Country Style Specials

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EDITOR’S LETTER

take it outside • GARDEN-ENHANCING ESSENTIALS.

outdoor helpers • DIG, SNIP, CLEAN AND WEED TO YOUR HEART’S CONTENT WITH THESE HANDY TOOLS DESIGNED TO MAKE GARDEN WORK A BREEZE.

on display • MAKE A FOCAL POINT OF YOUR PLANTS BY SHOWCASING THEM IN ONE OF THESE DECORATIVE AND PORTABLE POTS, URNS OR PLANTERS.

A YEAR IN THE GARDEN • COUNTRY STYLE’S GARDENING COLUMNIST FIONA WEIR PLANS OUT A YEAR IN THE PLOT.

PURPLE REIGN • MEANDERING PATHWAYS AND AN EVOLVING PALETTE OF UNEXPECTED BLOOMS FORM THE BASIS OF THIS LOW-MAINTENANCE GARDEN.

HUMBLE HARVEST • AT HER PICTURESQUE LYONVILLE FARM, COUNTRY CHEF ANNIE SMITHERS GROWS FRESH PRODUCE TO SUPPORT HER PADDOCK-TO-PLATE ETHOS.

DREAM EXISTENCE • FROM A CHILDHOOD SKETCH, STEVE CORDONY AND MICHAEL BOOTH HAVE CREATED AN IDYLLIC ESTATE SURROUNDED BY EXTENSIVE GARDENS.

SWEET SURRENDER • A RIOT OF COLOUR AND CHARACTER, THIS COTTAGE GARDEN IN TOOWOOMBA WELCOMES VISITORS WITH ITS COSY CORNERS AND ENDLESS EDIBLE BOUNTY.

NEW BEGINNINGS • WINEMAKER ED SWIFT AND HIS WIFE EMILY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FOR THE RENOVATION OF THEIR FOREVER HOME IN ORANGE, NSW, STARTING WITH THE GARDENS.

TREASURE CLOVES • A THRIVING GARLIC FARM IN NORTHERN NSW GAVE ITS OWNERS THE CHANCE TO REALISE A LONG-HELD GOAL OF GIVING BACK TO THE LAND.

MASTER STROKE • ARTIST BARB SOMERVAILLE FINDS PLENTY OF CREATIVE INSPIRATION GROWING IN HER SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND GARDEN.

FIELD OF DREAMS • PERSISTENCE HAS PAID OFF FOR ONE TASMANIAN COUPLE, WHO ARE REAPING THE REWARDS FROM THEIR MIXED-PRODUCE FARM.

TRUE BLUE • TAKING INSPIRATION FROM QUAINT ENGLISH COTTAGE GARDENS AND HAMPTONS-STYLE LANDSCAPING, THIS NSW SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PLOT BRINGS YEAR-ROUND JOY TO ITS OWNERS.

HEAVEN SCENT • THANKS TO SOME INNOVATIVE THINKING, JUSTIN AND ELLEN FAWDON HAVE BOUNCED BACK FROM A STEADY STREAM OF BAD LUCK TO BEGIN AN EXCITING NEW VENTURE.

NATURAL ORDER • A RAMBLING GARDEN IN THIS QUIET POCKET OF CENTRAL WESTERN NSW WARMS THE HEART OF ITS OWNERS AND THEIR LUCKY GUESTS.

WILD ABANDON • DESIGNER TIM PILGRIM IS KNOWN FOR CREATING GARDENS WITH A REAL SENSE OF PLACE, LIKE THIS PLOT IN CENTRAL VICTORIA.

DOUBLE DUTY • GUESTS CAN ENJOY THEIR FILL OF COSY HOSPITALITY AND MEANDERING GARDENS AT NEIGHBOURING HOMESTEADS IN LONGFORD, TASMANIA.

WHIMSICAL WONDERS • DESIGNED AS A REVELATORY FEAST FOR THE SENSES, MERRIBEE GARDEN IN RURAL NSW HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ALL WHO VISIT.

PLANT THE SEED • A DISTANT DREAM, MANIFESTED ON A CHALKBOARD, HAS COME TRUE FOR NATASHA MORGAN ON HER PROPERTY IN VICTORIA’S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.

COUNTRY STYLE SPECIALS