Australian House & Garden

Petal Power

Flowers play a leading role in the life of film director Glendyn Ivin. His recently released TV miniseries The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is an ode to Australian natives in their myriad textures, shapes, and hues, as well as the healing power of plants. And the same could apply to this lush oasis in Melbourne’s inner north, which he shares with his wife Natalie Poole and their two children, Ollie, 20, and Rosie, 16.

In a case of life imitating art, TV series and garden are intertwined – while

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