Gardens, Plants, New Friends: The 2012 AGM in Australia
Photos by Alisdair Aird
Cloudehill, in the Dandenong Hills above Melbourne
Towering flower stem of Doryanthes excelsa
in Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne
Royal Botanic Garden Cranbourne, the Red Sand zone simulating
Australia's arid interior
Xanthorrhoea johnsonii grass trees at Cranbourne -
the oldest is some 400 years old
Sturt's Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, at Cranbourne
Heronswood, where we were shown round
by brilliant propagator Marcus Ryan
Lambley Nursery's display gardens, a treasure-trove of unusual cultivars
Margaret and Max Beyer's Lixouri
Rich plantings under ancient red gums at Gwen and Don Davey's Forest Hall
Judith and Andrew Baghurst's entirely native-plant garden
is a haven for native wildlife
Succulents mixed cleverly among other waterwise plants
in Sarah and Roger Budarick's Boat's End
The recently restored 1875 Palm House at Adelaide Botanic Gardens
A quiet corner of Fiona Watson's Adelaide garden
Tinkling trickles of water lull the senses in Gayle Otto's cool and shady pergola
The Native Frangipani, sweetly scented
Hymenosporum flavum - the best specimen
we saw of this South Australian favourite
was this one, in the Waite Arboretum
Trevor Nottle's lush garden in the Adelaide Hills, packed with rarities
Tempting paths luring us deeper into the riches of
Robyn and Ian Powell's Tupelo Grove
New ideas among the ancient trees of a 5th-generation home,
here in Jenni and Dick Evans's Evandale
One of countless romantic corners in Ruth and Alan Irving's
Al-Ru Farm, a special favourite among Australian garden-lovers
Part of Stokes Bay Bush Garden on Kangaroo Island
Banksia lehmanniana at Stokes Bay, one of hundreds of
choice native-plant rarities there
Australian sea lions, basking in Kangaroo Island's coastal dunes
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