Friends of the Garden
Become a Naturaliste Harvest Garden friend and support the work of the Naturaliste Sanctuary in rescuing abused and abandoned horses.It’s great fun and there’s a load of fantastic, money saving benefits.
Friends of the Garden
The Naturaliste Harvest Garden “Friends of the Garden” membership program is run by the Naturaliste Sanctuary, a registered charity dedicated to the rescue and recovery of abused and neglected horses.
Friends enjoy unlimited visits to the Harvest Garden and the Habitat Corridor throughout the year, as well as many other benefits including discounts in the Naturaliste Shop and our full merchandise range, exclusive Friends only events, complimentary tickets to our many events and early access to the Garden on Harvest Days.
There are so many reasons to become a Garden Friend. Every penny of membership goes directly to the charity to fund horse welfare and rescue.
Benefits
As a Friend of the Garden, you enjoy unlimited visits to the Garden and the Habitat Corridor as well as VIP parking on-site, complementary and early access tickets to our many popular events and discounts on a range of Sanctuary merchandise:
- Harvest Day – 4 per year (general visitor price $25 per adult)
- Christmas at the Harvest Garden (general visitor price $35 per adult)
- Naturaliste Shop discounts (15% discount on all merchandise items – on-sale items excluded)
- Banquet in the Breezeway – 10% discount (general visitor price $150 per adult)
- Nup-to-the-Cup Melbourne Cup luncheon – 10% discount (general visitor price $150 per adult)
- Ethology Afternoon Teas – 4 per year (general visitor price $35 per adult)
- Cinema at the Sanctuary – 1 per year (general visitor price $55 per adult)
- DunsBros and Leeuwin performances (general visitor price $12.50 per adult)
- 10% off for all Sanctuary run events, including catered events, guided estate walks, experience days and family events
- Early access to our exclusive heirloom seedling catalogue with a 10% discount on all Garden plant purchases. There’s also a forum for the free exchange of plants among Friends
- Special access to the Garden where Friends may visit the garden at times when it’s closed to the public.
For the botanically curious
Greenest thumb people are the bestest people. As part of a Friends membership, we encourage you to contribute to one of the most gorgeous, and delicious, gardens in the Margaret River region:
- Yearly planting varieties and calendar. We love the strange and unusual, as long as it’s delicious. We have more than 70 varieties of fruits, herbs, nuts and vegetables, which are organised into a yearly planting calendar. Friends are encouraged to help in the yearly growing planning and to maintain the planting calendar.
- Sourcing heirloom varieties. Purple artichokes, colossal asparagus, spineless okra, lolly pink caulis, M&M chillies and orange silverbeet – the once beloved, but now forgotten, varieties of delicious veggies are our love. Let us know your favourites.
- Organic ambassadors. We use organic gardening principles to boost the environment and sustainability, improve health and wellbeing and bolster food security. Friends are encouraged to share their organic growing tips and tricks.
- Architectural development of the Garden. We want the Harvest Garden to be the most glorious, and delicious, on the Naturaliste Coast. From formal, geometric design to experimentation with asymmetry and adventurous manipulation of space, form and colour, help us to create a garden of intimacy, beauty and function.
Friends of the Garden Benefits
We have packaged a load of great Sanctuary benefits exclusively available during the year* and only to Friends of the Garden members.
Exclusive Access
- Harvest Day passes – 4 per year (general visitor price $25 per adult).
- Christmas at the Harvest Garden (general visitor price $35 per adult).
- Ethology Afternoon Teas – 4 per year (general visitor price $35 per adult).
- Cinema at the Sanctuary – 1 per year (general visitor price $55 per adult).
- Early access to our exclusive heirloom seedling catalogue a month before the general public,
- DunsBros and Leeuwin performances (general visitor price $12.50 per adult).
VIP Discounts
- Naturaliste Shop discounts – 15% discount on all merchandise items – on-sale items excluded.
- Banquet in the Breezeway – 10% discount (general visitor price $150 per adult).
- Nup-to-the-Cup Melbourne Cup luncheon – 10% discount (general visitor price $150 per adult).
- Sanctuary run events, including catered events, guided estate walks, experience days and family events – 10% off.
- All Harvest Garden plant purchases – 15% discount.
Giveaways
- Friends of the Garden shirt and cap (these are limited edition and available only to FOG members).
- A framed sponsorship certificate (unless you just want the .pdf version which saves us a bit of money).
Connection
- Once a quarter, we hold a Friends of the Garden debrief morning tea in the conservatory where we discuss upcoming events in the Garden; share advice, ideas and inspiration; receive expert advice from qualified horticulturalists; plant next year’s garden and solve the (sometimes) many gardening problems we encounter in the Harvest Garden.
*Annual pass starts from the first day of membership and is valid for one calendar year.
Membership questions
How will I know what’s coming up at the Garden?
We’ll let you know in plenty of time about, and you will receive advance notice of, all our events. Our tickets go fast for most events which is why Friends receive advance notice.
As a Friends member when can I access the Garden or the Corridor?
When the garden is closed to the general public, we welcome Friends into the Garden or the Habitat Corridor by appointment between 10 am and 3 pm Monday to Thursday.
Which events will I get a discount on? Are there any events that are excluded?
You can purchase discounted event tickets for all events that are run by the Sanctuary. These discounts are described in your membership pack sent to you when you join and each year you renew and are confirmed on the Friends’ website.
The discount will not apply to events run by third parties, but held either in the Harvest Garden or at the Sanctuary.
Will Friends discounted guest tickets be available online or at the venue?
We would always advise you to book both your own cardholder tickets and any guest tickets online in advance, especially for the house when you will need to ensure both bookings are for the same time slot. However subject to availability, you can purchase tickets on arrival and apply the relevant Friends’ discount.
Can I use the event discount to purchase event tickets for my guests?
Event discounts are for members only. Unfortunately, membership benefits cannot be transferred to non-members.
Can I gift my Friends membership?
Yes, of course. If you decide that someone else could benefit from the use of your membership for that year, please contact us and we will happily transfer your membership to the nominated person. There is a nominal charge of $7.50 to cover printing costs of the new credentials, but apart from that, the membership will transfer on the calendar day of membership commencement of the next month.
In other words, if you request the transfer on May 15 and your membership started on the first, the membership will transfer on June 1.
Why do I have to buy a family membership if I only have one child?
With a simplified scheme it is not possible to offer a bespoke membership for each type of family group. We hope that the family membership will suit the needs of most families with children.
The family scheme is designed to be open and welcoming, and in the spirit of this, where you bring a single child we would be happy to welcome one or two additional child guests free of charge, whenever they visit with you.
How many children can I bring?
Family memberships include adult member’s children or grandchildren between the ages of 3-16, to the maximum of 3 children.
Does everyone on the membership need to live at the same address?
No, however each membership has a lead member. By default, we will send all communication about the membership to this member.
LIKE TO GET INVOLVED AT THE SANCTUARY?
Volunteer with us
Volunteering is essential to the ongoing operation and success of the Naturaliste Group and to successfully achieving our aims of horse rescue, welfare and advocacy.
Our volunteers play a critical role in delivering the Naturaliste Group’s charitable objectives. They volunteer in the Garden, the Habitat Corridor, at the Ethology Program, in the Naturaliste Shed, on Harvest Days and, most importantly, helping horses in the Sanctuary.
The Margaret River area abounds with community-minded individuals with a plethora of skills and we encourage them to contribute through on-going effort, one-off engagements and large-scale initiatives.
Our commitment to volunteers means our programs are rewarding, outcome-focussed, organised and well-run.
Please join us!
Join us at Harvest Day
REPORT ABUSE
Worried about a horse? If you’re concerned about a horse’s welfare, you can report this to us online. We’ll get back to you immediately.
