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One of my favourite English country gardens - in New Zealand!

By Michael

Oct 8, 2019

Barewood, in the Awatere Valley of NZ, is the realised dream of the visionary Caroline Ferraby. Generous, gracious lawns connected by magical avenues, as background to gorgeous colour themed plantings of roses, perennials and bulbs.

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By Michael

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Situated on a former American Army barracks, the recently created Sheridan Park is built around a long sinuous spine of paths, which split and rejoin like a braided river. Each of the consequent ‘ ...

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By Michael

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Watch as the German Landscape Architect Bettina Jaugstetter reframes my thinking about successional planting. I go on about what Christopher Lloyd taught me, then Bettina, having listened attentively, ...

Light catching in the perennial garden at Stonehill

By Michael

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A late afternoon stroll around the perennial garden at Stonehill (Woodend, Victoria). ...