Quince Jelly

Tucked away behind Jan Nitschke’s modest house in the centre of Cummins is a garden that reflects her true passion in life. The rambling series of ‘garden rooms’ are home to a remarkable collection of flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruit and nut trees and grape vines. Among them is an unusual grape variety grown from a cutting said to have been brought back from Gallipoli by a local soldier. ‘When the grapes are ripe you can go down in the garden and smell this beautiful perf