Gardens may be opening in a slightly different way in 2012.
We are aiming to have at least 15 gardens open in the Festival towns of Balingup, Manjimup, Bridgetown, Nannup and Donnybrook for the first four days of November 2012, ie Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 November.
The Prelude is planned to occur over the second weekend of October which would be from Friday 12 to Sunday 14.
"Autumn Delights", the autumn version of the Festival, may be staged on the basis of a very simple, no frills format for the first weekend of May (Friday 4 to Sunday 6 May) with gardeners' support.
More to follow as planning progresses.