Brussels: waffles, chocolates and surprising letters

Belgium seems to specialise in souvenirs you’re bound to carry home as excess baggage – on your hips! Hot chips with everything, a plethora of beers, and above all – waffles and chocolate. Waffle stands like this one are everywhere…

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Posted: October 29, 2013
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Author: Robin Powell

5 things to love in Japanese gardens

My daughter is going to Japan on holiday next week. She is sorted for stationery-buying, ceramics-viewing and ramen-eating – three of her passions – and asked if I could recommend a few gardens for spare moments. Yes! But how many?…

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Posted: October 22, 2013
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Author: Robin Powell

Gardens outback

Here’s a reality check for those of us who have been whinging about the blast from hell which is a westerly wind in spring. How would you manage a garden in outback Queensland? With no rain? Libby Cameron met the…

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Posted: October 15, 2013
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Author: Robin Powell

Is this the world’s richest garden?

Money isn’t an essential ingredient of a great garden, but my can’t it help! Longwood Gardens, with an annual budget of US$50 million, shows how. Michael McCoy led a Ross Gardens tour to this highlight of Pennsylvania’s idyllic Brandywine Valley in…

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Posted: October 8, 2013
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Author: Robin Powell

Wildflowers of the West

Are Western Australia’s spring wildflowers on your must-see list? They are definitely on mine. Apparently we missed a ripper show this season. Angus Stewart is our expert wildflower hunter and says the winter was perfect to bring on a brilliant…

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Posted: October 1, 2013
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Author: Robin Powell