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Loved the webinar today - thank you for inviting me along đAre you a lover of the Chelsea Flower Show? Sustainable landscape designer Phillip Johnson generated rare garden-related headlines when his âAustralian Gardenâ took out the Best in Show award at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013, with his extraordinary design for a garden designed to connect humanity back to the beauty of nature. This incredible design is not only a stunning display of Australian native plants, including rare and endangered natives from Gondwana, it is an exemplar of sustainability with water-wise design and habitat creation.
Phillip now has the joy of recreating this Australian Garden right here in our own backyard adjacent to the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden.
Join us on Friday 18 Sept at 10am. Register here:
rbgfriendsmelbourne.tidyhq.com/schedule/events
This garden will be fully sustainable. It will use an off-grid power system, host a bushfire prevention system, harness water from runoff and be accessible by local CFA crews.
We will use local materials, local rock and we want locals involved.
Our aim is connect people back to the beauty of nature.
We need your help, go to www.peopleandparks.org/ to see how you can help #peopleandparks #fundagarden #fundraiser #connecttonature
If you didnât see the video of what we are creating at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens - see the link attached.
Alison Hill, Managing Director, People and Parks Foundation said. âIf you wish to help this history-making project will also be a living, evolving environmental education project. I encourage people to donate to ensure we can make this happen as soon as possible.
To find out how you can get involved in this history making project please visit www.peopleandparks.org/project... all donations over $2 are tax deductibleâ.
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RHS Chelsea "Best in Show" winner to be recreated in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens
With the urgent need to connect more people with nature, Phillip Johnson Landscapes â designer of the first and only Australian garden to win the prestigious...I'm looking forward to speaking to the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens on 18th September at 10am.
If you would love to tune in, head over to their website on the link provided.
Follow them on facebook for more information. Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Inc.
So excited to be speaking with Graham this morning, listen in 7:15am for our news - feel good story! Posted @withregram ⢠@realgrahamross RHS 2013 Chelsea Phillip Johnson & Wes Flemingâs team won Gold medal (judges unanimous), & Best in Show w âBillabong Gardenâ now coming home to Australia, Dandenongs Victoria. Listen to my interview w Phillip 2gb.com across the globe 7.15am EST Aust. Incl Big Good News Story. @australiangardencouncil @phillip_johnson_landscapes @flemingsnurseries @the_landscape_association @jothompsongarden @hl_landscapes @landscapeqld @vivbhg @nsw_landscapes @landsberggardens @landacapenswact @landscaping_victoria
Our aim is we will replicate our award-winning Best in Show sustainable design in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens.
We will develop and promote beautiful Australian natives that will survive and thrive in a sustainable way, in varied and challenging conditions.
We will showcase to visitors from far and wide whatâs possible with native gardening, science and sustainable practices, even in our increasingly urban environments.
We want everyone to experience the amazing, unique variety of Australian natives, to be connected to Australian nature, no matter where they live.
This incredible design is not only a stunning display of Australian native plants, including rare and endangered natives from Gondwana, it is an exemplar of sustainability with water-wise design and habitat creation. Working closely with Parks Victoria to maintain the garden for the first ten years of its life.
Find out how go to
www.peopleandparks.org/projects-activities/chelsea-best-in-show-garden
all donations over $2 are tax deductible.
www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/champion-landscaper-wants-seed-capital-to-build-free-public-g...
Champion landscaper wants seed capital to build free public garden
Seven years after he won top prize at Britain's premier garden show, landscape designer is seeking donations so he can recreate winning exhibit in Dandenongs."I think we need a positive story that will inspire people to get out and into their own gardens." That is one of my quotes in tomorrowâs (Saturdayâs) The Age, check out how you can help recreate this garden and be a part of its history. There is more to come, if you canât wait until tomorrow and want to know more now go to - peopleandparks.org/donate?proj=435 or www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/champion-landscaper-wants-seed-capital-to-build-free-public-g...
Natural pool and garden play for the family to play in along with a pop of springtime colour đ
A few more pictures of our garden in the Strathbogie bush ranger region and words from the clients in yesterdayâs article in The Australian -
For the landscaping they chose Johnson, a native garden specialist. âWeâd seen Phillipâs book and his Best in Show garden at the Chelsea Flower Show,â says Dot. âGiven the terrain and windy conditions here, we thought natives would be the only things to survive.â Johnson is also noted for his love of working with rock. âWell, thereâs plenty of rocks here,â Eddie deadpans. âIt was a leap of faith,â says Dot. âAnd we certainly havenât been disappointed.â
We loved working in this stunning location and having the opportunity to create something to enhance this already
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