She just celebrated her 103rd birthday on Wednesday. Her attitude to life is quite amazing, but her love of her garden at Cruden Farm in Victoria is what I find most inspiring.
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| Photo credit: Simon Griffiths |
I found out about the garden at Cruden Farm when I was looking for ideas for trees to line our driveway. The iconic photograph of the lemon-scented gums (Eucalyptus citriodora) along the drive at Cruden Farm popped up. I was immediately intrigued. I was given the full colour photograph book Garden of a Lifetime for Christmas, and I was smitten. To see a paddock transform into this grand garden over 84 years is quite inspiring.
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I would love to go and visit one day.
I would love to visit there too
ReplyDeleteMainly for that avenue of trees
But the rest is pretty special too :-)
Wow, 103, that's impressive! It just shows how good gardening for you. What a beautiful property.
ReplyDeleteWow, that sure does look great! I'd love a garden like that :-)
ReplyDeleteI know, 103 years old, she's quite the matriach!!
ReplyDeleteAs for tree lined driveways, my grandfather was a gardener in England & we'd visit many estates he'd worked on & to see the trees he planted down the driveways, so tall & grand, it was a man's life work, just incredible. I hope the people living in those homes, driving down those long grand driveways each day, know a wonderful man named Sidney planted them with such love & heart. Love Posie
Me and Nan went along to an open garden at Cruden Farm a few years ago and met Dame Elisabeth herself! She was just delightful and her passion for her garden was infectious! And those lemon scented gums...the smell was just amazing!
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