A visit to the stunning Dandenong Ranges

23 Oct 2024

On a crisp morning in the Dandenong Ranges, members of the Wantirna Heights Combined Probus Club visited the Chelsea Australian Garden in Olinda.

In 2013, a landscaper named Phillip and horticulturalist named Wes, alongside their team, became the first Australians to win Gold at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show held in London.

Ten years later, Phillip re-created the garden, this time an astonishingly twenty times bigger. The result is spectacular, and the native habitats and biodiversity created are stunning.

Meandering through the garden, even the most proficient gardeners in the Club were stunned, inspired and impressed by the landscaping and the myriads of plants on display. The non-gardeners of the group could not believe that such an interesting garden could exist, let alone thrive!

As the years go by and the plants grow, this garden will remain a gem in the Dandenong Ranges and continue to be well worth a visit.