Outdoor wonders: A fairy tale garden in Queensland
Flower power
With its established trees and many pockets of lovely plantings, this lovely Queensland garden offers visitors a sensory adventure. Masses of lavender envelop the outdoor entertaining area, bringing beautiful fragrance.
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Secret garden
A secret garden, to the left of the driveway, entices with a series of maze-like paths. An abundance of foliage such as magnolia, cloud trees, hedges of Japanese box and cascade lilly pilly are layered in a lush patchwork of texture and tone.
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Open garden
Sun-bleached timber posts paired with weathered iron gates are in keeping with the garden’s country feel.
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Wisteria arbour
To make the most of the stunning vistas, paths around the house were extended beneath an arbour of wisteria, and a new outdoor living area was built. Planted just three years ago, the cascading wisteria has grown to create a soft mauve canopy running the length of the house.
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Rose garden
A formal rose garden is part of the space. The multi-stem form of this dusty pink Paul Bocuse makes it wonderful for picking and displaying in a vase.
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Beautiful borders
Meandering paths lined with box and with fragrant jasmine spilling onto the surfaces wander through the garden.
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Rose garden
Hedges and urns create structure and symmetry amongst the billowy blooms in the rose garden.
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Cultivated style
Beautiful sculpted cloud trees (Cupressocyparis leylandii) make a striking focal point among the maze-like beds in the secret garden.
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Trees and terracotta
Below towering tropical birch trees stand a pair of terracotta warriors, nestled among a sea of shore juniper.
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