Frank Greenhalgh train us on an amazing tour of his terraced garden . Can you imagine living where you’re able to enjoy views of the rainforest ?
" Frank has just completed landscaping a 1 acre prop sloping into a coastal rainforest ( temperate ) and billabong in the Gippsland Lakes orbit of Victoria , Australia . It has been a 10 year undertaking call for the usance of over 500 treated pine slumberer and 200 deoxythymidine monophosphate of granite rock for retaining walls ; 100 tetraiodothyronine of gravel for the course ; and 25 t of crushed granite rock for curving pathways .
The terrasse garden has a phone number of ‘ rooms ’ on unlike storey , which are joined by steps and ramps . It feature a rotunda , dry stone walls , fervour Hell and BBQ area , and many aboriginal and exotic plants . The garden provides habitat for a wide range of fauna , including kookaburras and echidnas .
The environment created is relaxing and affect all the senses . This ingathering includes the 180 degree scene of the rain forest from the decking of the house ; the noise of birds , frogs and the wind blowing the Eucalyptus trees ; the smell of the wide compass of prime ; the taste of the garden truck from the kitchen garden and fruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ; and the feel of the decorative grasses as you brush against them . "
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