Garden Design
Plants I Love: peony
26 August 2019 | Sandra RossYears ago, on one of our early Jacaranda Cruises, a woman presented me with a cardboard toilet roll. I was a bit surprised until I saw the round pink bud
inside. It was a single long stem of the‘Sarah Bernhardt’ peony. Over the next two weeks I was captivated as the bud gradually opened to a multitude
of pink petals and a boss of golden stamens. I’ve been mad for peonies ever since and have admired them in peak perfection in gardens in England, Canada,
USA and France, as well as in cool climate gardens in Australia.
Possumwood
20 March 2015 | Myles BaldwinIn the misty hills of Robertson in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Myles Baldwin designed a modern rendition of a walled perennial garden, with a twist. He tells the story in his new book, ‘Rural Australian Gardens’.
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Postcard from the garden world
22 August 2019 | Ross ToursSee what's happening in the world of Ross Garden Tours this spring
Powis Castle
20 February 2017 | Robin PowellPowis Castle is a medieval fortress and grand country manor of striking red limestone that perches on top of a hill. Its crenelated battlements reach into the clouds and its mullioned windows overlook Italianate terraces planted up with fine herbaceous borders. Fromteh lake-like lawn at the bottom of the hill the castle appears to be resting on lumpy cushions. The are giant yews, planted as a hedge in the 1720s. The intervening centuries have allowed them to bulge and slouch and become their individual selves, rather than a single well-behaved entity. They’re called tumps, and look like giant green bean bags balanced on the weathered red brick wall. From their vantage point they have watched 400 years of history and garden-making play out in the grounds of Powis.
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Relaxed style
20 May 2019 | Chris PearsonSydney-based designer Marcia Hosking gave a holiday vibe to this compact garden.
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Roberto Burle Marx
15 May 2015 | Sandra RossSandra visits the house and garden of the highly influential tropical garden designer Roberto Burle Marx and is inspired by his artistry.
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Rose Companions
18 March 2015 | Linda RossA swooningly beautiful rose garden isn’t just about the roses; it’s the plants that accompany the roses that complete the scene. Here are some awesome companions to plant with your roses.
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Roses at Red Cow Farm
21 May 2018 | Robin PowellSeduced by the colour, forms and perfumes of roses, Ali Mentesh has already collected some 200 to adorn the garden rooms at Red Cow Farm. Can he choose a favourite?
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Secret Garden
11 September 2018 | Matthew CantwellSecret Gardens is one of Sydney’s most successful garden businesses – designing, constructing and maintaining beautiful gardens across the city. In this extract from a new book featuring 19 of the company’s finest gardens, founder Matt Cantwell explains how a garden can balance privacy with views out - and into - the garden.
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Sissinghurst
20 March 2015 | Linda Ross and Michael McCoyOne of the world’s most influential and visited gardens, Sissinghurst, is undergoing a change, as Vita Sackville-West’s grandson Adam Nicolson wrestles with the integrity of the garden and its surroundings. Linda Ross reports.
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Small space: big ideas
24 November 2016 | Robin PowellA small space shouldn't deprive anyone of a great garden. Robin Powell is looking at some impressive small spaces with new plants and containers, new colours
and loads of other big ideas.
Star of the season: Jacaranda
11 September 2018 | Linda RossThe purple veil that floats over Sydney in November is an international star – but not one most of us can bring home.
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Stringybark Cottage
16 December 2015 | Robin PowellCarved out of the forests of the sunshine coast hinterland is a garden of surprising sculptures, rare and unusual plants and great charm
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The Lingering Garden
16 March 2015 | Linda RossIn the heart of the frenzied bustle of modern Shanghai is an altogether different thrill, the 450-year old Garden of Leisurely Repose. Linda Ross visits.
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The new upside of gardening
21 August 2019 | Kate Neale and Michael CaseyThe show gardens at Singapore's first-ever Horticulture Show earlier this year blurred the boundary between the natural and built environment and introduced us to a whole new place to garden - the ceiling!
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The Wrap Up: Chelsea Flower Show 2013
16 February 2015 | Linda RossAs Linda packs her bag for Chelsea 2014 she reflects on what has kept her humming with inspiration all year from Chelsea 2013.
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The Wrap Up: Chelsea Flower Show 2015
04 June 2015 | Andrew Fisher Tomlin / www.theoutdoorcooperative.comAndrew Fisher Tomlin reviews the world’s greatest flower show.
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The Wrap Up: Hidden Festival of Outdoor Design
11 February 2015 | Robin PowellOn a sodden April weekend some of Sydney’s professionally designed gardens opened their gates to visitors for the Hidden Festival of Outdoor Design. There were 21 gardens, lots of rain, and plenty of take-home ideas for solving everyday design issues in our own gardens. Here are a few of our favourites.
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Thinking gardens
21 August 2019 | Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, (c) Sydney Living MuseumsBetty Maloney was a pioneer of bush gardening whose advice on finding serenity in the garden is as relevant now as it was half a century ago.
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Two Gardeners The Cruden Farm Garden Diaries
14 June 2017 | Linda Ross, Lisa Clausen & Michael MorrisonMost mornings Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and her gardener Michael Morrison shared a breakfast of tea and toast and discussed the day’s plans for the garden. Michael filled in a garden diary, as requested by Dame Elisabeth early in their working relationship. The diaries have now been published as 'Cruden Farm Garden Diaries' by Penguin/Lantern, with explanatory text by journalist Lisa Clausen and contemporary photographs by Simon Griffiths. This brief extract shows how the diaries chart not just the garden, but also the attitude of its gardeners to each other.
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Under the cherry blossom
01 September 2016 | Robin PowellJapanese gardens are admired and imitated by garden lovers around the world. Here are just three reasons we love them.
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Woodbridge, Tasmania
16 March 2015 | Robin PowellRobin Powell admires the view with pioneering heirloom apple grower Bob Magnus, whose ideas about pruning will change your mind about how to grow apples.
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Woolmers Estate, Tasmania
12 March 2015 | Libby CameronWoolmers Estate, in northern Tasmania was home to six generations of the Archer family. For the past decade it has housed the National Rose Garden. Libby Cameron renewed her love of the rose on a recent visit.
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