A trip to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Cranbourne was spawned by a keen group of horticultural students in my TAFE class. Here, we paid a tenner to learn about the beauty and sustainability of Australian natives, amongst other plants – something I’m intensely passionate about. We also were shown the diversity and progressiveness of newer landscape architectural practices, and how the use of plants and water is shifting in response to changing climates and a more educated population.

In your landscape design – what do YOU consider to be important?