GARDENS COTTAGE INDUSTRY

Lush and green, with bursts of flowering colour, this cottage-style garden – aptly named Hedgerow – could be nestled in England’s Cotswolds district rather than Kingston, a little town about 20 kilometres from Daylesford in regional Victoria. The secret to this abundant garden lies in its fertile clay-loam soils and generous rainfall. “There is a local saying,” says owner Suzanne Batch.

“‘If you plant a feather here, you can grow a chicken!’ It is the perfect environment and climate for a garden to thrive.”