{"id":96845,"date":"2020-11-30T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=96845"},"modified":"2020-11-30T20:23:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:23:37","slug":"its-summer-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=96845","title":{"rendered":"it’s summer down under"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Such a cheery thought, right? Desire to Inspire<\/a> recently profiled Melbourne landscape design firm King’s Landscaping<\/a> in a post on KL’s Point Lonsdale “Tree House”<\/a> which prompted a deeper dive into KL’s website. The Tree House in question is nestled under the canopy of native “Moonah” trees (Melaleuca lanceolata). If like me your Australian geography is a bit dim, Point Lonsdale<\/a> is in southern Australia near Melbourne, at the mouth of Port Phillip Bay. Rainiest month on average is November at 1.65 inches, with average annual rainfall approximately 25 inches. A charming claim to fame is the 100-year-old Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) known as ‘The Christmas Tree<\/a>” that is lit up on the first Saturday in December, which “can be seen for miles out to sea<\/em>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lack of green and predominance of buff-gold in this project might seem stark, but coming from the similar climate of SoCal I’d feel right at home here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The central courtyard at Spray Farm<\/a> reminds me of our local historical ranchos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And with the Modern Native Garden<\/a>, I love the “scruffiness” of the plants against the sleek chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summer in December sounds like the right idea to me (as long as we still get Christmas cookies too).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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