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"In 2013, the ‘Australian Garden’, created by Landscape Designer Phillip
Johnson, Horticulturalist Wes Fleming and the Trailfinders Team, was the first
Australian entry to win Gold and Best in Show at the prestigious Royal
Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in London.
Ten years later, Phillip Johnson has re-created his award-winning Australian
Garden in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden in Olinda, on Wurundjeri Country.
The new garden is over 20 times the size of the original Chelsea Flower Show
build, converting a section of the former Olinda Golf Course into a stunning
botanic garden, supporting biodiversity and habitat creation in the area.
The garden features 15,000 plants from over 400 native Australian species, and
includes rare and endangered species such as the Wollemi Pine (
Wollemia
nobilis), which is listed as critically endangered under the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).
It showcases sustainable and water-wise design, including an integrated
bushfire protection system, solar power and the clever use of recycled and
reclaimed materials, such as seating which was lovingly crafted from the
Dandenong Ranges storm recovery program.
It also promotes and supports biodiversity through the creation of important
native habitats for native plants and animals. This will encourage wildlife
such as birds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, which are so important
for the environment.
The project was made possible thanks to a $3.8 million investment from the
Victorian Government, $2.2 million from the Federal Government and $340,000 in
funds raised by the People and Parks Foundation."
Via Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier.
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