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Highfields
28 February 2019 | David KennedyIn November 2014 David Kennedy and Andrew Dunshea, creators of Katoomba’s wonderful Clover Hill, embarked on a new garden over the mountain in Little Hartley. In this extract from Claire Takacs’ new book, ‘Australian Dreamscapes’, David tells what happened next
Read MoreIdeas from Marlborough
21 May 2020 | Robin Powell
Marlborough's hills, valleys and coastlines have seen much change over the past two hundred years. Maori hunted flightless birds; squatters grew flax
and farmed sheep for wool; a tinned rabbit industry briefly bloomed to deal with the rabbits introduced for ‘sport’ - until a shipload of tinned
rabbit exploded in the Thames on its way to the London docks and now it’s wine that makes the region’s fortunes as the world continues to fall
in love with the flavours of Marlborough savvy.
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Iguazu Falls
18 March 2015 | Robin PowellIguazu is more than just a waterfall, says an exhilarated Robin Powell
Read MoreIn my garden: Frog Hollow
31 May 2018 | Linda RossLinda’s garden at Catherine Hill Bay had a few false starts as killer black frosts and maddening weeds wreaked their worst, but it now has a welcoming sense of place.
Read MoreIn My Garden: Wendy Whiteley
07 March 2016 | Robin Powell & Wendy Whitely
Wendy Whiteley’s harbourside garden is Sydney’s secret public park. Here Wendy tells us about the garden in Autumn.
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In our garden: Wildwood
25 November 2016 | Sue Tapping and Robin PowelA 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
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In the Garden: Broughton Hall
20 May 2019 | David MuskerFind out what David Musker is up to at Broughton Hall in Victoria
In the Garden: Cruden Farm
26 August 2019 | Mitch BurnsDame 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.
Read MoreIn the garden: Highfields
13 November 2019 | David Kennedy and Robin PowellAs spring melts into the first days of summer Highfields is filled with the fragrance of roses, masses of floral colour and the murmur of the waterfall tumbling into the ponds.
Read MoreIn the garden: Red Cow Farm
28 February 2019 | Ali Mentesh and Robin PowellIn 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.
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In the garden: Retford Park
06 September 2018 | Robin Powell and Rick ShepherdRick Shepherd, head gardener at Bowral’s grand Retford Park, dishes the dirt on what goes on in the garden in spring.
Read MoreIn the garden: Sea-changer
03 June 2019 | Peter Nixon and Robin PowellFour 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!
Read MoreIs Villa Gamberaia the most romantic garden in Italy?
03 March 2015 | Robin PowellWe join a long line of world-weary travellers who have fallen for the charms of Villa Gamberaia hook, line and sinker.
Read MoreItalian Lakes
03 March 2015 | Robin PowellGlamour and romance are the twin themes of a stay in Stressa. Robin Powell took a room with a view and was enchanted.
Read MoreJaipur - The Pink City
24 February 2015 | Peter WhiteheadBustle, colour, beauty and great stories: Peter Whitehead reveals some of the allure of Jaipur, and tells why he can’t wait to take Ross Garden tours first trip to India.
Read MoreJapan in Autumn
20 May 2015 | Graham RossCherry blossom season might make all the headlines but Graham says that in autumn Japan glows with a gentle beauty.
Read MoreJapanese Garden Design Ideas
22 May 2015 | Linda RossJapanese garden design offers some great ideas to gardeners. With a bit of imagination we can incorporate aspects and approaches that enhance our gardens without turning them Japanese
Read MoreJapanese Gardens
18 February 2015 | Robin PowellWe love Japanese gardens so much we visit twice a year: in spring to catch the fleeting magic of the cherry blossom season; and again in autumn when the maples and chrysanthemums are at their best.
Read MoreLa Vie En Rose
28 February 2019 | Marian SomesThe 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
21 May 2020 | Robin Powell10 top tips for better gardens from Fergus Garrett
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Macquarie Island
17 March 2015 | Robin PowellHobart’s Botanic Gardens is home to an unusual glasshouse with a collection of plants from Australia’s sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Robin Powell wrapped up warm to collect stories from one of the wildest places on earth.
Read MoreMarqueyssac
13 February 2015 | Sandra RossWhen it comes to box, this iconic French garden thinks outside the square! No flowers, few trees, few paths, but amazing views – and more than 150,000 sculpted box.
Read MoreMatsue
14 February 2018 | Linda RossFlying 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.
Read MoreMeet Anna van der Gardner
21 May 2020 | 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 Dave Gray: Head gardener, Everglades
29 August 2019 | Robin PowellFor 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.
Read MoreMeet Jane Irwin: Landscape architect
21 May 2020 | Robin PowellMeet 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 Keith and Maureene Smith
26 August 2019 | Robin PowellCancer fundraisers and plant propagators
Read MoreMeet Pat and Bill Rhodin Tulip Tops gardeners
13 June 2017 | Robin PowellMeet Pat and Bill Rhodin, Tulip Tops gardeners. They work hard all year to make this garden's spring display something memorable
Read MoreMeet Robert Price
02 June 2016 | 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 the Lindesay gardeners
23 January 2017 | Robin PowellEvery 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
21 May 2020 | Robin PowellMeet 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
14 February 2018 | Robin PowellGravetye 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.
Read MoreMeet: Anita Rayner
30 November 2015 | Robin PowellMeet Anita Rayner, Head gardener, Sydney Living Museums. The gardens at Vaucluse House are one of Sydney’s historic horticultural treasures. Anita Rayner fell in love with them at first sight; now she runs them.
Read MoreMeet: Geoff Duggan, landscape planning officer, The Australian Botanic Garden
06 March 2015 | Libby CameronA discussion with Geoff Duggan about his work creating native daisy meadows at the Australian Botanic Garden in Mount Annan.
Read MoreMeet: Ivy Singh, gentle warrior
13 February 2015 | Linda RossWe recently enjoyed the very different Singapore experience of Bollywood Veggies, a ten-acre organic farm owned by Ivy Singh-Lim. Ivy is refreshingly outspoken – just check our her signage! – and named her farm for her Indian heritage and her love of singing and dancing. Linda Ross shared banana bread with the woman who calls herself Poison Ivy!
Read MoreMeet: Jeanne Villani, keen gardener and member of the Garden History Society
07 May 2015 | Libby CameronJeanne talks about her love for her tropical garden.
Read MoreMeet: Karen Hall, garden creator
11 February 2015 | Robin PowellWychwood is the magical garden created by Karen Hall and Peter Cooper. Though they are moving on, the magic of the garden has been captured in Karen’s words and Peter’s photographs, packaged in a handsome new book.
Read MoreMeet: Liz Gledhill, owner of Waverley Nursery and Garden Design
14 May 2015 | Libby CameronLiz's nursery specialises in hardy shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses. Libby catches up with her.
Read MoreMeet: Richard Barley, CEO, Open Gardens Australia
24 February 2015 | Robin PowellThe mission of Open Gardens Australia is to promote the joys and benefits of gardens and gardening. Over 25 years garden-lovers have been inspired by what other gardeners have achieved, and more than $5 million has been raised for charity. There was more good news this year when Richard Barley received a prestigious international award. We asked him all about it.
Read MoreMelbourne's Flower Garden Show 2014
13 February 2015 | Linda RossWe pick our favourite moments from Melbourne 2014.
Read MoreMerry Garth
18 November 2015 | Sandra RossThe 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
Read MoreMickey's garden
25 June 2015 | Mickey RobertsonMickey Robertson gardens at Glenmore House near Camden. Sounds like a scene out of Pride and Prejudice? Well yes, you do feel as though you've traveled back in time where women wear linen and the air smells clean. Winter, she says, is crisp mornings thawing to glorious blue-sky days. Early morning reveal traces of frost on cabbage and kale leaves; and sometimes, just sometimes, the paddocks blanketed in white. Evenings also have a rhythm all their own as woodsmoke trails through the valley. Here she shares glimpses of days in her winter garden.
Read MoreMonty Don's 'Great Gardens of Italy'
06 March 2015 | Sandra RossThere is a pile of gardening books on my bedside table that entices me to crawl into bed after a bath and a cool day in the garden. On top is my garden diary where I make notes of ideas, planting schemes and interesting quotes.
Read MoreNest of the Feather Serpent
20 May 2019 | Linda RossLinda finds a garden in Mexico that sparkles with surprise and joy.
Read MoreOld Wesleydale
01 March 2016 | Robin PowellDeb and Scott Wilson make garden magic in Tasmania's stunning Meander Valley.
Outback Bloom
17 March 2015 | Angus StewartThe Australian outback is experiencing a one-in-a-lifetime explosion of exuberant growth and flowering. Birds are flocking to the newly drenched watercourses and brimming lakes, and so are plant lovers. Angus Stewart shares the thrill.
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