After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens,Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.
I’m not sure if having the answers would have saved my nasturtiums,but not knowing didn’t help me either. Somehow,my fantasy didn’t bring peace or protection.
This year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show was packed with inspiration for all gardeners.
With some comparing it to a “nourishing therapy session”,pottering around with plants is blooming lovely – even as our backyards shrink.
From bright bonsai to ornamental grasses,there’s no limit to the seasonal shades you can add to your patch in an instant.
And the search for bear fare.
Gardeners and artists are putting plants in galleries and expanding our notions of what horticulture can be.
Conservation and heritage groups want the flower and garden show shifted from the World Heritage-listed Carlton Gardens because of claims of damage to the grass and trees.
A glimpse of tree branches from the streets behind is the closest most of us will ever get to this private space.
Some plants will transform the mood of your entire garden in a matter of months.
Either we’re dead right,or we’re crazy!