Michael crafted me a beautiful garden to grow a variety of flowers and foliages for Butchers Daughter.  

And a place for my friends to take cuttings for their gardens and their children to play in.

Miklos my father in law has flourishing proteas and leucadendrons, and his garden dedicated to his daughter Kim is full of rare plants, orchids and maple.

We are nestled next to a national park and to connect the colour burst of the blooms with the bush we planted a range of Australian natives ; wattle, king proteas, bottle brush, corn flower and mulla mulla.  

Over the years I have poured yoghurt on the rocks which are now covered in lichen and bury vases in the ground to give them an aged effect. The back of the garden is under skirted with caves which in the future will feature rock paintings and be styled to play in.

Branches that fall from the gum trees are lacquered and the husks from the ghost bamboo used for catering. Flannel grow in the dapple light under a jacaranda along with pycnosorus and daphne odora.

We have an abundance of hydrangea, helleborus and duranta repens in all shades. I wire dahlias and roses to force a dramatic shape on the stems, and make little gardens with moss and orchids.

It can be a little zoo like with all the kookaburras, magpies, butcher birds, bandicoots, wallaby's and every now and then an echidna. 

I was 22 when I was gifted Michael’s heart and being by his side in our garden every day at four is my treasure box. We will be 28 years together this year (2024) and a lifetime more of happy to come.

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