The proposal to revitalise Blundells Cottage in Kings Park, is part of a master plan prepared by the National Capital Authority which hopes to bring more visitors to the tourist attraction.

The plan, which is available for public comment is on the NCA's website until the end of May. It shows what the cottage might look like and includes better views of the property, new gardens and even public art displays.

NCA chief executive Malcolm Snow said Blundells Cottage was an important part of Canberra's heritage.

"As custodians of Blundells Cottage, we were mindful of the fact that its history goes back to the early settlement of Canberra in the 1860s and of its significance as one of the few remaining stone worker's dwellings," he said.

"We thought it was timely to look at the landscape around this important building and put forward some proposals and seek community feedback about how to enhance and strengthen those pre-existing place values,'' he said.

Mr Snow said the landscape around Blundells Cottage had not been managed as well as it could have been.

"We've allowed vegetation and other soft landscape elements to weaken the visitor experience," he said.

"Much of what we're proposing is to reinstate a visitor experience which ensures the cottage and its landscape will enable people to interpret exactly what happened over the life of the cottage's use."

Mr Snow said the installation of public art was an opportunity to ''reshape the landscape in a way that provides some really wonderful creative opportunities".

The plan includes pictures of public art of hay bales and bee hives. It also includes pictures of stepping stones across a creek, a vegetable patch and potato fields.

Mr Snow said the current landscape made Blundells Cottage "in many respects, invisible". The plan aimed to make the cottage more visible to visitors.

It also proposes a new visitor building which includes a classroom for up to 30 students, office facilities for NCA education staff and public amenities.

Mr Snow said the proposed improvements to Blundells Cottage would also make it easier and safer for people to visit the property.

"At the moment, there are problems with the interface between cars, pedestrians and cyclists and the plan makes some recommendations about the way we can improve the visitor experience," he said.

Mr Snow also hoped the proposed changes would boost visitor numbers.

''People are interested in understanding our heritage and this is a reminder of that part of Canberra's history," he said.

One of the recommendations is for Blundells Cottage to be "reinterpreted" as a farmhouse, showing where the Blundell family had vegetable plots.

"There is strong evidence and support for removing the ornamental garden area around Blundells to unclutter the site and commence an understanding of the site as a cottage on a productive farm," the master plan says.

"The Blundells complex needs simplification and open access between the buildings is a new and compelling opportunity for a simple uncluttered space with wide stone steps and crushed granite low terraces cascading through the site linking the southern end of the Fenceline Walk to the Dirt Road Walk. This new space would benefit aesthetic appreciation of the buildings and greatly enhance the views south-east towards the Carillon and across to the Parliamentary vista. The remaining orchard trees to the south could be thinned and retained to open up views to the cottage from Kings Park to the south."

The plan, which is open to the public for comment until the end of May, can be accessed on the NCA's website.