A garden for all moods and seasons
3 Stockmans Drive, Mudgee
Author: Jane Munro
The front section of the Knights’ acre of garden on Stockmans Drive makes a statement. Its manicured circular lawn is surrounded by uncluttered, open, well-mulched beds. These beds are dotted with spherical and ovoid shapes of topairied variegated euonymus interspersed with clumps of liriope, and roses (Iceberg and Seduction, bush and standard) around a central water feature. Pencil cypresses and prostrate conifers grow along the eastern boundary. From here there’s a relaxing view across Mudgee to the western hills.
At the rear of the block is an extensive, less formal park-like expanse of garden, The theme of well clipped shrubs (including a beautiful weeping rosemary, salvias and mays) continues here. There’s also an abundance of flourishing groundcovers, shrubs and perennials which soften the overall effect and provide interesting detail in every direction. In between the garden beds there are broad areas of lush green lawn. There are many varieties of trees but some standouts are the prunus, ginkgo, cypress and crabapple. The selection of groundcovers includes seaside daisy, lambs ears, scabiosa and buttercups.
There’s also a secluded section of the garden shaded by a golden ash, which has some surprises- cunjevoi and aspidistra, as well as columbines, more buttercups and ivy. This garden provides a place to be for quiet contemplation, for enjoyment of nature’s diversity or the appreciation of the grandeur of the Mudgee landscape.
