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Food, News, Weddings

A New Season at Flaxton Gardens

Ten Year Anniversary in 2019 Flaxton Gardens will be marking their Ten Year Anniversary of opening as a Sunshine Coast Hinterland Wedding Venue under the ownership and management of Alan Thompson in September 2019. This milestone will be marking a new season at Flaxton Gardens including an inspired new restaurant menu, an experienced team, a […]
2 years ago
Weddings

90 Days to Nuptials – Jocelyn and Daniel

How to Organise Your Wedding in 90 days Let’s get real – weddings are exhausting. Venues, celebrants, photographers and entertainers must be booked, the wedding dress needs to be purchased, the vows have to be written and so forth. With every detail, the average time it takes to plan a wedding is six to twelve […]
3 years ago
Food, Lifestyle

From Fulham to Flaxton, with a dash of Royalty

A Touch of Royalty comes to the Sunshine Coast Alan Thompson, Owner and Executive Chef at Flaxton Gardens, has had quite an illustrious career in haute cuisine, beginning with his training in New Zealand. Alan decided to pursue a career in London, working as Head Chef for a number of well-known chefs over several years […]
3 years ago
Weddings

Naomi and Ross – An Italian Affair

Our Dream Wedding Ross and Naomi were blessed with a magical yet cosy marriage at Flaxton Gardens in December, 2017. The weekday wedding had everything they could have wished for – summer weather, meaningful moments shared with family and an emotional ceremony. However, in their prior preparations, they were unsure which venue could handle such […]
3 years ago
Kurt Wyss Artist
Lifestyle

Flaxton Gardens decks the walls with Swiss Artworks

Kurt Wyss – Art Exhibition At Flaxton Gardens we love to showcase the work of our local Sunshine Coast artists in our Vineyard Restaurant as often as we can. Our current Art Exhibition is showcasing the lifetime work of Swiss painter, Kurt Wyss. Kurt’s work will be on display for a limited time, so don’t […]
3 years ago
Inspiration, Weddings

Carissa and Joshua – An Engagement with a Twist

Congratulations to Carissa and Joshua, who recently became Engaged at Flaxton Gardens and shared their love story with us below. The Introduction After being introduced by mutual friends whilst living and working in Saudi Arabia, and then dating for a while, they soon talked about getting married. Whilst still living overseas, Carissa and Joshua decided […]
3 years ago
Inspiration, Weddings

From Hair to Eternity – Sharmane and Daniel

The gorgeous Sharmane is often working on the other side of weddings as one of the team of hairstylists with Evalyn Parsons Hair. However this year, Sharmane experienced what it was like to be a bride when she married her sweetheart, Daniel at Flaxton Gardens. Having visited Flaxton Gardens at the Hinterland Wedding Summer Showcase earlier […]
3 years ago
Weddings

Flaxton Gardens Inspires Romance – Trish and David

Romance is Alive and Well at Flaxton Gardens Romance blossomed when Trish and David visited Flaxton Gardens one auspicious morning in the Christmas holidays. Although they weren’t yet engaged, the couple had previously discussed marriage and stopped by to check out the wedding options on offer. An impromptu proposal followed when the pair sat down […]
4 years ago
Food, Lifestyle

Drome-dairy Dessert with a Difference

Flaxton Gardens and QCamel put Camel Milk on the Menu Flaxton Gardens has recently partnered with a local Sunshine Coast Camel Milk dairy to bring to our customers a dessert with a difference! QCamel is a family-owned dairy near the Glasshouse Mountains and was the first to produce pasteurised Camel Milk in Australia. Lovingly made using […]
4 years ago
Weddings

Weekday Wedding – Marguerite and Glenn

Marguerite and Glenn were married at Flaxton Gardens in April this year, on the Thursday prior to the Easter long weekend. A fabulous idea incorporating a weekday wedding with a long weekend, enabling interstate guests to travel for the wedding and stay for the weekend on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. The Sunshine Coast Hinterland has […]
4 years ago
Food, Lifestyle

A Great Day Out in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland

Taking High Tea to the Next Level Recently we had the crew from the Channel 7 program, The Great Day Out filming at Flaxton Gardens and interviewing Mariana about our new Famous High Tea! Laurel Edwards was reviewing three quite different Sunshine Coast High Tea experiences, including Flaxton Gardens, Elements at Montville and Chocolate to Chilli. Each […]
4 years ago
News, Weddings

Celebrating Life’s Special Moments – Shel & Scotty

At Flaxton Gardens, we always love to celebrate life’s special moments, and particularly so when they are the special moments of our Bride 4 Life couples. Shel and Scotty were married at Flaxton Gardens in 2013 and we have recently discovered that they welcomed their first child in 2016 – a little boy named Max! […]
4 years ago
Jasmine Ballantyne at Flaxton Gardens
News

Waiting for her Big Break Dancing

Celebrating the Successes of our Staff Members At Flaxton Gardens, we love celebrating the successes of our employees. One of our newer staff members, Jasmine Ballantyne, recently participated in the International Hip Hop Competition, Dancer’s Paradise, in Cancun, Mexico competing against countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Korea and USA, winning First Prize with her […]
4 years ago
Visit Sunshine Coast at Flaxton Gardens
News

Visit Sunshine Coast Familiarisation Tour

We were visited in May by a fabulous team of volunteers from various Visitor Information Centres around the Sunshine Coast, lead by Bev Dooley of Visit Sunshine Coast. With the aim to experience Flaxton Gardens’ amazing hospitality, they were treated to Flaxton’s Famous High Tea. The group were then taken on a tour of the […]
4 years ago
Mad Hatter Tea Party
Events

Flaxton Gardens teams up with Todd & Sami

The inaugural Mad Hatters High Tea event was held on 30th April at Flaxton Gardens, with special guests, the amazing Todd and Sami from the Sunshine Coast’s 92.7 MixFM. It was a fabulous afternoon of a little bit of crazy thrown in with a lot of fun, delicious High Tea food and a glass of bubbly or two! […]
4 years ago
BMW Mini Countryman Launch at Flaxton Gardens
Events

BMW Mini Countryman Launch

BMW East Coast recently celebrated the launch of the new addition to their MINI Cooper range – the MINI Cooper Countryman – at Flaxton Gardens. BMW treated their guests to a beautiful Garden Party and displayed their MINI Cooper range at the venue.
4 years ago
Events, News

Vintage Calendar Girls & Jaguar Photoshoot

On the 27th April we were privileged to have the Vintage Calendar Girls at Flaxton Gardens for their first calendar photo shoot of the year for their 2018 Calendar. Sunshine Coast local stylist, Misty Bland, founded the Vintage Calendar Girls in February 2015 following the diagnosis of her husband, Rob, with a rare cancer, Chordoma. […]
4 years ago
Souffle at Vineyard Restaurant Flaxton Gardens
Food

New opening hours & new menus

We are pleased to announce some exciting changes to our Opening Hours and Menus. New Opening Hours: From  3rd January 2017 our open hours will be as follows: Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea: 7 days  – 10am – 3pm  Dinner: Thursday – Monday:  5:30pm – 8:30pm Happy Hour:  Thursday – Monday 5:00pm – 6.00pm New Menus: […]
4 years ago