Margaret Stevens conifer collection planted in 1966 and photographed by Bill Trow in 1994
The Eucalyptus mannifera was in place when Stevens planted her garden. This tree was in the garden of St Andrews – the holiday house that occupied the block before the resort was built. This photo looks across the putting green to the plantings along the Fitzroy St boundary. The boundary plantings remain but the near conifers have been removed and the putting green no longer exists. A covered garden function centre has been built on the site.
Hardenbergia violacea “Edna Walling Snow White” is planted on top of what used to be the drive circling the putting green in the Stevens design.
The conifers pictured remain from the Stevens design and are those planted to the right of the Eucalypt on the Fitzroy boundary in the older photo. The snowflakes were also part of the older design and have been realigned to suit the newer planting scheme.
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