Know your lavender

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

The lavender must-haves are sun and well-drained soil. Start there then choose the lavender that suits your conditions - and desires.

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Know your: cactus

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Linda’s seven-year-old son has recently started collecting cactus and now has 73 displayed on a shelf on the veranda in morning sunshine. Here’s a brief introduction.

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Know your: indoor plants

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Plants make indoor spaces beautiful and people happy. Here are a few easy-care options to start - or enlarge! - your indoor garden.

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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.

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Lessons From a Master

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

10 top tips for better gardens from Fergus Garrett

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Mágico Mexico

18 March, 2021  | 

Three of Mexico’s native plants are behind three of Linda’s favourite things - chocolate, vanilla and tequila - so she was always going to love the place, but how much surprised even her.

 

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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.

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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.

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Meet Chris Cuddy

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Perenialle Plants is a mail-order nursery for tough plants, but you can also drop in. Don’t miss the chance if you are in the Canowindra area. As well as the plants, there’s an inspiring garden and lovely little shop full of artisan-made house and garden desirables.

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Meet Daryl Jones, Bird feeder

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Millions of people around the world feed birds in their garden, which is not necessarily a good thing, as Professor Daryl Jones explains in his new book The Birds at My Table.

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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.

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Meet David Mabberley, Botanist and Author

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Sydney Parkinson made hundreds of sketches and watercolours for Joseph Banks on board the Endeavour on Captain Cook’s first journey. More than 200 years later they have finally been printed in colour as Joseph Banks’ Florilegium. Professor David Mabberley chose the prints and wrote the text.

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Meet Dr Kate Neale, garden-health researcher

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

What are the therapeutic benefits of gardening in social housing, preschools, schools, health services and aged care? Dr Kate Neale from Southern Cross University is keen to find out, starting with KindyGarden, a program aimed at getting 3-5 year olds growing food.

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Meet Elaine Tocker

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Meet Elaine Tocker: Head gardener, Huka Lodge Huka Lodge, near Lake Taupo in New Zealand, is renowned for its fine food, generous hospitality, incredible location- and beautiful gardens!

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Meet Florist, Nga Bui

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Like a loose, just-picked look for the flowers in your house? So does Nga Bui. Here Robin Powell interviews one of Sydney's favourite florists

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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.

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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.

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Meet Keith and Maureene Smith

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Cancer fundraisers and plant propagators

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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.

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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

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Meet Robert Price

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Meet: Bob Price, founder and curator, Mexico’s Vallarta Botanical Gardens. Bob Price plan was to conserve Mexico’s unique flora and birdlife and the Vallarta Botanical Gardens he founded to help achieve that were recently included on the list of Top Ten Public Gardens in America you should visit.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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’.

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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

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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.

 

 

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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.

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Meet: Alex Elliott-Howery

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Meet Alex Elliott-Howery, pickler and community builder.To say that Alex Elliott-Howery and her husband James Grant have a café doesn’t begin to tell the story. Cornersmith is not just a café, but a pickling and preserving business and school, and a trading hub for the produce gardeners of Marrickville.

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Meet: Bethany Linz

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Meet Bethany Linz. Wallpaper and textile designer. Bringing the garden inside develops a whole new meaning with Bethany Linz’ botanically inspired wallpapers.

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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.

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Meet: Brigitte Eckardt, Rose Grower, Green E Roses

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Need some advice on roses? Meet a walking rose encyclopedia!

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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. 

 

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Meet: Jeremy Critchley, nurseryman

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Jeremy Critchley’s Green Gallery Nursery developed a focus on indoor plants once he moved into an apartment and wanted something different.

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Meet: Matt Purbrick, village life enthusiast

18 March, 2021  |  Interview: Linda Ross Pictures: Shantanu Starick

The happiest healthiest people in the world are those who live in simple agricultural communities where life is shared. It’s a way of life that Matt Purbrick and his partner Lentil enjoy in regional Victoria and extoll through their business, Grown and Gathered.

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Meet: Sally Newman

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Meet Sally Newman, Owner, Yandina Station

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Meet: Saskia Havekes, florist

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Saskia Havekes is the owner of Grandiflora. Her recent book, Grandiflora Celebrations is a behind-the-scenes look at 60 themed events, from weddings to fashion shows.

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Meet: Tony Lennon, botanical sculptor

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Tony Lennon shapes rock, tree fern or bone to create a home for an orchid, which wraps its roots into its host to form a living sculpture. We talked with him about his work.

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Meet: Tracey Deep, floral sculptor

18 March, 2021  |  Robin Powell

Tracey Deep uses nature as an inspiration for her living sculptures. Here we chat to her about her work and life.

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Merry Garth

18 March, 2021  |  Sandra Ross

The Mount Wilson garden of Libby and Keith Rainers is a treasure trove of miniature gems in an inspiring setting. Sandra Ross sets the scene in this beautiful Blue Mountain garden paradise

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