Gardens

Kerrie and Ben Brooker started their garden 5 years ago and have been on a regenerative journey to grow nutritional food by using biodynamic methods to create healthy soils.

Janet Wyllie transformed her suburban block by replacing the front lawn with flowering perennials and fruit trees. The original back lawn's now a veggie garden and a chook run.

Sue and Stephen’s established garden adjoins a family home owned by the Mitchell family for many years. The garden and surrounds are kept in tip-top shape to complement L D Creative studio, which she opened in 2022 in a former chook shed.

Cath Stephensen’s garden, planted in August 2020, emphasizes sustainability though composting and planting techniques that reduce water consumption. Her front garden features a semi-natural landscape of light forest trees, grasses, and flowers in warm, happy colors and her back yard is her produce oasis of veggies and fruit trees.

Lindsay Renison's ‘Citrus Drive’ garden in Warragul began in 2019 on a flat lawn. Lindsay transformed the space with outbuildings and hard landscaping features, driven by his belief that a great garden makes any house better.

Fiona Kittelty and her husband moved to their small suburban block in 2012 and have expanded an established cottage garden to include compost bays, a greenhouse, a chook house, and a She Shed.

Anita and Paul Day's garden began with an avenue of Manchurian pears. Fourteen years on, they have a ½ acre of flower and food garden adjacent to 32 acres of forest that's home to Bambi, Skippy, and Peter Rabbit.

Kim and Benjamin Taylor’s Garden first appeared at Creative Harvest when it was just a year old. Kim is the primary gardener and designer of this (now) three-year-old garden. Wanderlust is small but prolific.

Pat’s vegetable garden was laid out some 15 years ago, along with the landscaping when the house was built. But her food gardening adventure only took off when COVID prompted her to live permanently in the country.

Adele Kellett's 2.5-acre garden's stone fruit orchard, berry beds, and chook run are fully enclosed to protect her harvest from birds and rabbits. The garden’s unofficial name, ‘Darna’ (Lithuanian for ‘harmony’) reflects Adele’s eclectic selection of favourite plants.

Holly Harrap’s garden began as a fun life skills project for her children. Now the family’s raised beds grow more food than they imagined possible for an 800m2 house block.

In 2015 Kristy and Neil Plumridge bought 150 acres of neglected farmland. Now they grow chemical-free garlic and a flourishing orchard and veggie garden that feeds their family and supplies local restaurants.