leading by example

WHAT IS VISIBLE beyond the confines of a garden is often a vital part of its atmosphere and extends the boundaries into what is known as the borrowed landscape.

At Gisborne in Central Victoria, this is certainly the case at Kathleen Murphy’s garden where the Macedon Ranges, and the definitive peak of Mount Macedon rising from the surrounding plain, are a feature of the garden’s landscape. “We really bought the house for this view,” says Kathleen.

At the Murphys’ home, in the aptly-named