Texture Garden

Sue is the first to admit that she hasn’t set out to create a ‘pretty’ garden.  “I’ve focused on planting interesting and different plants, working with texture and colour, and creating spaces to enjoy and live in.”
As you walk through Sue’s garden you’ll discover different rooms and areas – a sunny morning porch, a sub-tropical walk, herb garden, a dry hot bank, the games lawn, a native track, the afternoon dining area, with garden sculptures strategically placed, and large established trees providing structure and drama.
A word of advice for the visitor – bring a notebook!  I guarantee that even the most experienced gardener will discover an unfamiliar and intriguing plant in Sue’s garden. Her fascinating collection includes  a cussonia tree, miscanthus grasses, a huge variety of succulents, aspleniums and ferns, including stag horn ferns, puka, oi oi, bromeliads, birds of paradise, air plants  and (my personal favourite) a prickly-trunked chorisia-silk floss tree.
But it’s not just the range of native and exotic plants that will impress – as an established floral artist, Sue has brought her creative ‘florist’s’ eye to designing, layering and juxtaposing these plants that are, in effect, the median for her art practice.
“My garden grows food for the soul, rather than food to eat. Each year it brings me more joy as I grow more and different plants, learn what grows well and what doesn’t, what brings more wildlife, what shapes, textures and forms the garden grows in, what ideas for floral art I can draw from it next. “
Sue is looking forward to sharing her thirty years of knowledge and achievements in her garden, and inspiring others to bring their own vision to life.