A garden shaped by heritage at a Toorak home
A Toorak garden designed to complement the home’s heritage architecture while supporting contemporary family living and entertaining.
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Discover a collection of magical gardens and grounds found in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and all around the globe.
Paradise Botanica | A garden that rebuilt a life
Victoria Chammanee’s 'Paradise Botanica' garden is now open to the public through Secret Gardens. Once a site dominated by kikuyu and concrete, it’s now a biodiverse sanctuary. Victoria tells us about her approach to gardening, the work required to reshape her site, and how it quite literally helped to rebuild her life.
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Exploring the psychology of colour | Peace of Mind garden at Chelsea
The 'MS Amlin Peace of Mind Garden' delves into the psychology of colour and how it shapes our perception of the world around us.
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Introducing Ashley James | Our new gardening columnist
We’re excited to announce the newest columnist to Sage Journal, Australian garden designer, Ashley James. In his first piece, he shares where his love of gardening began and how his romantic, European-inspired style took shape.
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A Prahran garden softened by light & layers
The traditional garden at this Victorian-era home in Prahran was redesigned, replacing formal hedging and dominant trees with softer, more naturalistic planting. New paving and features have transformed the front entry and rear courtyard into practical, everyday living spaces.
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A resilient coastal garden on a West Sussex pebble beach
Located on the edge of a UK pebble beach, this coastal garden transforms a newly built home into a place of calm and connection with its natural surroundings.
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A colourful life: Violet Faigan and her Ōtepoti Dunedin garden
Dunedin-based gardener Violet Faigan tells us about her wonderful, colour-packed garden.
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Renewing a century-old Brighton garden for modern family life
In Victoria, Australia, Paul Pritchard has reinvented this garden with a renewed sense of life while also honouring its history.
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All in the details | House of Florelle
Through House of Florelle, Georgia Casey welcomes visitors to her rural property for floral workshops, garden parties and events that showcase her love of flowers, creativity and the finer things.
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Plot twist | The Little Barn Garden
Wedding flowers are usually
sourced from growers and florists,
but Liv Wynne-Lewis decided
hers would come from the soil of
her parents’ Hawke’s Bay farm.
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Water Tower Grove | A garden in the Manhattan sky
A New York City rooftop garden created to unite architecture, planting and urban life.
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A Mornington Peninsula garden evocative of local beach walks
A garden with thoughtfully designed zones that capture the spirit of its coastal location.
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Capturing the spirit of the Scottish west coast | A seawilding garden at Chelsea
Seawilding, inspired by the dramatic landscape of Loch Craignish on Scotland’s west coast, was awarded Best All About Plants and received a Gold Medal at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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A Sydney garden created with the whole family in mind
By reclaiming neglected corners of the property, this garden brings new life and a sense of individuality to the home.
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Finding balance | Thirty years of change at Whistling Green
Located in Hillcrest, Auckland, this garden blends Aotearoa and Asian influences – evolving and transforming since Wayne and Rama first bought the property in the early 1990s.
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The Garden of the Future | Growing hope in a changing climate
Showcased at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show — The Garden of the Future brings climate resilience to the forefront through an edible, educational planting scheme.
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A timeless Christchurch garden designed for picking & pleasure
Henry Blakely Landscapes designed this Christchurch garden to reflects the homeowner’s love of plants and her wish to gather flowers for her home.
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Brown brick & green edges | A Brunswick garden that embraces its past
Designed by Miniscapes, this soft, welcoming Melbourne garden invites play, veggie and herbs growing, hoop-shooting, and quiet moments in the sun.
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A painter’s palette | A garden of gentle colour at The Blue House
Illustrator Jenny Cooper has shaped a soft, expressive garden around her home – The Blue House – in North Canterbury. A story told in partnership with Resene.
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Turning wet ground into a working garden
A Warsaw, Poland garden transformed from bare ground into a private retreat for a family – this garden shows how small sites can work hard for everyday living.
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The Oaks Garden | Meadows & woodland plantings beneath historic canopies
Balancing preservation and play, The Oaks Garden protects a grove of historic oaks while creating a family landscape of meadows, winding paths and woodland planting.
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A family garden in Victoria with global influence
This Camberwell garden brings together seasonal beauty, edible planting and layered design, shaped by the homeowners’ South African and American roots.
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A woodland-inspired coastal garden in Takapuna
This Takapuna property balances open lawn, coastal resilience and layered planting to create a calm, textural space for family life.
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The enduring garden at The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga
The fertile land at Te Papa Tauranga has been cultivated for centuries – not least, The Elms Heritage Garden.
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A quaint historic cottage garden in Ophir
Complete with cosy charm and gorgeous garden views, Ryan’s Cottage in Ophir, NZ is the perfect accommodation for your next getaway.
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Cha No Niwa | Kazuyuki Ishihara’s Japanese tea garden at Chelsea
Kazuyuki Ishihara's Cha No Niwa — a Japanese tea garden — was awarded RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year, People’s Choice Best Show Garden and a Gold Medal at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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From prison to possibility through horticulture | Jo Thompson’s Glasshouse Garden at Chelsea
'The Glasshouse Garden' — a healing garden that empowers women in prison and celebrates second chances through horticulture.
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A garden for experimentation | Where Saint Remy’s Seam Lam and Cam Gilmour test ideas, plants & patience
A constantly evolving home garden that also serves as a testing ground for new ideas by landscape design duo Seam Lam and Cam Gilmour of Saint Remy.
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Designed to challenge perceptions & celebrate difference | The Down’s Syndrome Scotland Garden at Chelsea
Awarded Peoples Choice Best Small Show Garden and a Silver Gilt medal winner — the Down’s Syndrome Scotland Garden offered an immersive, semi-wooded space aimed to celebrate the individuality and strength of people with Down’s syndrome.
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A new crop | How a Marlborough farming family blends cut flower & traditional farming
Jo Ensor is blending family life, heritage and a love of horticulture as she transforms part of her Marlborough farm into a thriving cut flower garden — and builds her business, Tyntesfield Blooms.
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