush land setting.
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The gardens include:

Perennial Garden
Rose Garden
Rainforest Walk
Circular Terraces
Conifer Walk
Ponds
Lagoon
Bog garden
Bromeliad & Orchid Garden
Succulent Garden
Gravel Garden
Orchid & Wisteria Courtyard
Palm Border
Gazebos
Seating areas
Olive Grove/West slope
100 metre Mixed Border
Waterfall garden
Fairy garden
Vegetable garden
Bulb terrace
Bambooserie
Native Terraces/The East Slope
The Tropical house

Brisbane enjoys a Sub-tropical climate with temperatures between 0-20 degrees Celsius in Winter which is June to August. The rainfall is low during these winter months and our driest time is Spring which begins late August

The Summer rains start about October and go through to April. It is most humid (60%-90%) between December to February. Temperatures during this time are generally around the low to mid 30 degrees Celsius with a night time temperature around 20 degrees Celsius.

Our autumn (March to May) is just a ‘cooling off’ period with most leaf and bark drop in early spring or during dry times.