With a remnant bushland backdrop, this extensive garden in Wattle Glen exemplifies how traditional natives, indigenous plants and considered design create a unified sense of place. Balance and contrast are achieved in the ‘mass’ of themed plantings, mounds and basalt boulder outcrops that open up to ‘voids’ of pathways, ponds and low planted areas. Throughout the garden tree trunks of Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Ironbark) and Corymbia citriodora (Lemon-scented Gum) planted in close proximity provide striking visual contrast. Detailed understory planting softens the edges of paths, and heavy boundary planting of local species evokes a strong connection with remnant bushland beyond the garden.
