Bruno’s Art & Sculpture Garden
I was 14 years old and living in South America when I had a vision of a place. My sister had previously migrated to Australia, and in 1984, I replayed that earlier vision in my mind. Everywhere I...
View ArticlePop Up Patch
From George Calombaris’ Press Club Restaurant to everyday inner-city residents, anyone and everyone can rent a pop up patch. A stark contrast to the city landscape that surrounds it, Fed Square’s Pop...
View ArticleMy Garden
Photo – Eve Wilson, courtesy The Design Files Our garden in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills has been a family affair in many ways. Firstly it was designed by Rick Eckersley, my husband Ross’...
View ArticleLife’s lessons start in my garden
Permaculture is a sustainable living movement originating in Australia during the 1970s. It has since spread like wildfire to all corners of the globe. The practice of permaculture starts in the...
View ArticleOpen Gardens Marysville
Just 5 years after the Black Saturday bush fires that devastated Marysville in 2009, we’re overcome with joy at the sight of what was once rendered a black and barren landscape, now in its place lush...
View ArticleVictorian Schools Garden Awards
The Victorian Schools Garden Awards (VSGA) runs annually across both metropolitan and regional Victoria, it recognises the importance and value of engaging school gardens and outdoor spaces in...
View ArticleThe blossoming of Glenlyon
Image above – Autumn vines In the central highlands of Victoria on the banks of the River Loddon, is the picturesque village of Glenlyon. Settled in the 1850’s, the landscape of forested hills...
View ArticleMedieval games take off in Melbourne
Larping, or live action role playing, first started in the 1970s and takes on many forms. Games involve players, in character, acting out roles within a fictional setting that is represented by the...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Cactus
” I think people love cacti because they are so easy to look after and take up little space. And besides look how cute they are,” says the store manager of A Prickly Affair’s city kiosk.
View ArticleKarwarra Australian Plant Garden
In 1965 the Lillydale Shire (now Yarra Ranges Council) allowed Mt Dandenong Horticultural Society to develop an Australian plant garden on a two-hectare council owned site at the rear of the Kalorama...
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