Today we tour the National Rhododendron Garden, Park’s Victoria’s 42-hectare public garden in the lush Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne.
Established in 1960, this exceptional conservation project is home to 15,000 rhododendrons, but also thousands of other flowering shrubs and perennials.
We photographed the breathtaking garden earlier this month – you MUST see it in full Springtime bloom!
Today we visit beautiful garden in Melbourne’s Eaglemont, the result of a 25 year collaboration between garden designer Sharon Harris and her client.
The result of an ongoing ‘ebb and flow’, this is a brilliant example of the magic that can occur as a result of a long-term creative partnership between garden owner and designer.
Today our gardens columnist, Georgina Reid of The Planthunter, tours the Healesville garden of artist Clare James.
An inspiring, storied place, this property is the product of years of creativity, lateral thinking and thrift.
Apparently around 150 plants can fit in one carry-on bag… or so modern day planthunters Matt Reed and Michael Morant inform us, in this incredibly moving story!
The duo from Antique Perennials, a nursery in Kinglake, 45km North East of central Melbourne, talk to Georgina Reid of The Planthunter about losing their property in the Black Saturday bushfires, re-building from scratch, and the incredibly diverse plants available to grow in Australian gardens.
Today our gardens columnist, Georgina Reid of The Planthunter, takes us through a lush heritage garden in Sydney.
Designed around 20 years ago, it has been re-invigorated by Sydney-based landscape designer Michael Bates. He’s embarked on a considerate update, with a little ‘chainsaw gardening’ to make way for the new!
As you probably know, TDF is a tiny team, but we are so lucky to have a wonderful network of contributors from across Australia that help us to bring you coverage of creative happenings from outside our Melbourne base. Today we’re excited to welcome writer Karen Locke and photographer Honey Atkinson of Will Work For Food to the fold.
Each month, the duo will be travelling to rural and regional areas across the country to bring you insights into the lives of those living sustainably, on and from the land.
Today Karen and Honey visit the Hunter Region of New South Wales, where they meet Vanessa Garcia and Dominique Northam of The Flower Farm Collective.
You’d expect a couple of landscape designers to have one seriously impressive garden of their own. The coastal garden of Peter and Simone Shaw of Ocean Road Landscaping certainly lives up to expectation!
This talented duo combine creativity and pragmatism at Sunnymeade, their rambling Anglesea property. They’re realistic when it comes to favouring plants they know will survive, but are also willing to put in the extra effort to maintain some uniquely artistic elements.
Our gardens columnist, Georgina Reid of The Planthunter, chats with the Shaw family about the 15-year transformation of their property.
Cruden Farm at Langwarrin, south-east of Melbourne, was given to the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch in 1928 as a wedding present from her husband, Sir Keith Murdoch.
The exceptional story of this garden, created through the dedication of Dame Elisabeth and gardener Michael Morrison, is told through the pages of Cruden Farm Garden Diaries. This beautiful book charts the evolution of a quiet, creative and incredibly productive relationship between two kindred souls.
Gardens columnist, Georgina Reid of The Planthunter, learns more from the book’s co-author, journalist Lisa Clausen.
Cloudehill is a once-in-a-lifetime garden for owner and passionate plantsman Jeremy Francis.
Combining Art and Crafts elements with spontaneous design, the two-hectare plot includes more than 20 different garden ‘compartments’ as well as a shop and nursery.
Our gardens columnist, Georgina Reid of The Planthunter, takes a tour on one beautifully misty morning.
Our Gardens column has become one of our most popular features, yet for some inexplicable reason, we rarely interview landscape designers. Major oversight!
Today, we chat to Phillip Withers, the passionate Creative Director of Richmond-based Phillip Withers Landscape Design.
You can visit the Phillip’s garden installation ‘I See Wild’ at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, next week – March 29th – April 2nd 2017, Garden A76.
