The Garden Clinic

In our garden: Wildwood

18 March, 2021 | Sue Tapping and Robin Powel

A cool-climate garden of five acres gives Sue and Wayne Tapping room to grow the beauties they love. Here they share what’s keeping them busy this spring

In the garden with Ben and Ros Walcott

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

This large garden in Canberra’s Red Hill is a showcase of almost 1000 native plant species. Its owners, Ben and Ros Walcott are passionate plants people with a keen eye for design.

In the Garden: Broughton Hall

18 March, 2021 | David Musker

Find out what David Musker is up to at Broughton Hall in Victoria

In the Garden: Cruden Farm

18 March, 2021 | Mitch Burns

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’s much-loved garden is on the brink of its big show as spring begins.Head gardener Mitch Burns takes us behind the scenes.

In the garden: Red Cow Farm

18 March, 2021 | Ali Mentesh and Robin Powell

In 1990, Ali Mentesh stood in the bald paddocks of Red Cow Farm and dreamed of a canopy of trees, a woodland-edged lake, and garden rooms fragrant with roses. In making the dream reality Ali turned himself into a garden designer sought-after for his imagination, and his hands-on experience of plants and how best to grow them.

In the garden: Retford Park

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell and Rick Shepherd

Rick Shepherd, head gardener at Bowral’s grand Retford Park, dishes the dirt on what goes on in the garden in spring.

In the garden: Sea-changer

18 March, 2021 | Peter Nixon and Robin Powell

Four years ago garden designer Peter Nixon traded in his inner-city Sydney courtyard for a big blank corner block on the Central Coast and turned it into this!

Is Villa Gamberaia the most romantic garden in Italy?

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

We join a long line of world-weary travellers who have fallen for the charms of Villa Gamberaia hook, line and sinker.

Italian Lakes

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Glamour and romance are the twin themes of a stay in Stressa. Robin Powell took a room with a view and was enchanted.

Jim Fogarty's Melbourne garden

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Jim Fogarty has won a swag of international gold medals for garden design and Linda Ross finds that his private garden is just as lovely as you would expect.

Know your: balcony flowers

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Add some summer dazzle to a sunny balcony with these pot-loving beauties.

Know your: ferns

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Many ferns have a soft feathery quality that makes a great contrast with other plants - in the garden or indoors.

La Vie En Rose

18 March, 2021 | Marian Somes

The charms of French country living inspired Marian Somes to create her own version at her beautiful garden Picardy in the Gippsland hills.

Lambley's Garden

18 March, 2021 | Graham Ross Read More

Lessons From a Master

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

10 top tips for better gardens from Fergus Garrett

Matsue

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

Flying into Matsue, on the shores of Lake Shinjii, the ground glows green with rice and buckwheat. The area is famous for its soba noodles, ancient samurai houses, moated castle - and a succession of cherry blossom, peonies, azaleas and wisteria through spring.

Meet Anna van der Gardner

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Anna van der Gardner

Resident (and gardener), Bronte House

The gardens at Bronte House have been an inspiration to Sydney gardners for decades.

Meet Dave Gray: Head gardener, Everglades

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

For the last two years Dave Gray has been head gardener at Everglades, a National Trust property in Leura, designed and built through the 1930s by Paul Sorensen.

Meet Jane Irwin: Landscape architect

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Jane Irwin: Landscape architect. Jane Irwin’s exciting re-design of the Eastern Terrace gardens at NSW Government House is bound to influence the way we think about Sydney gardens.

Meet Kath Gadd

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Kath Gadd’s company is Mallee Design, a garden design business that uses only Australian plants, and does a neat sideline in beautiful, spun copper birdbaths.

Meet Libby Litchfield, Owner of Hazeldean

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Hidden in the cold, dry treeless plains of the Monaro, south of Cooma, are some garden treasures like Hazeldean, an historic angus and merino stud that is also the home and garden of Jim and Libby Litchfield.

Meet Pat and Bill Rhodin Tulip Tops gardeners

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Pat and Bill Rhodin, Tulip Tops gardeners. They work hard all year to make this garden's spring display something memorable

Meet Ros Loftus

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Riversdale is a National Trust property in Goulburn where volunteers have battled drought, rabbits and running bamboo to recreate a beautiful, much-loved garden.

Meet Scott Pollock

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Scott Pollock - Manager, Retford Park. James Fairfax believed that his beautiful Southern Highlands property, Retford Park, should be preserved for the enjoyment of the community. So he gave it to the National Trust, who took over the reins in August 2017.

Meet Simon Griffiths

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Simon Griffiths, Garden photographerSimon Griffiths is one of Australia’s best-known garden photographers. He’s also a gardener, and his new book ‘Garden Love’ features his own garden in Kyneton, Victoria, as well as favourites from around the country.

Meet Tahnee Carroll, Stylist and plant-lover

18 March, 2021 | Lauren Camilleri and Sophia Kaplan

Tahnee Carroll has never seen a room that can’t be made more appealing with a plant or two, as she explains in this extract from a new book on indoor plants, ‘Leaf Supply’.

Meet the Lindesay gardeners

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Every Thursday morning a group of garden lovers gathers in the beautiful grounds of Lindesay in Darling Point and gets to work. Here Robin Powell talks to the group about their passionate connection to this historic house and garden

Meet Tiffany Bignold

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Tiffany Bignold, Heritage rose lover and Parramatta Park gardener. The Rumsey Rose Garden in Parramatta Park is a quiet place in the city fragrant with the blooms of 203 heritage roses.

Meet Tom Coward: Head gardener at Gravetye Manor

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Gravetye Manor is the garden of the influential English gardener, William Robinson. Robin Powell spoke to its current head gardener Tom Coward about its historical accuracy and modern excitement.

Meet: Brendan Moar, show garden creator

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

You really can't help but be a big fan of the work of landscape architect and television presenter Brendan Moar - he's adorable. Seeing one of his gardens come to life on his Lifestyle channel shows is a treat; seeing one live at the Singapore Garden Festival is even better.

Meet: Caitlin Sawyer

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Caitlin Sawyer, Young Horticulturist of the Year in 2015, and winner of the BBM Sir John Pagan Horticulture Travel Scholarship for 2014/15.

Meet: Michael Bates

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

When Michael Bates took a holiday and garden study trip to Sri Lanka, it changed his life - and his garden.

Meet: Peta Donaldson, garden designer

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

The Urban Gardens at the Australian Garden Show Sydney were spaces for new designers to show what they could do with a limited budget and compact, 5m x 5m spaces. Best of an exciting bunch was The Terrace by Peta Donaldson, which included water and fire in a wonderfully inviting space.

Meet: Philip Johnson, landscape designer

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Sustainable landscape designer Philip Johnson generated rare garden-related headlines when his ‘Trailfinders Australian Garden’ took out the Best in Show award at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013. What happened next?

Meet: Steve Warner

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Meet Steve Warner, joy giver. Steve Warner, landscape designer and owner of Outhouse Design, is a big believer in giving back. So when Fairy Sparkle needed help making a garden at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick guess who she asked!

Meet: Stuart Pittendrigh

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Barangaroo Point, Sydney’s great new harbourside park will soon open to the public. Before the ribbons are cut, meet the project’s horticultural consultant, Stuart Pittendrigh.

Melbourne's Flower Garden Show 2014

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross

We pick our favourite moments from Melbourne 2014.

Mien Ruys

18 March, 2021 | Sandra Ross

If you’ve ever used a railway sleeper in a garden design you owe a debt to Dutch designer Mien Ruys, the so-called Mother of Modernism. Sandra visited her inspirational garden and wandered through its history of 20th century garden design.

Nest of the Feather Serpent

18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross Linda finds a garden in Mexico that sparkles with surprise and joy. Read More

Oakwood

18 March, 2021 | Robin Powell

Wonderfully eccentric, personal, witty and beautiful. The garden of sculptors, Fulko Cooper and Maureen Craig is both drawing board and artwork; a house, garden, studio and gallery space that inspires. Welcome to Oakwood.

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