How a roadside cottage became a sprawling network of twenty garden rooms
In short: Discover how Ali Mentesh and Wayne Morrissey transformed a neglected property in the Southern Highlands into a vast, structured landscape inspired by European gardens.
After being inspired by European gardens in the 1980s, the pair moved from Sydney to the Southern Highlands in the early 1990s. After five years of searching, they found a 'pretty sad-looking cottage' in Sutton Forest, NSW.
The video explores the evolution of Red Cow Farm, a 6-acre (2.4ha) estate. Through planting trees and building infrastructure like walls and pergolas, they have created approximately 20 distinct garden rooms within the formal gardens and informal woodlands.
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