Contrasting colours, form and texture are the essential elements of a country garden
There’s a wild child lurking beneath the surface of landscape architect Michael Bligh’s very urbane demeanour. As he walks around the parklike expanse of the garden at his home on the outskirts of Goulburn in the NSW Southern Tablelands, Michael’s conversation constantly diverts to the extreme adventures he’s enjoyed on travels to some of the most remote places on Earth.
Sometimes accompanied by his wife, registered nurse Annie, Michael has trekked extensively in the Himalayas, completed the Tour du Mont Blanc — a 170-kilometre circuit walk through Italy, France and Switzerland — been to Mt Everest base camp and
