TRUE BLUE

TAKING INSPIRATION FROM QUAINT ENGLISH COTTAGE GARDENS AND HAMPTONS-STYLE LANDSCAPING, THIS NSW SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PLOT BRINGS YEAR-ROUND JOY TO ITS OWNERS.

WORDS KARINA MACHADO, HANNAH JAMES

There is never a bad time to soak in the landscape of Melinda and Tom Hartwright’s glorious garden in the NSW Southern Highlands. Lovingly brought to life over 10 years, their two hectares offer the couple an experience to savour in every season. “I love those mid-winter afternoons with friends around the fire,” says interior designer Melinda, founder of Melinda Hartwright Interiors. “Whenever we’ve got a big pile to burn off, we get friends around. Everyone brings camp chairs and we sit around the fire with bottles of Champagne and bowls of soup, all rugged up, as it gets dark.” But it’s in spring and summer, when the flowers are in full bloom, that Melinda can wander among her most beloved blossoms. “We didn’t have a single hydrangea in this…

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