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SPIRITED away

Paul Bangay has been sculpting, coiffing and fashioning the most magnificent of gardens for the past three decades. The pre-eminent landscape designer’s work can be likened to a masterfully tailored Savile Row suit – timeless, perfectly proportioned and befitting a formal environment. But when Paul was asked to design this garden on the undulating acreage of an avocado farm on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, he saw an opportunity to embrace his ever-expanding and increasingly organic style.

The project was ripe with

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