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A Journey Through The Seasons At Paul Bangay's Monumental Garden

Celebrated landscape designer, Paul Bangay, has been in the biz for 30 years, and for 16 of them he has been tending to his own private garden just outside Daylesford.

Named Stonefields, the sprawling property is Paul’s labour of love. It is regal and robust, filled with flowers, hedges and ponds all inspired by the great country houses of the United Kingdom. A new book by Paul celebrates the seasonal landscape he has curated, and observes the botanical shifts that comes with each one. Stonefields: By The Seasons charts a mature garden in full bloom after years of patient growing.

Our own Lucy Feagins will join Paul for a stroll around Stonefields and a conversation about this meaningful project this Saturday November 14th at 10am on Instagram live!

Heide Museum’s Enchanting New Healing Garden

Landscape architect Liz Herbert from Openwork describes a “healing garden” as a plant-dominated environment designed to meet the physical, psychological, social, and spatial needs of users. Whilst these spaces are often linked to hospitals, nursing homes and other health-related environments, Melbourne’s newest healing garden sits within the grounds of Heide Museum of Modern Art! 

Designed by Openwork, this beautiful new garden combines elements of conventional therapy and healing, with productive and edible gardens, and spaces intended for art and play.

Located on the site of Heide co-founder Sunday Reed’s first kitchen garden (later repositioned), this new environment reflects the late art patron’s keen interest in the symbolic and medicinal properties of plants, as well as Heide’s growing desire to provide restorative spaces for visitors of all ages and abilities.

A Prototype For Accessible + Responsible Housing In The Suburbs

According to a recent report by the ABC, developments in the outer suburbs of big cities can get up to 10 degrees hotter than the city centre. This is due to overdevelopment and poor town planning, where every inch of usable land is occupied with a house, thereby leaving little room for either private or public open place.

From both a human and environmental perspective, we desperately need responsibly designed, accessible housing in new suburban developments. The LiveWorkShare House by Bligh Graham Architects is a prototype for sustainable, flexible housing in high-density blocks.

Located in Samford village just outside Brisbane, the project covers only 40% of its 612 sqm site. Formulated with the work-from-home model in mind, the architects emphasise smart design as a way to achieve the trifecta of functional diversity, density and green space at once.

Roast Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing – The Design Files | Australia's most popular design blog.

FOODRoast Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing - The Design Files | Australia's most popular design blog.

Today’s recipe brings together a classic Middle Eastern salad combination – cauliflower and chickpeas.  Humble ingredients with so much potential!  Anything you can make with a can of chickpeas is alright by me.

Roasted cauliflower really is a revelation. It is SO easy, simply break up your cauliflower into florets and pop it on a roasting tray – no oil , no seasoning required. It’s the easiest and most delicious way to eat cauliflower, IMHO.

Please note, I’m no food stylist (although I do try!), and for this particular recipe we quickly realised there really is nothing photogenic about creamy salad dressing, no matter how delicious it is! For this reason, our photographs above shows the dressing served on the side – for aesthetic reasons only! Before you serve your own version, do stir the dressing right through!

This salad is super versatile, it’s great served with grilled fish, roast or barbequed chicken, or perhaps with a juicy lamb cutlet. It keeps really well too, so will be perfect in your lunchbox the next day!

Ingredients served on Shiko ceramics plate and The Fortynine Studio dish. Recipe and styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.


Salad ingredients with Marble Basics bowl. Recipe and styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.


Roast Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing.  Recipe and styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.

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