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Call Of The Wild

Landscape designer Penny Starr has taken a walk on the wild side with the wonderful, seemingly random garden she has created behind her home in Melbourne. The Federation bungalow’s formal facade gives little clue to the less structured prairieinspired haven that lies between a new extension and studio at the rear of the property. Shimmying and shimmering wispy grasses whisk Penny and her family, including two teenagers, off to a sweeping savanna.

When Penny and her husband bought the house in late 2009, it was tired and dated, with the

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