It all began when Simon Griffiths decided that he and his whippet couldn't live in his tiny but gorgeous one-up one-down shopfront in Melbourne any more. He had a yearning for open spaces, country air and, most importantly, a garden of his own. On finding his cottage in Meadowbank, just outside Sydney, and trialling different plants, he gradually became part of the secret gardening network the one where cuttings are exchanged between friends, and planting successes and failures are recounted over neighbourhood fences. Simon is a brilliant photographer, bringing warmth and joy to all his subjects, but he is also a very knowledgeable plantsman. In this book he has captured his favourite twenty country-style gardens and shares the knowledge he has gleaned from fellow garden lovers.Table of ContentsIntroduction Alowyn Attila's Garden Broughton Hall Cloudehill Flinders GardenFoss Hedgerow Cottage Karkalla Kate's Garden Killeen Station Kylie RoseBlake's Garden Lakithi Lavandula Luce Sulla Collina Melrose Musk CottageRay Brodie's Cottage The Rose-Innes Garden Rosebery Hill Shades of Gray Sunnymeade The Farmhouse