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Category: Melbourne

Steven Wells’ Melbourne garden

14 April 20162 May 201619 Comments
Steven Wells' home garden. Bliss!

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 →

Cruden Farm: My favourite garden in the world

11 May 201522 June 201618 Comments
Bright, autumn colours at Cruden Farm. Janna Schreier

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

11 March 201517 May 201620 Comments
Garden artwork in Melbourne. Janna Schreier

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

27 January 201517 May 201618 Comments
Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. Janna Schreier

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

23 January 201517 May 20169 Comments
Ornamental Lake at Melbourne Botanic Garden. Janna Schreier

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

20 January 201517 May 201611 Comments
Sherbrooke Memorial Gardens, Dandenong Ranges. Janna Schreier

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?

27 November 201417 May 201610 Comments
Succulents and natives in Melbourne

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

25 November 201417 May 20163 Comments
Stoneware jar garden ornamentation at Woodcote

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

20 November 201417 May 20162 Comments
Garden Design Fest - Cameron Paterson's Toorak Garden

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 →

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I’m based in West Oxfordshire, but I work with gardeners all over the place, in the UK and abroad. My style of working is to guide, rather than prescribe, and a fit on this level is much more important than location, so if you think you might like to work with me, wherever you are, just give me a call or drop me an email.

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In 2007, I resigned from my corporate job at Heathrow to follow my husband’s career abroad. I engaged in a distance learning course with the Royal Horticultural Society and have never looked back. Now back in the UK, I hope to bring flavours of my adventures to my design ideas, from the clay tropics to the sandy desert. My passion for gardens knows no bounds and I hope I can inspire you to develop your love of gardening too.

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