EXTERIOR
Painted Dulux Grey Pebble double strength; windows Dulux Whisper White.
Robyn Holt’s eye for art is evident. From top, artworks by Les Burcher, B. I. Mayorv, and English artist Henry King. Table and wicker chair, The Bronte Tram. Chair, Anna Spiro Design.
Calves are calling to their mothers in the distance as Robyn Holt walks up the driveway. “Come and see the garden first,” she insists, and I’m not about to say no to the woman who launched the Vogue brand in Russia and was once chief executive of Condé Nast Australia.
This invitation is hardly surprising from someone who confesses that The Diggers Club catalogue is one of her favourite things to read, usually found on top of a pile of books at the avid reader’s bedside. “I adore books,” she says. The former editor of Vogue Living clearly adores gardens and houses, too.
We meet on a clear sunny day. It’s perfect weather for gardening in a small town in the NSW Southern Highlands, where Robyn and her husband, Jim, bought in 2016 so they could finally start to fulfil their
