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
Steven Wells’ Melbourne garden
Category: Melbourne
Cruden Farm: My favourite garden in the world
Bright, autumn colours combined in a surprisingly delightful way with bold succulents at Cruden Farm
I think I have found it. A garden that scores 100 out of 100. Even in dreary old late autumn. Continue reading
The Challenge of Using Burgundy Foliage
Beautiful corner of Ros McCully’s Camberwell garden
I’ve had a strange relationship with burgundy foliage for the last five years. In 2010, I tried to buy a purple smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria) at my local Bunnings, only to be told, by a sixty-something Continue reading
Natives: 3 Tips for a High Impact Australian Garden
The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
I’m just back from the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne in Victoria, and with every visit I leave feeling incredibly inspired, but just a little bit sad. Inspired, because they are drop dead gorgeous. Continue reading
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne: A new experience every time
A shady spot by the river, perfect for a picnic
You could be forgiven for thinking this was the Murray River, meandering its way through rural Australia. But no, it is inner city Melbourne. The Botanic Gardens, no less.
These gardens span 38 hectares, quite something when Continue reading
Floating in Cloudehill Heaven
Sherbrooke bushland, on the road to Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges
My extremely green-fingered friend had told me that Cloudehill was her favourite Australian garden and so it was with much excitement that I drove up the steep, winding road to Olinda. Continue reading
The best garden designer in Australia?
Arriving at Cameron Paterson’s Toorak garden
When I arrived at Cameron Paterson’s Toorak garden I was expecting to see something that was nice enough. I had seen a few pleasant pictures online, but you know, they don’t always Continue reading
‘Woodcote’: Five gardens in one
Stoneware jar peeps out from the Helichrysum under the peach tree at Woodcote – the colour combinations are superb
Sandra McMahon is a woman after my own heart. A landscape designer from Melbourne, her love of plants shines through brightly as you stroll through her home garden. This is not a garden of expensive Continue reading
Melbourne Garden Design Fest: Comparisons with Sydney
Natives and succulents at the entrance to Cameron Paterson’s Toorak Garden at the Melbourne Garden Design Fest 2014
This weekend saw the sixth Garden Design Fest in Melbourne and I was lucky enough to be able to pop down for the day to see as many gardens as I could. Continue reading
