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It’s a (backyard) jungle out there. This Canterbury, Melbourne garden by Ian Barker definitely has the wow factor with its lush planting of evergreen and low-maintenance plants, allowing our owners to enjoy their garden rather than spend their days raking up. I’m daydreaming of floating in the pool somewhere between the blue and the green

Photography by Claire Takacs

The first news about the Ranka manor dates back to 1638. It was a home for a couple of centuries and then became a school and then an infirmary, and then a school again, and a fire broke out in 1986 in one building, then restored, and then another fire in 1990 completely destroyed the building and only the exterior walls remain. It became privately owned in 2003 and much work done since. This estate sits on 20 ha, which includes 3 ponds. For the time being, four outbuildings of the Ranka manor have been renovated – the granary, the stable, the garden house and the New Castle. A barn was converted into a library with 10,000 books, the stable has been turned into a luxurious white hall, the garden house has two family apartments, and the New Castle is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette’s Roman Catholic Chapel. There are 46 rooms – including 17 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms. Currently for sale via Realportico for $3.5M USD.

Sydney-based landscape architectural firm Outdoor Establishments call this Lilyfield garden “small but mighty” and it is indeed. Limited space and dramatic level changes, major excavation and retaining wall construction were required to create usable landscape spaces. At the same time, the plants were chosen for height and their ability not to overwhelm the entertaining areas. A green oasis in the inner city.

Photography by Natalie Hunfalvay

That’s it. It’s official. I want, no I need an Orangerie. If you could transport this fabulous little folly by Reineke Antvelink of RA Interiors from Abcoude in The Netherlands to my backyard I would be so so happy. Plants, art, rugs, perfection.

Photography by Chiel van Diest

“Sequenced over three levels, this dream-like oasis weaves tangible tales of faraway lands and ancient cultures through eclectic manipulations of materials and styles to convey charismatic reinterpretations of the past.”

It’s fun, fresh, quirky, spirited, confident and trend-setting. It’s mad. It shouldn’t work. It’s a triumph. “Home and Away” by in my opinion the most exciting Australian interior designer Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem of YSG.

Photography by Anson Smart