Green oasis full of secrets

By Denise Gadd
Updated December 4 2012 - 3:08pm, first published September 22 2012 - 3:00am
Meredith Kelly in the Melbourne Club's garden.
Meredith Kelly in the Melbourne Club's garden.

TRADITIONAL walled gardens were divided into quarters, separated by brick or gravelled paths with a central axis such as a pool or statue. Dating to Persian times they had various uses, from ornamental spaces with box hedge parterres to potagers and lush summer perennial borders.

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