Australian House & Garden

FRIENDS LIKE THESE

Theresa Albioli has spent 10 years shaping this garden in Daylesford, central Victoria. When she wanders through it – inspecting a leaf here, observing a patch that needs pruning there – she feels like she is visiting a good friend. “The garden has a life of its own,” says Theresa. “It’s a garden with lovely memories and it’s a living, breathing, beautiful thing. It’s almost like a person to me.”

The “beautiful thing” in question is the 2000-square-metre wonderland that

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