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Bruno’s Art & Sculpture Garden

by Carmel | Dec 3, 2019 | Art, Attractions, Parks & nature

Bruno Torfs’ art brings joy to visitors from all over the world. He has created a rich fantasy world from clay, set in a beautiful rainforest.

Cloudehill Garden’s Twilight Series 2020 – Opera in the Garden

by Carmel | Dec 2, 2019 | Art, Dandenong Ranges, Events, Music, Parks & nature

Jan 2020. Cloudehill hosts artists from the Melba Opera Trust. Listen to popular arias and ensembles in an outdoor twilight setting.

Cloudehill Garden’s Twilight Events – Carols & Beyond

by Carmel | Dec 2, 2019 | Art, Dandenong Ranges, Events, Music, Parks & nature

Dec 2019. Capella group, The Idea of North, is giving a twilight recital at Cloudehill Gardens. Music will feature carols and more.

Cloudehill Garden’s Twilight Series 2020 – Evergreen Ensemble, Tree of Strings

by Carmel | Dec 2, 2019 | Art, Dandenong Ranges, Events, Music, Parks & nature

Feb 2020. Cloudehill presents a twilight recital by the Evergreen Ensemble. Enjoy Irish folk music in a beautiful garden setting.

Part 8: Creating a large, outdoor Fairy Garden – the farm

by Carmel | Nov 28, 2019 | Buzz, Fairy Garden, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

Not all Fairy Villages have farms but luckily ours does. Wee folk love cuddling and playing with farm animals. It’s like a petting zoo!

Part 7: Creating a large outdoor Fairy Garden – the Fairy Tree

by Carmel | Nov 24, 2019 | Buzz, Fairy Garden, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

Fairies love trees – they talk to them and they live in them! Learn how we made the fairy tree in our fairy garden.

Finishing our deck with lattice

by Carmel | Nov 3, 2019 | Buzz, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

The underside of our tall deck was exposed. It was untidy, unsightly and in desperate need of a makeover. Thank goodness for lattice!

Part 5: Creating a large outdoor Fairy Garden – choosing plants

by Carmel | Oct 9, 2019 | Buzz, Fairy Garden, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

Discover the types of plants that are best suited to Fairy Gardens. Real and artificial; tall and short; green and colourful.

Part 6: Creating a large outdoor Fairy Garden – the Carnival

by Carmel | Sep 22, 2019 | Art, Buzz, Fairy Garden, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

In this post we’re zeroing in on our Fairy Garden Carnival (aka Fair). We outline how we made it, offer hints & tips & include photos.

Part 4b: Creating a large outdoor fairy garden – setting up buildings (the right way)

by Carmel | Sep 15, 2019 | Buzz, Fairy Garden, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

Part 4b of our series on how to create a large, outdoor fairy garden looks at the right way to lay out buildings and various types of ground covers.

Fairy Garden Cafe

by Carmel | Sep 14, 2019 | Buzz, Fairy Garden, Our gardens

Fairies enjoy a coffee at the start of their day, just like we humans do. Our cute Fairy Tale Cafe was once a bus. Got to love fairy garden repurposing!

Part 4a: Creating a large outdoor fairy garden – setting up buildings (what not to do)

by Carmel | Sep 9, 2019 | Buzz, Fairy Garden, Humble beginnings, Our gardens

The positioning of our Fairy Garden buildings didn’t go as smoothly as hoped to begin with. Luckily we came up with some creative solutions!

Bruno’s Art & Sculpture Garden

Cloudehill Garden’s Twilight Series 2020 – Opera in the Garden

Cloudehill Garden’s Twilight Events – Carols & Beyond

Cloudehill Garden’s Twilight Series 2020 – Evergreen Ensemble, Tree of Strings

Part 8: Creating a large, outdoor Fairy Garden – the farm

Part 7: Creating a large outdoor Fairy Garden – the Fairy Tree

Finishing our deck with lattice

Part 5: Creating a large outdoor Fairy Garden – choosing plants

Part 6: Creating a large outdoor Fairy Garden – the Carnival

Part 4b: Creating a large outdoor fairy garden – setting up buildings (the right way)

Fairy Garden Cafe

Part 4a: Creating a large outdoor fairy garden – setting up buildings (what not to do)

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