Sunnymeade Garden Kithbrook

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Experience the olde world charm and hospitality of Sunnymeade Garden Cottage, be inspired by a visit to the world class formal gardens of Sunnymeade created by Craig Irving. Hidden away in the picturesque tableland of Strathbogie in Victoria’s north east once the domain of the infamous bushranger Ned Kelly, gold miners and loggers and just over 2 hours drive from Melbourne, you will find Sunnymead

e. Leaving the busy highways behind, today there are no signs of vagabonds or misadventure and fear, no ill fortune but rather the discovery of one of Australia’s best kept secrets.

Flowers of the Winter Solstice.Even on the shortest day of the year there are flowers in bloom.Today we celebrate the re...
21/06/2026

Flowers of the Winter Solstice.
Even on the shortest day of the year there are flowers in bloom.
Today we celebrate the return of the sun. Happy Solstice.

Wow the Winter weather has certainly arrived. It’s very cold and almost 90 ml of rain since the start of the month and i...
04/06/2026

Wow the Winter weather has certainly arrived. It’s very cold and almost 90 ml of rain since the start of the month and it’s still raining. The rain is very welcome after the past summer. The garden is looking very wintery now. Autumn is a distant memory.

HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY to my dear Dad John. How many 90 year olds can still get on a ride on mower ??. Little Optimus is hi...
27/05/2026

HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY to my dear Dad John. How many 90 year olds can still get on a ride on mower ??. Little Optimus is his constant companion.
Thanks for all your help over the years dad and for believing in me. Thanks too for all the mowing. Wishing you the best birthday possible. Love you dearly, Craig 🎉🎂🎈

It’s a few years since l have done any stone work. I just finished these plinths on which l will display some of my glas...
25/05/2026

It’s a few years since l have done any stone work. I just finished these plinths on which l will display some of my glass pieces. If you zoom in there’s a second one in the background. Fiddly work when there’s lots of corners to build but happy with the results.
I built these where l removed some of my Hollie’s in summer. Now to get on with the glass to go on them.

It’s always exciting to open the kiln to see how everything turned out. These are Swallowtail butterflies l am making fo...
24/05/2026

It’s always exciting to open the kiln to see how everything turned out. These are Swallowtail butterflies l am making for a display piece to go in the garden. I am making new glass for the garden over winter and hope to have a special opening.

I love how the look of glass changes with the seasons. As the suns is getting lower in the sky as we head towards the wi...
22/05/2026

I love how the look of glass changes with the seasons. As the suns is getting lower in the sky as we head towards the winter solstice the glass gets illuminated in the afternoons. Nice to have colour when most of the autumn leaves have fallen and the flowers are finishing.

As autumn draws to an end Mother nature puts on a final show of colours . Deciduous hedges aren’t seen much in Australia...
14/05/2026

As autumn draws to an end Mother nature puts on a final show of colours . Deciduous hedges aren’t seen much in Australia, these are hornbeam hedges and l love how they change with the seasons, peaking in yellow and gold this time of year. How grateful l am to live in a climate with pronounced seasons.

Forthergilla major is a beautiful small shrub related to witch hazels ( Hamamaelis) from North America. It is very slow ...
02/05/2026

Forthergilla major is a beautiful small shrub related to witch hazels ( Hamamaelis) from North America. It is very slow growing so the smallest garden could fit one in. Fluffy white spring flowers but it’s the autumn foliage it’s prized for. I mentioned this in my last video and someone contacted me for the name, hence this post. Mine is in shade, l don’t think it would enjoy a hot position in full sun but l am happy to be proved wrong. Happy Autumn 🍂🍁

01/05/2026

Final autumn video for this year

It’s not hard for artists to find inspiration in nature. These are red maple leaves that l will use as references to cre...
30/04/2026

It’s not hard for artists to find inspiration in nature. These are red maple leaves that l will use as references to create some glass leaves using glass powders. Such amazing colours and patterns.

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Strathbogie, VIC
3666

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