OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Peter Rabbit Garden is located in the Coal River Valley on Riversdale Estate just a short drive from Hobart. Peter Rabbit Garden was created and inspired by Beatrix Potter's illustrations from her books, sketches, letters and journals. The design of the garden and all the items for sale had to conform to the requirements of the Beatrix Potter Society, and is the only Peter Rabbit Garden of its type in the Southern Hemisphere!

If you don't know much about Beatrix Potter, do a google search or watch the recent movie about her life - 'Miss Potter' starring Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter and Ewan McGreggor as Norman Warne. She was such a remarkable lady. An extremely talented artist but also a conservationist (the Lakes District) well before "saving the planet" was on anyone's agenda.

When our daughters, Jessica & Nicole, were little, we read Beatrix's books to them on a weekly if not nightly basis.

Mrs Tiggywinkle lived in our backyard. Every Easter, she provided Jess and Colie with much joy as they discovered the chocolate eggs that she so lovingly gave to them. Always located behind the Turpentine tree stump. I'm sure she had a helping hand from Peter, Benjamin, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail. Oh, and of course Mrs Rabbit! 

Suffice to say, the easter bunny was never required at our place.