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    SOPHIA’S Choice

    Feb 28, 2018 3 minutes
    WORDS: NATALIE RAAD PHOTOS: PATRICK REDMOND

    What began as a small veggie patch is, today, the ultimate food-garden sanctuary. Located in Armadale, Victoria, the garden is not only pleasing to look at, with its array of colours and textures, but is edible too.

    Sophia Konstantyniuk wanted to create an abundant veggie garden, so she called on garden designer Chris Williams to transform her blank canvas of Kikuyu lawn, a few trees, a Hills Hoist and a crumbling incinerator into an oasis of colour and flavour. Calling a designer is sometimes

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