My Rural Retreat

29/07/2026

My ‘perennial’ favourite photo of our border bed - literally & metaphorically!

A great example of softening the boundaries between garden and paddock and blending into the borrowed landscape.

The Power of Perennials Workshop
Sunday 23 AUGUST, 2026
10 - 3pm

Spend a day with me in my garden & studio and learn all about Perennials & Grasses, and their place in your garden.

www.myruralretreat.com.au

29/07/2026

The Power of Perennials’
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SUNDAY 23 AUGUST
10 - 3pm
$175

These photos are of my perennial border Winter & Summer.

Both seasons are as beautiful as each other.

And that’s not something you say about many Winter plants.

Join me for a day of practical learnings:

🪏 What are Perennials?
🪏 Where do I start with them?
🪏 How do I add them to my existing garden?
🪏 How do I plan a new bed?
🪏 What are their benefits?
🪏 Which ones work well?
🪏 What are the classic combinations?
🪏 Where can I buy them?
🪏 Naturalistic design for ease of maintenance & how to tie a country garden to its borrowed landscape.
🪏 How to repeat plantings & create effective drifts.
🪏 I’ll give a demo on how to cut them back in a simple effective way.

WHAT ELSE?

Well it wouldn’t be an MRR Workshop without a delicious morning tea & lunch under our ancient oak.
Also notes to take home with you 🤓

Gardening should not be hard, and yes you can get a lot of info from AI, but I will simplify the concept and personalise it, you can ask as many questions as you’d like, so at the end of the day you feel confident to head home and get on with planting and enjoying a beautiful garden that rewards you in spades. This season is the perfect one to get started 🪴

We’ll be a small group, big on discussion!

I hope to see you.

Tina Ox.

17/05/2026

The end result of a weekend that is hard to explain.

A group of like-minded women coming together to genuinely & openly learn, creates its own very unique energy 🙌

Joyous is my best attempt at explaining.

Laughter abounded, at ourselves & each other. Whatever the result of the painting, friendship & nourishment was the winner!

12/04/2026

01/04/2026

Stress Less 🧘 😆

April Yoga Retreat SOLD OUT

If you didn’t get to one of these events & would like too, DM or comment below, as we are considering running another one later this year.

Will be the best decision of your year 🙌

They are magical ❤️

26/03/2026

Our happy team, here for a few days, helping Preg Test our cows and heifers.

Usually we’d hope for high percentages in calve, but with little feed, no rain and heading into a Guyra Winter, we’re really not sure what to think!?

Anyways…..it will rain soon, we know that, and in the meantime we will pay a visit to our little church on our property and ask for help!

I know my husband has been asking his late father, ‘Old Skip’ to open the heavens and he usually obliges 🙏

14/03/2026

We gathered
We talked gardens
We wandered the garden
We drank bubbles
We ate good food
And we laughed & then sketched gardens!

Joyous day for me 🪴

Thanks for coming, it was lovely to meet you, see you again and share my passion with like-minded peeps.

Happy Creating 🪏 X

02/03/2026

Autumn is upon us, not necessarily the change of colour, but I have noticed a slight change in the air temperature. Autumn is my favourite of the seasons.

It is CALM
It is GROUNDED
It is a WONDERFUL Time To Garden 🪏🪴

🪏 Establish new garden beds
🪏 Move plants you feel aren’t working
🪏 Pop in masses of beautiful bulbs

18/02/2026

Book Now - Only 3 days to go!

Saturday 21 FEB
9.30 - 3.30

Do you want to manage stress better?
Drop your shoulders?
Loosen the tightness in your chest?

Come along and learn about the power of breath.

It’s life changing.

Sign up in link in stories

06/02/2026

IN TWO WEEKS……….

Imagine a full day where your shoulders soften, your breath deepens, and your mind finally gets some quiet

Yoga isn’t just stretching - it’s stress melting away, better sleep, steadier energy, and that grounded “I can handle this” feeling you carry back into real life.

and I are hosting a one-day yoga retreat designed to help you reset, reconnect, and refill your cup. Expect gentle movement, nourishing food, and space to just be—no rushing, no pressure, no experience needed.

If your body’s been asking for rest and your soul’s been craving calm, this is your sign.

Come join us 🙏

YOGA RETREAT
Saturday FEBRUARY 21
9.30 - 3.30pm

www.myruralretreat.com.au