The Dominican Peace and Sophia Gardens are beautiful, calm and uplifting – a secluded, serene and special space. Hidden away behind the high brick wall that encloses Cabra College is a surprise – overlooked by heritage stone buildings and a magnificent old Moreton Bay fig tree, is a hectare of informal, tranquil gardens. The Peace […]

The black picket fence in front of the Sanders’ home allows enticing glimpses of the profusion of vibrantly coloured flowers and foliage that fill this very pretty cottage garden! A lychgate smothered in the soft apricot blooms of the lovely old rose, Crepuscle, opens to brick paths that weave through garden beds planted with roses […]

This charming and unique home of talented sculptor and artist Irene Pearce has delighted and inspired thousands of visitors over many years. Once the storage tank for the water supply to the surrounding town, Irene bought the property in 1998 and, with great vision, added several smaller tanks, transforming them into a quirky and comfortable […]

This romantic English-style garden uses formal lines and multi-level terraced rooms to create distinct garden rooms, each bursting with colour thanks to many distinctive flowering shrubs. Twenty years ago, this was an empty, sloping corner block with just an abandoned tennis court; today, it has evolved into a thoughtfully designed, stunning oasis complete with trees, […]

A classic Italianate-style garden – pencil pines, hedges, topiary and Mediterranean plants. The gumtree-studded surroundings are unmistakably Australian, but Bellosguardo Estate has all the hallmarks of a classical Italianate garden—symmetry, tightly clipped hedges, topiary, pencil pines and more! From an almost blank canvas 23 years ago, there is now plenty to interest and immerse you […]