BRINGING THE MEDITERRANEAN

Annabel Jane Johnston To Melbourne Holmesglen

A SPACE INSPIRED BY THE SIMPLICITY AND BEAUTY OF TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN GARDENING PRACTICES TO CREATE AN ACHIEVABLE YET INVITING SPACE FOR THE MODERN MELBOURNIAN TO RECONNECT WITH THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE.

The garden design intertwines life and nature just as the Mediterranean style mingles with the Aussie vernacular. Nonnas shelling peas with an espresso along with the neighbours sipping wine.

A transculture garden where plants and materials encapsulate old world lifestyles, while making use of existing resources and adapting modern plants to familiar uses. The aim of this garden is for those who visit it to feel enchanted by the sophisticated design whilst embracing the beauty of the mixed plant life.

This garden embraces the increasingly important focus on sustainability, re-purposing relics

SPONSORS of the past and using them in the landscape. The old grape drying racks converted into wall features and 1800’s water tanks combined with a copper water feature to become key elements of the design.

A treat for the senses, culinary and colourful, evoking thoughts of warm days in far flung lands. The gabion wall and factory plates provide interesting rustic industrial features which are softened by the lush Bay tree hedging and native underplanting and earthy colors of the honey granite stone.

It’s time to step into the Mediterranean in Melbourne.

KEYBOTANICAL NAMECOMMON NAME

PG Punica granatum Pomegranate

L Citrus limon ‘Eureka’ Lemon Tree

HSeasonal herbs A mix: Thyme, Sage, Mint, Oregano, Chilli

H Salvia rosmarinus prostratus Creeping Rosemary

H Thymus serpyllum Creeping Thyme

S Crassula arborescens Jade Plant

W Westringia fruticosa Westringea

‘Jervis Gem’

G Pelargonium Zonal hybrida Zonal Geraniums

IS Arbutus unedo Irish Strawberry Tree

PP Cupressus sempervirens Italian Pencil Pine

‘Glauca’

B Laurus nobilis Bay Tree

C Correa alba White Correa

BX Buxus sempervirens Buxus ball

D Argyanthemum hybrida Daisy

E Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush

R Calamagrostis x acutiflora Reedgrass

E Euphorbia rigida Spurge

A Agastache ‘Sweet Lili’Giant Hyssop