In 2001 a major move was made from Leura, where the family had lived for 25 years, to the beautiful rural hamlet of Yetholme, on the western slopes of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
Although the farm is small - twenty five acres - it offers plenty of potential for horticultural development and the pastures are slowly regenerating after years of grazing. Local fauna is being encouraged on to the property!
Eventually Mary plans to open the garden to the public and to restore the old community hall that nestles behind the farmhouse to run a series of garden workshops.
Known as 'Glenray Park', the farm is located at the old staging settlement of Yetholme. Over the past five years, Mary has developed an extensive ornamental garden.
The settlement was originally designated to be a busy community, with an historic inn (still standing) where stagecoaches travelling west would stop to rest overnight. In anticipation of an expanding population a schoolhouse and church were built, however when the highway was rerouted and cars replaced horses, plans for Yetholme never eventuated.
The house was built by Mabel Walshaw in the early 19th century and was originally called ‘Ickleton’. The name was changed in the 1970’s when the property was taken over by the local charitable organization Glenray Industries and used as a residential farm for disabled adults.
These days the handsome old house is nestled in park-like gardens with a plant nursery and extensive poultry yards for geese, ducks and chickens. Frying Pan Creek runs through front of the property – at the moment lined with rogue Poplars - and soon to be restored and regenerated with native species. There are two dams and an underground spring that provide water for the farm, even in times of drought.
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anticipation of an expanding population a schoolhouse and church were built, however when the highway was rerouted and cars replaced horses, plans for Yetholme never eventuated.
the local charitable organization Glenray Industries and used as a residential farm for disabled adults. 
front of the property – at the moment lined with rogue Poplars - and soon to be restored and regenerated with native species.