the Australian garden- garden of diversity
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The Australian Garden is a most ambitious project undertaken
by the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne, one of
Victoria's most treasured native bushland with 363 hectares
of heathlands, wetlands and woodlands. The highly esteemed
project is unmatched in its breathtaking design. The
Australian Garden epitomises and reflects the beauty and
variety of the Australian scenery. Individuals elements of
the design have been facilitated by use of the extensive
range of decorative pebbles available through our Nature's
Stone range. We have supplied around 30m³ for this project
so far.
The Garden of Diversity
is a physical interpretation of 85 Bioregions that exist
across Australia. The design uses a number of Australian
tumbled rocks and pebbles to illustrate the role of
geomorphology and lithology on the diversity of Australian
plants. According to C. Sawyer and S. Kumar, the two Site
Office landscape designers responsible for this tour de
force, the tumbled rocks and pebbles feature prominently in
the design, also offering an alternative and appealing mulch
material.
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