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Picardy, an Australian garden inspired by a passion for all things French, Marian Somes ; photography by Sue Stubbs

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Picardy, an Australian garden inspired by a passion for all things French, Marian Somes ; photography by Sue Stubbs

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eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrations

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Picardy

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Marian Somes ; photography by Sue Stubbs

Sub title

an Australian garden inspired by a passion for all things French

Summary

When Bryce and Marian Somes took a whistle-stop tour of France in 1986, they couldn't have imagined the lasting effect it would have on their future. Having tried to coax various gardens to flourish, the Someses found 26 acres of bare, but beckoning land in Victoria's Gippsland in 1992 and set about creating what Bryce referred to as a French folly. The ever-expanding garden, which now includes an olive grove and vineyard in addition to the orchard and extensive perennial and picking gardens inspired by Monet's Giverny, surround a rustic rammed earth farmhouse and barn that are continually evolving

Table Of Contents

Introduction - The French obsession -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Finding our land -- 3. The rammed earth house -- 4. Shaping the garden -- 5. Meandering -- 6. Building the barn -- 7. The produce department -- 8. Cooking and carousing -- 9. Wine and roses -- 10. The planning department

Target audience

adult

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