Monthly Archives: April 2013
India 2014 launch
The opulent palaces, beautiful gardens, vibrant colours and incredible bazaars of India have cast their spell on Peter and Hilary Whitehead and they can’t wait to share the magic. The inaugural Ross Garden Tours tour of India heads off next…
Hunting wildflowers in WA
Think Western Australia wildflowers, think an endless field of red and green kangaroo paw as far as the eye can see, right? Or else something like this: Photo: Angus Stewart While fields of endless flowers can be found, (the pictures prove…
Autumn leaves
We love the way the Japanese go mad for the cherry blossom season. The ephemeral flowering is a great excuse to go somewhere beautiful and share it with friends. Leaf-viewing season doesn’t call for quite so many parties in Japan but it is just as beautiful, as you can see in this shot. Graham Ross took the picture out of…
Bella lemons
The new citrus season has started and lemons are easy to find in the shops again. A great relief. My potted lemons are still green and hard and a few months off harvest, but thoughts of lemons reminded me of…
More from MIFGS
Last week we took a look at a couple of Sandra Ross’ favourite gardens from the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. If you missed it you can see them here. Both gardens made exciting use of flowering plants but…