I have been gardening ever since doing a lunch time activity called "horticulture" in grade 2. I never forgot the magic of seeing tiny seedlings emerge from the earth. Gardens for me are a 3 - no - 4 dimensional mosaic (the fourth dimension being time/seasons) with enough beauty and complexity to keep me interested for a lifetime.
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Heronswood, January 2011 (summer)




Its been an odd summer here in Melbourne; La Nina has given us rain after 10 years of drought and the grass is extraordinarily green in the middle of summer when we would expect it to be a dead brown. Its always such a pleasure to visit Heronswood, home of Digger's club with its "gothic revival" house set amongst beautiful borders, with a casual symmetry and an emphasis on heirloom seeds and drought tolerant plants. This year was no exception..
Cardoon
Agastache aurantiaca "apricot sprite" in foreground




vegetable parterre

Dry garden