I have been shamefully remiss. Unlike Fred who posts on SoS even when he goes on holiday, or Gill who knocks out an SoS after suffering an injury, or even more amazingly, our illustrious leader Jon the Propagator who posts on the morning he is going to run a marathon, I have wallowed in inertia…
Category: Garden Visits
Bowfield: a secluded picturesque place.
Mr MG and I have recently visited the garden of friends who live on a property near Mudgee. Their house is perfectly situated in an idyllic location in the centre of an amphitheatre of low hills, overlooking a large, tranquilly full, picturesque dam. Surrounding the house is a wonderful garden. Honey-coloured walls using rocks excavated…
Mayfield Gardens
A visit to Mayfield gardens has been a long-held desire of mine, and I was not disappointed after a recent visit with Mr MG. Unapologetically taking many of its design ideas from European gardens, Mayfield is a 65 hectare privately-owned cool climate garden in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. Upon our arrival, and…
Harbourside Gardens
Along with the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, the Royal Sydney Botanical Garden is a jewel in the tiara that forms the city of Sydney’s foreshore. Glimpses of the city buildings in one direction and the harbour in the other create a perfect setting for a floral visit. On a hot…
Lambley: late Autumn Garden.
I’ve been inspired by David Glenn’s Lambley Garden in Central Victoria ever since I became a serious (but uneducated in the science of horticulture) gardener about eighteen years ago. I’ve bought quite a few plants from there by mail order. So it was with much anticipation that I approached Lambley a couple of weeks ago, during…
Hillandale
Driving anywhere from Mudgee (I’m including Gulgong and Rylstone in ‘Mudgee’) is a reasonably lengthy business. We’re slightly isolated here and it’s at least an hour and a half of driving before we reach anywhere else. This is nothing, I know, compared to the distances people all over Australia drive, but it sometimes seems a…
A Garden Visit
An April visit to a nearby garden in Rylstone revealed a number of charming views with the afternoon sun glancing through the trees and settling on various sitting areas. I would have been delighted to sink down upon one of these chairs and enjoy the peace on another day, but the garden was full of…