With lush beds filled with flowering perennials in the English tradition, a pool house evoking Californian cool and the langour of the Med, this garden is a potpourri of inspiration far and wide. Add a spectacular vista of coastal Victoria and it’s little wonder the owner often holidays at home.
Thanks to deft hard and softscaping, this United Nations of influences forms an inviting, harmonious whole. But its tranquillity belies its tricky creation story. In 2020, its designer, Jason King of King’s Gardens & Pools, was confronted with a scrubby