A fine romance
Garden and architectural grandeur are engaged in an alluring dialogue in this lush oasis overlooking Sydney Harbour.
STORY Chris Pearson
PHOTOGRAPHY Anson Smart
VIEW POINT
The home is grounded by a series of large mature species including a large Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia). The verandah is draped in herald’s trumpet (Beaumontia grandiflora) climber. Architecture by BKH Architects.
HIGH LIFE
A Canary Island dragon tree (Dracaena draco) grows from a Sir Walter buffalo lawn. Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis ‘Jamaica White’) frames a setting from Bonacina 1889. Interior design by Iain Halliday.
Landscape designer Anthony Wyer.
A lemon tree (Citrus limon) is underplanted with busy lizzie (Impatiens walleriana).
Formality and ease make blissful bedfellows in this romantic garden overlooking Sydney Harbour. Landscape designer Anthony Wyer of Wyer & Co has created what he calls an ordered lushness, with exuberant sweeps of foliage juxtaposed with manicured detail. Curved garden beds brimming with hydrangeas and mounds of buxus lend a fluidity, punctuated by palm trees cheekily jutting up from the dense understorey. And on the grand Gothic-style home, with its Victorian verandahs and gables, a classic arbour is draped in wisteria, French urns grace sandstone paving and climbers entwine latticework.