7098 Castlereagh Highway, Ilford
Melissa Barber-Ryder

A garden for the annual flower lover, not poetically pretty but a ‘cutting garden’ of practicality. 

This small garden which is predominantly only 2 years old and a work in progress may not always be beautiful, but rotational flower productivity is its purpose. The garden relies on bulbs and annuals that are turned out yearly and tough. 

There isn’t much forgiveness when it comes to shade, with small tees in situ, waiting to grow. Watering however to combat the heat is by 2 large gravity fed water tanks perched high above on the hill behind.