What a difference a couple of weeks makes.
In early April, Hyde Park held a bare, wintery, twiggy outline. Two weeks on and it is quite literally bursting with life and leaf and luminosity. Continue reading
Michael McCoy’s Mount Macedon design
An imaginarily perfect garden, or a real life one?
You could be forgiven for thinking this was one of those ‘imaginary’ gardens. You know, the impossibly perfect ones you see on Pinterest – with no mention of Continue reading
Steven Wells’ Melbourne garden
Steven Wells’ home garden. Bliss!
I’ve so many ‘favourite’ gardens I really need to expand my vocab of adjectives. And so I’m assigning ‘cleverest’ to this next one: Steven Continue reading
Learnings from Marrakech
The serene Palais El Badiî, Marrakech, with sunken orchards
I’ve shared with you my two favourite gardens from Marrakech, Le Jardin Secret and Jardin Majorelle, but there were so many more that we saw and loved. I hadn’t Continue reading
Le Jardin Secret, Medina-Marrakech
Pops of colour at Le Jardin Secret, Marrakech
Oh, boy. We may not be having an awful lot of luck buying houses at the moment, but this week certainly made up for it. It just so happened that a brand new garden, Continue reading
Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech
We loved the sound of frogs and cute sunbathing turtles in and around the main pond at Jardin Majorelle
I’ve seen photos of Jardin Majorelle many times. It’s always struck me as an interesting garden, but not a ‘me’ garden. Too cactusy, too loud with its hard landscaping Continue reading
Cat Alley, Surry Hills
A rather snowy journey from Heathrow to my parents’
Well, we have arrived in England, to snow. I’m not quite sure what I did in a former life to deserve that, but today the sun is shining, Paul and I walked across the fields to a lovely Continue reading
Hello
I thought I’d just say a quick hello. I’ve missed you!
The last month has been a madly busy time of packing; condensing our belongings from a generously Australian-sized four bedroom house to a London-proportioned, two bedroom house; preparing for a Masters exam (the big day is tomorrow); writing an assignment; and, oh yes, running a business. As you can imagine, I’m exhausted.
And the whole of January went past with not a single garden visit to be had. Thank goodness for birthdays, is all I can say. The perfect excuse for a break and a treat and this morning my dear friends Catherine and Steven took me for coffee and cake by the Potting Shed, to the newly planted Sydney Park Wetlands and then to my favourite of all, Cat Alley Continue reading
Bay of Fires: Footprints and treasure
Lichen of so many colours bring life to these rocks at the Bay of Fires
Deserted beaches, fearless wildlife and flora so fitting to its surroundings I wondered why I bothered to ‘garden’ at all. These are the lasting memories of my Continue reading
The diverse vegetation of the Heaphy track
Phormium (New Zealand flax) just look perfect as a backdrop to the beach
Phormium, dear Phormium. Never shall I say a bad word about you again. I’ve seen you beachside, mountainside, roadside and bang in the middle of highly exposed plains. I’ve seen ancient Continue reading
Janna Schreier Garden Design 