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Alowyn Gardens, Yarra Valley...

8/5/2018

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The Antipodean autumn is in full swing here in Brunswickwestfordshire. The nights are getting cooler, the days are darker, and actual rain has presented itself a couple of times to tease my plants into thinking they might not die of dehydration. I’m quite sure some of them will cark it over winter, but it’ll more likely be of neglect than lack of water. The grapevine that never has any grapes is shedding its leaves and the wind kindly deposits them in a heap at the front door for me to sweep up every few days. I can do with nature, but it really should learn to clean up after itself!
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These buggers are destined for my door mat
One great thing about winter’s approach is that the devil birds (aka moths) that proliferate the warmer months tend to bugger off, which pleases me greatly because they are evil, kamikaze creatures that serve no purpose but to scare the crapola out of me with their stupid dive bombing antics. They do have a tendency to hang around gardens though. Maybe I should embrace the metal approach:
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I'd like to see a cabbage moth gnaw on this!
​But I digress….
​​Sometimes it’s necessary to ward off SPOD by recharging one’s batteries with a dose of loitering in a pretty garden. In a good way of course, and preferably a big one that is close to a chocolate shop. You can see where this is going, can't you? Yep, I went to the delightful Alowyn Gardens at Yarra Valley and it’s right next door to the Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery!

Coincidence? I think not. That, my friends, is evidence of extremely good planning! 
​Alowyn Gardens sits on an old trotting stud at Yarra Glen in Victoria. Works began to revitalise the soil in 1997, with the first tree being planted in 1999. Now it contains seven different areas from the fancy French Parterre to the scrummy Edible Garden, plus a nursery and cafe, a giant chess set, and about 3,632 pumpkins. An extensive drainage system directs harvests water run-off into a wetland area and solar powered pumps keep the water features moving. Most of the recycled materials used to build up the gardens have been sourced locally, and left over produce from the Edible Garden go to the chooks who produce the eggs that end up in the café. Not bad for a place that used to be blackberry infested paddocks, eh?
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5 Comments
The attractive and scintillating one.
8/5/2018 16:39:48

Looks like a lovely place that will be stunning in the spring,and what sort of nice people have a chocolate shop so close??.Excellent planning of the shop and the visit...nice pics too,makes me want to hotfoot it down there.

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Catherine
8/5/2018 17:24:09

Oh Attractive and Scintillating One - you should definitely come for a visit. I have bucket listed it again for another visit in October when that wisteria should be blooming its little head off.

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The downtrodden sibling
8/5/2018 20:18:39

Never heard of it ....but they have done well in a relatively short time ..blooming marvelous ,and the pics are pretty good too ....although I do have a soft spot for your grapevine leaves......in the pink .

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Your Overlord
8/5/2018 21:21:27

I'd never heard of it before either; I just happened to stumble across it when I was researching places with good autumn colour. The internet knows of so many places for me to waste my time!

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