Autumn open gardens
GARDENERS will savour autumn in Victoria’s North East when ‘Wallasey-Beaumaris’ near Three Mile Creek, south of Beechworth, and ‘Varrich’, in nearby Stanley,…
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Venerable bounty
SPLENDID old pears in flower between Tooborac and Pastoria towards Victoria’s Central Highlands. These wonderful trees seem to be found where gold…
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HELEN Gordon had a keen eye for a fine garden. The English teacher at what was then Beechworth High School came in…
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THIS is the story of a secret garden. It is centred on a tree – one genealogical and one growing – a…
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BEECHWORTH and STANLEY SPRING OPEN GARDENS Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October, 2014 10:00am – 5:00pm See all six gardens for $20…
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SOME clearing on the garden’s western boundary last week presented an opportunity closely to look at Amyema pendula, one of Australia’s extraordinary…
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A WEEKEND’S work felling a long dead, twin-trunked Acacia at the western end of the garden has revealed a host of planting…
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