The late afternoon sun bathes the native blooms of this Mornington Peninsula garden in gold, creating an oasis for quiet reflection.
With not just one but two pontoons touching the mirrored waters of their man-made lake, the owners of this idyllic Mornington Peninsula garden in Main Ridge, Victoria, would have enjoyed many On Golden Pond moments, watching the sun set behind the towering eucalypts.
Fiona Brockhoff was approached in 2009 by architect Don McQualter, then of Meacham Nockles McQualter now of Studio McQualter, who had designed a contemporary house in dark stained timbers. Squat and streamlined, it sat elevated on a site that sloped down to a lake, with an apple orchard to one side and surrounded by established trees such as Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and local eucalypts. The new house stood in a cleared space with much of the rich volcanic soil the area is known for removed when the site was etched out of the landscape.
This story is from the June/July 2019 edition of Belle Magazine Australia.
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