Your Home and Garden

WORLDLY POSSESSIONS

Far-flung destinations might be off the table for now but for freelance writer Helene Ravlich and her family, every day at home reminds them of their travels. She and husband Jooles Clements bought their early 1900s Freemans Bay house in Auckland six years ago, drawn to the verdant green valley it looks out on. They’ve since transformed what was a fairly blank canvas into an eclectic city-fringe oasis, inspired by their international getaways.

For the love of plants

Prior to living here, Helene, Jooles and their son Wolf lived in a villa on Ponsonby’s Richmond Road. But Helene had always fantasised about living on

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