WORTH THE WAIT

IT’S THE SPRAWLING park-like gardens at Ledgworth that draw attention, even before the newly painted crisp white homestead comes into view. Despite the worst drought in decades, the garden is still a showpiece of Katie and Michael Walker’s 607-hectare property, located 10 minutes from Yass on the NSW Southern Tablelands. From the looming walls of a 100-year-old hedge and Boston ivy that creeps possessively over one corner of the house, to the majestic pin oaks and English elms that cast broad-reaching shadows over the lawn, it’s easy to see why their daughter Victoria plans