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00:08Pete, beautiful Burley, magnificent Miami,
00:11two of Australia's best beaches right near us.
00:13And what a location, not to mention in the distance,
00:16Surfers Paradise.
00:17You bet. Now talk about a tough decision.
00:19I'm not sure I could choose one beach over another.
00:21They're spectacular.
00:21Well, to be honest, if you lived in this part of the world,
00:24in this location, you'd never have to make that choice
00:26because every day would literally be a sun, surf and sand spectacular.
00:30I'll tell you what, the only thing that possibly could tear me away
00:33from these waves is the house we're about to visit
00:36just a few blocks away.
00:37Well, that is coming up not too far away,
00:39so any ideas that you have of going for a swim has to wait.
00:42Ah!
00:46Tonight, gardeners rejoice
00:48because it's the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
00:51and we'll give you everything on one night.
00:54All the colour, all the creativity.
00:57All the excitement.
01:00How about an Easter feast to make you feel less guilty
01:04about all the chocolate you'll be eating?
01:06You can't go past a good Tasmanian salmon.
01:10And you know what you can't go past?
01:13Miss Jo Griggs.
01:16And it's not quite a shelf and it's not quite a drawer.
01:20But whatever you want to call it,
01:22it means there's no hopping on your hands and knees anymore.
01:25So that means you're saving your back.
01:27Win-win for everyone.
01:32This segment is brought to you by Aldi,
01:35where fresh, award-winning Aussie-grown produce
01:38is available all year round.
01:42If you're thinking of feeding your family this Easter,
01:45it is a big deal.
01:46If you're looking for fresh and healthy,
01:49then I think you can't go past a good Tasmanian salmon.
01:53And you know what you can't go past?
01:56Miss Jo Griggs.
01:57No, you can definitely go past me,
01:59but what I'm not going past is an opportunity to cook with you again.
02:01Check out this.
02:02Oh, just the outing.
02:03They've actually got all this range of flavoured little hot cross buns.
02:06There's like banoffee flavoured and carrot cake.
02:09Banoffee.
02:09So I thought we actually might feed the crew a little bit later.
02:11Do we really want to share?
02:13Well, I think we kind of have to.
02:14Because otherwise they're like,
02:16why did you turn up your random thing?
02:18What are you making?
02:19Well, I think it's salmon.
02:22Salmon with avocado and some grains.
02:25Yum.
02:26So healthy, delicious and easy to make.
02:35So we're going to do the salmon first
02:37because what we want to do is cool it down while we make the salad.
02:41Okay.
02:41Yep.
02:42So here I've got about four pieces with skin on.
02:47Yep.
02:48Firstly, let's marinate the salmon.
02:51What are you going to do with that?
02:52Very, very quickly.
02:53Firstly, this is three ingredients.
02:55Yeah.
02:55Salt, pepper and paprika.
02:57All right.
02:59Put your salmon in.
03:03So Jo, you know with doing a crispy skin,
03:07because we've got the skin on here,
03:09the trick is to have your salmon in a cold pan.
03:13Oh, really?
03:14Yeah.
03:14Heat up naturally.
03:15Heat up naturally.
03:16So it doesn't burn then and peel off.
03:18That's right.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Yeah.
03:19So is that the marinade that simple?
03:21Yes, the marinade's that simple.
03:23And you've only got the marinade really on the top of the salmon, I notice.
03:26Yes, just on the top of the salmon
03:28because I do not want the paprika to burn underneath.
03:32Right.
03:32As it's cooking the skin.
03:35Now I'm going to turn on the gas.
03:39I'm just going to put the tiniest bit of oil just to get it going.
03:46I'm going to put it on the top of the salmon.
03:47While that's going, let's do the dressing.
03:49Okay.
03:49Right?
03:50Beautiful.
03:50What do you want in this?
03:51Garlic.
03:51Garlic.
03:52Okay.
03:53We've got some garlic.
03:53We've got some chopped garlic here.
03:55How much?
03:56About one clove.
03:57Okay.
03:57Don't want it to be too pungent, so...
04:00I'm guessing the...
04:01Is that mirin?
04:01That's mirin.
04:02Mirin?
04:02Yeah.
04:03So let's go with about...
04:05That's two...
04:06Three tablespoons here.
04:07Okay.
04:08Of mirin.
04:08And then let's go for the soy sauce.
04:10All right.
04:11Sorry.
04:11Soy sauce.
04:13Same amount.
04:15One, two, three.
04:19All right.
04:19And then...
04:20And then let's go for the tanginess.
04:24Lemon.
04:24Okay.
04:25So you've got the salt, you've got the sweet, you've got the flavour with the garlic, and
04:28now you've got your citrus tang.
04:30Yeah.
04:30Yum.
04:31Okay.
04:33And we are going to put a bit of olive oil, but just at the end.
04:37Okay.
04:37Yeah.
04:38We'll mix that together.
04:40All right.
04:41Shall we start with the grains?
04:42Yes.
04:42Yes.
04:43What can I do to help you?
04:44We've got quinoa here.
04:45Can I chop any of this up?
04:47Yes, you can.
04:48Let's do some parsley.
04:50Okay.
04:50Just chop it off rough...
04:52Chop it roughly.
04:54Now, quinoa, it's not a grain.
04:58Did you know that?
04:59No, I thought it was.
05:04And then also I've got some brown rice.
05:07Let's do some brown rice.
05:10Okay, I'm going to just check on this salmon.
05:14Okay, have a look at that.
05:16Wow.
05:16That's crispy.
05:17Yeah.
05:18It's straight.
05:18It hasn't curled.
05:20Love that.
05:20Because we put it on a cold pan.
05:23Now, I'm just going to turn it over just to sear the top, and then we'll take it off.
05:30I do not want to cook it right through.
05:33Okay.
05:33It's going to cook while it sits.
05:36Yeah, that's right.
05:37Is that enough parsley for you?
05:38That's enough parsley.
05:40Shall we put in the beautiful coloured peppers?
05:44Yes.
05:44Yes.
05:45Peppers here.
05:48Can you pass me those toasted cashews?
05:50Yeah.
05:50Okay, just chop that roughly, if you don't mind.
05:53No, I don't mind either.
05:54And then, while you're doing that, I'm going to put in some toasted sunflower seeds.
05:58Oh, yum.
05:59You can use pepitas if you have them in your pantry.
06:02I always have seeds in my pantry.
06:04So do I.
06:05Yeah, always.
06:06Just adds such a nice crunch to a salad.
06:09All right, that goes in.
06:10That goes in.
06:11So, really, all in one bowl.
06:14I'm going to switch this off now.
06:16I think that's had enough cooking.
06:18Yep.
06:21Bring onion.
06:23Okay.
06:23Yep, that should be enough.
06:25All right, that goes in.
06:27This is so colourful and pretty.
06:29I love it.
06:30What about, we've got some sultanas here?
06:32Sultanas, yes.
06:33Don't forget the sultanas.
06:37I think that should be enough.
06:38Yep.
06:39Perfect.
06:40Excellent.
06:40Okay, Jo, if I could get you to just prep the avocado.
06:44Yeah.
06:44Just little squares.
06:46Squares.
06:46Yeah.
06:47Okay.
06:47So I'm seasoning it with the dressing that we made earlier.
06:56These are right.
06:57You want to put these in?
06:58Yes, please.
06:59So these are shepherd avocado.
07:02Okay.
07:02And I feel that they actually hold quite well.
07:06Yeah.
07:07In a salad.
07:08And then they also give that beautiful creaminess.
07:10Yum.
07:11Yep.
07:13We're almost there, Jo.
07:15Almost there.
07:18Oh, look at your beautiful skin.
07:21Yum.
07:21Yum.
07:23So let's put them.
07:25Little chunks in there.
07:26Chunks in there.
07:28Pop that little one in too.
07:30You don't waste any salmon when it looks this good.
07:33We do not waste any of that salmon.
07:36And a tiny drizzle of honey.
07:38Oh, wow.
07:40And Jo, there you have it.
07:42That is sensational.
07:44Cheers.
07:47Oh, yum.
07:48Mm-hmm.
07:58This is the kind of home where you don't just have one option for entertaining.
08:02Oh, where do you look?
08:02There are multiple options.
08:04The gates are open and the crowds are coming in.
08:07We'll share it all with you.
08:08Of course, it's MIFCUS 2026.
08:35Well, Melissa, Charlie, we're all here.
08:37Mm-hmm.
08:38Same time, same place.
08:39There must be something happening.
08:40I think it's an early Christmas party, isn't it?
08:42Not quite, but it is the biggest garden party of the year.
08:45We are, of course, at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
08:48The students have done brilliant work for the balcony gardens,
08:51the achievable gardens.
08:52They're even bigger and more beautiful.
08:54The professionals, well, top of the tree, they're the show gardens.
08:58You're just going to love them.
08:59Inspiration, colour.
09:00It's just fabulous to be here.
09:02The iconic Carlton Gardens have been transformed into a flower and garden paradise,
09:07and over the next five days, only the best and brightest are showing off their amazing creations.
09:11Yes, all of the big names are here, competing for the coveted awards and, of course, best in show.
09:16But I tell you what, it's just a taste of what's on offer this year.
09:19Yeah, brilliant.
09:20Okay, I can't wait.
09:21Let's get started.
09:31When you walk through Emma Doman's incredible show garden where we gather,
09:36you can see that she creates beautiful landscapes that are part sanctuary, part living room,
09:41because this is a garden that really invites you to slow down, to get outdoors and live in the garden
09:47and connect with nature.
09:48Yeah, barefoot.
09:58So, Emma, this is your first show garden.
10:00I mean, talk about starting with a bang.
10:03It is my first show garden, so I'm a Brisbane-based landscape architect,
10:06and I was really lucky to team up with the VOCA Landscape Construction,
10:10who are a local crew and did such an amazing job bringing this garden to life with me.
10:15I mean, tell me a little bit about the concept.
10:17I mean, it's a very calming planting palette.
10:20I wanted to give people a point of difference.
10:22So, you know, a resort-style garden is not something you'd normally see in the heart of Melbourne,
10:27but I wanted to bring a little bit of Queensland.
10:29The foliage that we see behind is, you know, it's all our beautiful, lush, subtropical layers.
10:35But then down the front, there's an abundance of movement and texture and colour.
10:40And I look at those magnificent Canary Island date palms,
10:43and I just think, how on earth did you get those in the garden?
10:46It was a big deal.
10:48So, those trees are huge.
10:50They're about six tonne each.
10:51We had an amazing sponsor help us out with that.
10:53Do you like that I've embraced the barefoot philosophy?
10:55It's done its job.
10:56I love it.
10:57It has.
10:58It's really like a holiday resort, Emma.
11:00So, congratulations.
11:01Thank you, Mel.
11:01I've got more to see, so I better put my shoes back on.
11:18The border gardens have been at Mifcus for five years,
11:21and there's 17 different entrants.
11:23They range from everywhere from beginner gardeners all the way through up to professionals.
11:26They're all given the same space, though, a 2.4 by 2.4 block.
11:30And in my opinion, that is one of the trickiest to design,
11:33because trying to get all your big ideas into a small space,
11:35well, that can be quite tricky.
11:49The thing I love about the border gardens
11:51is they are all completely different to one another.
11:53Take this, for example.
11:54Who wouldn't want this little piece of paradise in their own garden?
11:57There is so much fruit, all protected in this little space.
12:01The centrepiece is this amazing S-shaped apple
12:04that goes to show, with just a bit of imagination,
12:06you can have a pretty special garden.
12:17Our next designer comes from Portland in Oregon in America,
12:20but don't let that confuse you, because he's a worldwide traveller.
12:24The plants are familiar, but the design is something very different,
12:28and I'm sure you'll be inspired, as I am.
12:45Ithkaha, this is quite a magical garden,
12:48but you've used plants that are very familiar,
12:50but the design is from your travels.
12:53Yes, correct.
12:54I was in Uzbekistan in April for some project.
12:57The inspiration came from the Silk Road
13:00and then all those historical places.
13:03That was the main hub for education
13:06and the trade and culture and connecting people.
13:11Your passion for native plants, how has that come about?
13:13So the design purpose is to reconnect us human back with nature.
13:20So creating the garden, we should focus on sustainability and organic.
13:27And then right now, the way I plant it,
13:29it shows how you can use deciduous plants, evergreen plants and perennials,
13:34so all year round you can enjoy the garden.
13:36Well, that's what's happened here.
13:38Nature, the bees, the plants, the garden design.
13:41Congratulations.
13:42I love it.
13:44Thank you very much.
13:44All the best.
13:46If you love all the colour, design and plant ideas,
13:49well, hang around because there's lots more coming up on the show.
13:55Lake side, beach side.
13:57Pool side.
13:58Here, the choice is entirely yours.
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14:04find out how to save money in your garden.
14:06Learn how to get plants for free by propagating floral favourites
14:10like dahlias and gladioli.
14:11And why buy more plants when one will do?
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14:19Plus, I'll share practical tips on growing pear trees
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14:25Grab this month's magazine for low-cost gardening inspiration.
14:28And don't forget your chance to win a million dollars.
14:38This segment is brought to you by Marta Price Home.
14:42Could the next winner be you?
14:46You do, you do
14:51When I'm bittersweet
14:57So, Jay, we're just back from Burley Beach
14:59on one of those beautiful inland waterways.
15:01And look, Pete, I mean, we go on and on on this show
15:04about the importance of first impressions.
15:06So here we are at this gorgeous Marta Price Home.
15:09I'm interested to know,
15:10what design little features have captured your attention?
15:13Well, the front facade combines three principal materials,
15:16giving the appearance of stone, timber and solid render.
15:20I mean, this is a little solid castle on the coast.
15:22And if you had to say an inspiration from architecture,
15:24probably the closest would be Brutalist.
15:26Yeah, yeah, yeah, sensitive version of.
15:28But I like the fact they've left, like, slats in the front gate
15:30and also into the carport
15:32because it gives you a tease of the oasis that awaits inside.
15:41Inside, an instant calm.
15:43Hey, Jay, the first thing to note, this place is enormous.
15:46It's almost 500 square metres
15:48and the block is over 800.
15:50It's enormous.
15:50Our current home in Sydney is on a block of 340 square metres,
15:54so you're right, this is massive.
15:55Now, look, the temptation in designing a coastal home
15:58is to have a big open plan with a lot of expansive glass.
16:01But sometimes they can lack intimacy, a sense of cosiness.
16:05Yeah, well, I tell you what, they do it really well here
16:07because you think we're outside and it was just all edges, sharp edges.
16:10You come inside and I know this home all of a sudden
16:13feels incredibly soft and calming.
16:16I mean, all the furniture, you realise, is rounded.
16:19You know, the arches that you've got in the mirrors,
16:22the lights that they've selected.
16:23I don't know, it just softens all that hardness of the place.
16:27It's like the inside of a shell, right?
16:28Yes.
16:29And it's the combination of the right angle and the curve,
16:32the idea of order and harmony, that balance.
16:34Yeah.
16:34And here we've got all these arches,
16:37including a soft bulkhead which really softens the shadows
16:40where junctions meet.
16:41But this is really impressive.
16:44This little internal day bed right in the centre of the plan.
16:47I mean, you can cosy up.
16:48It's like a cloister.
16:49It's a little milk.
16:49You can cosy up here with a little book, couldn't you?
17:00Into the kitchen and living area.
17:02And here we see some more subtle references,
17:04this time to modernism,
17:05where there's always an emphasis on the horizontal.
17:08And that's illustrated here with this really long benchtop,
17:11echoed with the bulkhead above the kitchen.
17:13And those skylights throw light underneath this ceiling.
17:17It then becomes a hovering plane.
17:18All that does is direct the eye from the inside out to the view.
17:28Jo, as we know, good architecture and design
17:34considers the planning and detailing of outdoor space
17:37just as important as the internals.
17:39And here, that's taken to the next level.
17:41Everywhere you look, a different experience in outdoor living,
17:44even your own mini private footy field.
17:46Well, helped, obviously, by this enormous 20-metre frontage.
17:50Yes, really wide.
17:50And from there, terraces down,
17:52and each level offering a different experience in outdoor lifestyle.
17:56A sitting area, your own private pool,
17:59climaxing with direct access to that great lake.
18:01Hang on, you haven't even mentioned
18:03this incredible entertaining space that we're standing in.
18:05Oops.
18:06Whoever wins this Marta Prize home,
18:08it's going to be a life-changing moment for them.
18:09But speaking of life-changing,
18:10let's focus for a moment on Marta Research.
18:13And to help us out, there's a man I would love you to meet.
18:16This is Professor John Hooper.
18:17He's a Senior Research Fellow at Marta Research.
18:20And also, I believe you also lead the Cancer Biology Research Group.
18:24Now, seriously impressive titles.
18:25Thank you for all the work that you do.
18:27But just to help Pete out,
18:28can you explain what that is?
18:31Well, my focus is on doing biomedical research
18:34that can have impact on patients.
18:36So, coming up with the better ways to diagnose
18:38and treat a range of really severe types of cancer.
18:42Let me make this point.
18:43When we're looking at a beautiful home,
18:44which will help improve someone's life,
18:46but you're changing and saving lives, mate.
18:48Well, that's our goal.
18:49That's our goal.
18:50And we're working hard towards that.
18:52Every day, we try to do the best that we can
18:54to achieve the goals that we need to achieve.
18:57Well, we'd like to say thank you to you
18:58and all of your peers.
19:00Because the work you do is amazing.
19:01Real pleasure.
19:12Jo, Professor Hooper, what an impressive guy.
19:15Oh, seriously, mind-blowing the work that he's doing.
19:18And I'll tell you what, it's such a great feeling
19:19knowing that if you do buy a ticket,
19:20that you're actually helping a great cause
19:22on so many different levels, as he explained.
19:25But seriously, Pete, imagine if you actually won this.
19:27Yeah, someone's going to.
19:28For just $2 a ticket, you're in the draw
19:31for a $5.6 million prize package.
19:34That includes the home.
19:35It includes $100,000 in gold bullion,
19:38a Land Rover Defender, one tenner sitting in the garage.
19:42Hang on, not to mention all of the furniture,
19:44which is so beautifully styled throughout the home.
19:46That adds about $200,000 in that prize pool.
19:48Yeah, right.
19:49Now, someone is going to win this on the 23rd of April.
19:53And if you buy tickets today, you're also going to a bonus draw
19:56to win an additional $10,000 in gold bullion
19:59and the chance to win all of this.
20:01Win it, live it.
20:02And love it.
20:03Love it.
20:04Now, tell me, before you were trying to toss up
20:05between Miami and Burley Beach, where are you going to go?
20:08Well, I think I'm just going to sit here,
20:10my own waterway, and think about it.
20:12Your waterway, hey?
20:13I'll share it.
20:18This segment was brought to you by Marta Price Home.
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20:24to win $10,000 in gold bullion.
20:29Coming up, more from this year's incredible
20:33Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
20:56Now, the show gardens are top level,
20:58but don't forget the boutique gardens.
21:01Lots of inspiration there as well.
21:03Yeah, in fact, boutique contestants often go on
21:06to compete in the show garden competition the following year.
21:08So it's a must visit to see the top talent coming through.
21:12Yeah, the spaces are only 5 by 5 metres,
21:14but just because they're smaller
21:15doesn't mean that they're not packed full of inspiration,
21:18because they certainly are.
21:27Now, to be honest, this is my favourite of the boutique gardens.
21:30It's by Emily Rubira.
21:32It's called Native Whispers,
21:33the greenhouse she made herself, which is fantastic.
21:35There's a wine rack in there holding seedlings,
21:37which I think is really nice.
21:38But actually, it's this tiny pocket of planting here
21:41that really gets me excited.
21:43I can imagine coming home to this
21:44and it putting a smile on my face every single day.
21:47There's texture, it's layered, there's colour, there's flowers.
21:50It has so much to offer.
21:51I absolutely love it.
22:03Small spaces really challenge you to think outside the box.
22:07And this boutique garden called Reverie,
22:09designed by Timeless Outdoors,
22:11really highlights the versatility of different materials.
22:14So, for example, the innovative use of roof tiles as walling,
22:17which works really well and it's so unexpected.
22:20And the layout also plays with lots of different circular elements,
22:24from the spa at the centre,
22:25which introduces that relaxing element
22:28and the soothing sound of water,
22:29to the circular lawn area surrounded by lush garden.
22:33It's no wonder that this boutique garden
22:35took out first place.
22:42This boutique garden is looking at personal health and wellbeing.
22:46Yes, you can't beat a sauna for that
22:48and a bit of exercise and just to relax.
22:51Plants, environment, not only privacy,
22:54but somewhere where your health and your wellbeing
22:57is really enhanced.
22:59And this garden does it in spades.
23:16Now, I really love a garden with a good story.
23:19And this garden, Je ne sais quoi, by Joel Barnett,
23:22is steeped in nostalgia.
23:23Everywhere you look, there's a little thing
23:25that's telling you about his past
23:27at the Geelong Cement Cricket Club.
23:29But so much more than telling a tale,
23:31this is just a really pretty garden.
23:43Joel, a mammoth effort to put something together like this
23:45and it tells a great story,
23:47but can you tell us a bit about a few of the details?
23:49Yeah, there's quite a few real unique details
23:52that are special to me in there.
23:53So, like my grandfather's spirit level,
23:56I used that as much as I could while I was building it.
23:58So, that's probably about seven years old, that spirit level.
24:00Is that why it's all like this?
24:01Yeah, I can play it.
24:02It's not my fault, it's the spirit level's fault.
24:04Yeah, okay.
24:04But it's still pretty cool.
24:07I've got my old cricket bat up there
24:10and my old club hat as well.
24:12Oh, yeah?
24:13Yeah, because I played at the club
24:14when I was between 13 and 21.
24:15Right.
24:16And yeah, just those years,
24:17I just loved hanging out there all the time.
24:19Uh-huh.
24:19So, yeah, there's so many...
24:20It was really cool to think back,
24:22like when I was designing and building it,
24:24about all the awesome times I had there as well.
24:26Yeah, nice.
24:27It must have been quite a nice process to go through.
24:29Yeah.
24:29To put it all together.
24:30Yeah, like I just had the idea to design it,
24:32but then when I was actually thinking about
24:34all the things to put in it,
24:35it was just, yeah, bringing back really cool memories.
24:38I've got a birthday card on there
24:39from my grandmother as well
24:41that I used to keep in my cricket bag.
24:42Oh, yeah?
24:42Because it says just happy birthday
24:44and good luck with the cricket
24:45because she was a big supporter of me
24:46with my cricket as well.
24:47Oh, that's awesome.
24:47So there's no flowers in this garden at all?
24:50Yeah, there is the occasional one that snuck in there.
24:53The occasional one,
24:53but, you know, you've gone foliage heavy.
24:55What are some of your favourite plants?
24:56Probably the asparagus fern is my favourite.
24:59And also, yeah,
25:00it was so much fun doing the design
25:01with all the different coloured foliage as well.
25:03Yeah.
25:03So much colour without flowers.
25:05Yeah, well, it's a fantastic garden.
25:06It looks spectacular.
25:07And it's also the welcome garden at the show as well,
25:09so it's the first thing that people are going to see.
25:11We're doing talks on here
25:12throughout the whole weekend, aren't we?
25:13So, I mean, a great effort to do a show garden
25:15and the welcome garden all in one.
25:17Yeah, it feels like a great effort too.
25:18Thank you very much.
25:35As you know, I've got great inspiration
25:37for encouraging young people into our industry.
25:40Well, this is the end result of some young people
25:42that are working their way up.
25:44These are the achievable gardens
25:46because they're full of achievable ideas
25:49that you can borrow.
25:50So make sure you bring your phone
25:52and take plenty of photographs
25:53because you're going to love it.
25:54I think the word for a couple of the gardens here today
25:57is certainly relaxed and maybe rustic.
26:00I just love this one.
26:02There's a back fence and a little quiet courtyard.
26:04And this one's got lots of colour.
26:06Interestingly, everything on this garden is edible.
26:09From the olive to the citrus to the apples
26:12and even the herbs are all edible garden,
26:14which is a big message today.
26:20This one here is a real standout
26:22because it's really telling a story
26:24of the location and the environment
26:27that the designer Ebony, it's where she lives.
26:30You've got the sunset.
26:31You've got the foliage, which is really sparse.
26:34You've got a few of the wattles coming up,
26:36but the plant selection is exquisite
26:38and every plant is just beautifully placed.
26:41So this is really the beginnings
26:43of a show garden for this young lady.
26:45She is going to head off
26:47into really top quality show garden design.
26:51Interestingly, the pond, the paving
26:53and these beautiful logs were all put together
26:56and created by Ebony and her dad.
26:59So it's a family combination.
27:01Yep, there's some top gardens here
27:03in the achievable section.
27:15With a wide, inviting, bluestone staircase like this,
27:19you can tell that something very special
27:20is about to take place here.
27:25This impressive show garden called Love Blooms here
27:28was designed by the very talented Jason Hodges
27:31and it was created to host a real-life wedding.
27:41And who wouldn't want to be married in a space like this?
27:44I mean, the whole garden has a fairytale vibe.
27:47The planting palette is soft and romantic
27:49with big, blousy hydrangeas,
27:52Dichondra silver falls in hanging baskets
27:54that look like a wedding veil
27:55and then the whole garden is framed
27:57by beautiful white crepe myrtles.
28:10And look at that majestic backdrop.
28:12I mean, talk about an incredible borrowed landscape
28:15with the mature trees
28:16and the historic Royal Exhibition Buildings
28:18rising up in the background.
28:20Do I love this garden?
28:22I do.
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29:00Oh, God.
29:02We all have storage like this
29:03and it doesn't even have to be in the kitchen.
29:06The cupboards are so deep
29:07and these shelves are so close.
29:08You can't even see what's at the back.
29:10I mean, the solution, it's actually quite simple.
29:13It's not really...
29:14It's not really drawers
29:15and it's not really a shelf.
29:16You have to stick with me to find out.
29:18But a lot easier than trying to get...
29:20Oh, this.
29:24It didn't have to be that hard.
29:26And like all good makeovers,
29:28it starts with a clear out.
29:29So this cupboard needs to be empty.
29:31I don't know nobody who knows somebody like you.
29:37You gave me space
29:39And I knew that I found it
29:43I don't know nobody who knows somebody like you.
29:49That's amazing how much can be in one cupboard.
29:51Now, I'm going to be keeping these
29:53because they will be part of my solution.
29:58Now, the reason we need to use these battens on the hinge side
30:01is that is what's going to give us the clearance
30:03for this drawer or shelf,
30:05I haven't decided what I want to call it yet,
30:07to open.
30:08So now I can attach these to the side of the carcass.
30:24All right, now we are ready to turn these shelves into drawers.
30:28And how are we going to do that?
30:29Well, it's pretty simple.
30:30We're just going to use some drawer runners.
30:32Now, basically, the way that these work
30:34is this side here will get connected to the carcass.
30:37And then this side, which is the L shape,
30:39the shelf will sit in here
30:40and we can fix from underneath.
30:42Now, you'll see for the spacings
30:44that I've got a shorter shelf here.
30:46That's for stuff like your cups and your mugs.
30:48And then the other two, I've just spaced out evenly.
30:51Now, I can simply just screw these in place.
31:15And with the runners in place,
31:16I'm just sliding the old shelves back in.
31:19And look at that.
31:20It's not quite a shelf.
31:21It's not quite a drawer.
31:23It's a shelf or a dwarf.
31:24Does that make sense?
31:25I don't know.
31:26But whatever you want to call it,
31:28it means there's no hopping on your hands and knees anymore.
31:30So that means you're saving your back.
31:32Win-win for everyone.
31:34Dwarf.
31:35Dwarf.
31:35I don't know.
31:50Stuck fry gears for a small space?
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32:43A visit to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is not complete
32:47until you've come into the Royal Exhibition Building to see the flower hall.
32:51And this year they've gone sky high.
32:53We never miss it, do we, Graham?
32:55It's always so magnificent.
32:57And this year it's not just the beautiful floral displays that you can see.
33:00You can also meet the farmers and find out how your flowers are growing.
33:05I woke up, got another day.
33:08I woke up, let's celebrate.
33:12If you're happy, you're alive.
33:16I woke up, got another day.
33:20The sun is shining.
33:22Let's get a matcha latte.
33:24I keep on smiling.
33:26Oh yeah, I'm cheesing.
33:29There is one site on the Mifka's showground that is feared by most designers and tackled
33:34only by the brave.
33:35And it is this one.
33:36It's a triangular shape which actually drops by at least a meter and a half across its length.
33:42And when you've got a tricky site like that, you need to have an epic garden.
33:45And that is exactly what Matt York has done with his garden, We the Wild.
33:49It's these fantastic big boulders offset by 200-year-old grass trees and a planting scheme
33:54and water feature, but it's absolutely to die for.
34:06Matt, I absolutely love your garden.
34:08It looks sensational, but there's a story behind it, isn't there?
34:11There is, yeah.
34:11Yeah, so We the Wild is a garden about the restorative power of nature and drawing off
34:17the landscape character of the Southern Ocean of Victoria and seeing how we can bring those
34:22qualities and restorative powers into small garden design.
34:25Absolutely fantastic.
34:26And this site is super tricky, isn't it?
34:28It slopes right down.
34:29But you've managed to use that to your advantage and make your planting look like it's all on
34:33different layers and levels.
34:34How have you made that work?
34:35Yeah, so we exaggerated the level by a metre.
34:38There's naturally about a metre of 50 of crossfall on the site to really exaggerate that level
34:45change and play with that topography, much like that you would see in the coast, but also
34:50to bring quite an immersive space just here where the sitting area next to the main living
34:56areas will be.
34:57Tell me about the fireplace.
34:59I love the design of that.
35:00Yes, we were so fortunate to have incredible grass trees.
35:03Bo's a main driver for our design and colour palette.
35:06We wanted to have a fireplace that picked up on the black trunk, but also the angle to
35:12highlight and exaggerate the topography that we were playing with.
35:15Right.
35:16So there's a directional cue there that starts to draw the eye back up to the hill, and
35:20that was a design decision we made.
35:23I think I need to let you go, to let you go.
35:33The quarter acre block has always been the Aussie dream, but these gardens prove that you can
35:38still have a dream garden, even when space is limited.
35:41And this garden in particular, which was designed by Emma Sadie Thompson, shows that on a balcony,
35:47a small space, you can still think environmentally.
35:50So it includes things like a recycled brick gabion wall.
35:53We've got tabletops and benchtops made from recycled building aggregate.
35:58Even the pavers are made from crushed oyster shells.
36:01And I'm loving these wicking beds here, which are both decorative, but also allow the plants
36:06to water themselves.
36:20This is a really great example of how you can make the most of a balcony space with clever
36:25design.
36:26So this day bed, which converts into a couch, combines with the pizza oven, the kitchen area,
36:31and the soothing sound of water to create a really inviting place that you want to unwind
36:36in.
36:37And the designer has really made the most of every inch of space while still allowing
36:41the garden to breathe.
36:42From the pots and planter boxes filled with textured plants like euphorbias and grasses, to the
36:48green pergola, which is dripping with sedums and trailing plants.
37:04This balcony garden has a much more contemporary feel, so it makes great use of curved lines
37:10everywhere and beautiful symmetry.
37:11It's also a kaleidoscope of colour, from the bright furniture to all of these beautiful
37:16native plants.
37:17And not only do those natives like our grevilleas and banksias provide that beautiful pop of
37:22colour, but they also invite the birds and the friendly pollinators.
37:33Every year at Mifcus, there is a standout garden for several reasons.
37:38One, its location facing into that incredible heritage building behind me.
37:43This one by Andrew Stark is a standout for lots of other reasons.
37:48Not only the classical design, but the planting that's been chosen.
37:52There are plants here that you have not seen before, and some new plants, or maybe old
37:57plants, new varieties, treated in a completely different way.
38:06Will, are you happy?
38:07I'm absolutely, absolutely 100% so happy.
38:11Yeah, the boys have done a great job.
38:12The team's really put it together for you.
38:14Yeah, everyone's done about 150% or more.
38:17We've worked 10, 12 hour days every day, so everyone's done a great job.
38:20When I had a look yesterday, already it was very structurally sound.
38:25Yes.
38:26And it did have those particular avenues and vistas through the garden.
38:30I'm at this key spot here in front of the Hurt Gottschall fountain, so I had to have
38:33a sight line from there into the garden, and obviously the longer side here is the main
38:38viewing point, but I've added three main viewing points, and there's two on this side
38:42as well.
38:42Andrew, it's a classic design, but there's a bit of a contemporary feel to it.
38:46Can you take us through that?
38:48Yeah, so it's my take on a modern Italian garden.
38:51So I've fused together contemporary, so I've got new limestone paving, sort of newly styled
38:58trees, and sort of new release perennials.
39:01But I've done the traditional look of the old pots and the way it's set out.
39:06So I've got a lot of reproduction pots.
39:08I've got a lot of handmade pots as well from France, so I've mixed the two together and
39:12fused it together.
39:13You've got a water house here.
39:15It's almost replacing the lily pillies now, because it doesn't get psyllids and all sorts
39:19of other drama.
39:20It's a great backdrop for any garden, isn't it?
39:23Small or large.
39:24Yeah, and it's a nice soft backdrop.
39:26You can either clip it hard or have it soft like this.
39:28It's certainly being used a lot today by home gardeners and by landscape designers.
39:33But you've got plants here that we haven't seen in such a formal, classical design before.
39:39Yeah, that's right.
39:39I've got a lot of interesting and different perennials, and I was really conscious not
39:43to do the same perennials as every other year.
39:46One of my favourite plants is over there.
39:48It's Sanguasorva lilac squirrel.
39:50Yeah.
39:50So it's an absolute standout plant.
39:52You've also got some standout ginkgoes, which are my absolute favourite tree of all time.
39:56Yeah.
39:56These are the new spires.
39:58They're vertical, and they'll go that beautiful buttery yellow in autumn.
40:02It's called lemon-lime spire.
40:04Yeah.
40:04And I said, are they going to be yellow?
40:06Yeah.
40:07And we sort of hummed it hard, but they're green, and they're just super lush, adding
40:10a lot of verticality to the gardens.
40:11And of course, we can't not mention the hydrangeas, which are going off.
40:15That's a new recent release called mojito.
40:19So we've got about 15 in each pot just en masse.
40:22Yeah.
40:22Congratulations.
40:23Thanks very much.
40:23It's an absolute standout.
40:25Good on you, buddy.
40:26Thanks very much.
40:30It's been stiff competition, but the judges have picked a winner.
40:34Congratulations to Matt York, whose garden, We the Wild, has won Best in Show.
40:39Well, there you go.
40:40Another bit of Homes and Gardens blockbuster for you from the Melbourne International Flower
40:45and Garden Show.
40:46Hope you've enjoyed it.
40:47We have.
40:48I mean, the theme this year really has been kaleidoscope of colour, and we're seeing that
40:51indoors and out.
40:52I have loved seeing the flower farmers combining with the florists to create that amazing flower
40:58hole display.
40:59Well, the boutique gardens, they were absolutely sensational, weren't they?
41:02The achievables were amazing, but the show gardens.
41:04We've got to take our hat off to Matt York behind us.
41:07We the Wild.
41:08What a sensational garden.
41:09Perfect in every way.
41:10It's just brilliant.
41:11I hope you've enjoyed the show.
41:12Don't forget, it opened right through the weekend.
41:15Thanks for your company.
41:16Bye.
41:23Jo, I'm thinking this Marta-Prize home can be summed up in three little words.
41:28Yep.
41:28Layering, lifestyle, and luxury, right?
41:31Now, stay with me.
41:32Layering in terms of the materials and geometries used.
41:35Yep.
41:36Lifestyle, all the beautiful, relaxing living zones, both external and internal.
41:40And luxury, all the fittings and finishes beautifully curated to complement the design.
41:45Do you know, I almost agree with you 100%.
41:47I reckon there's just one little L word that you've forgotten.
41:50What's that?
41:51No, not that one.
41:52It is literally life-changing for the lucky bugger that wins all of this.
41:56We hope you've enjoyed taking a look around.
41:58We'll see you next week with more Better Homes and Gardens.
42:00You've got to be in it to win it to love it.
42:02See you.
42:03Bye.
42:07Next time, we're serving up the ultimate flavour fusion.
42:12Shishuka.
42:12It's said in an Irish accent, so you can work out what it is.
42:18Honey, I shrunk the house.
42:20Well, Juliet did.
42:22Now, tell me this isn't the cutest little bath you have ever seen.
42:28Plus, why not supercharge your happiness?
42:31If a bunch of flowers can brighten up a room, imagine what a flower farm can do.
42:39Swap your Wi-Fi connection for real connection.
42:42This is going to be one Morty board game.
42:47And scratch that itch that's got you by the whiskers.
42:50Cats are very different to dogs.
42:52You've got to take care of this.
42:55That's next time on Better Homes and Gardens.
42:57That's next time on Better Homes and Gardens.
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