MEANDER THROUGH THE MEADOWS

Applying an artist's eye for colour and using a naturalistic plan landscape designer and gardener Tim Pilgrim creates a cottage garden inspired by the loose beauty of meadows and prairies

ANDREA TOMAZ

OPEN GARDENS LEAD THE WAY The path is lined with bails of English box (Buxussempervirens), which give the garden elements a stronger definition. With buckets of charm, great soil and a wet, cool climate, Trentham in Victoria, Australia has plenty of beautiful cottage gardens growing in its midst. But landscape designer and gardener Tim Pilgrim tried something a little different and extra-special - when his client, Rhonda, asked him to create a garden that would ‘soften’ the new residence on her block of land. ‘Rhonda wanted a cottage garden aesthetic and she also liked the style of Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf,’ explains Tim. ‘He does a lot of perennial mass plantings in a naturalistic style, and plants in drifts rather than blocks. I drew on those ideas and was…

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SA Garden and Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2023

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