Ferndale Park is located in suburban Chatswood, 8 km (5 mi) from the centre of Sydney, Australia.

Average annual rainfall is 1,200 mm (47 in) at the nearby Chatswood Bowling Club.

[4] Soils are moderately fertile, based on Hawkesbury sandstone and Ashfield Shale.

[8] Noteworthy indigenous flora includes the blackbutt,[3] tree heath, celery wood, coachwood, native crabapple and hard corkwood.

Birds such as brushturkeys, rainbow lorikeets, Australian king parrots, crimson rosellas, currawongs, owlet-nightjar, koel, tawny frogmouth, pacific baza[11] and powerful owl[12] are some of the many found in the park.