Lilliput Cottage

02/05/2026

Lovely tour of the courtyards today!
Stunning colours, beautiful weather and the lawn is so lush!!

18/04/2026

Lovely visit today to - a stunning home tucked away in Robertson! Open as part of the open gardens - James also generously opened the home and did a guided tour through his beautiful English manor house.
Lovely use of scale, contrast and light!

11/04/2026

Lovely morning with .hawkins.art at the new !
The dahlias were putting on a show! We wandered through them while watching splashdown approach!
The kitchen garden is delightful and the ability to just wander through the entire gardens makes for a lovely morning!
We bought some seedlings from and the shopping is lots of local brands we recognise and lovely ones from the northern rivers.
The bread from Three Blue Ducks in Byron is literally in my top five favourite foods - I eagerly bought a bakery loaf yesterday and the moment we got home- sliced into it. And. It. Is. The. Same.
I cannot describe how good this bread is - the word bread doesn’t even do it justice.
I am not sure it’s a good thing I can access it so close now 😂😂

13/03/2026

Thanks to I got another go at Floral Art for 2026.
• Autumn
• Fun with Fruit and Flowers
• Three Flowers and Foliage
• Arrangement of Colour

I am thrilled that we grew everything in these arrangements - in our little 600sqm yard! Not bad for its second spring! 😊

We won’t actually get to see these until Sunday pick up but hoping they are enjoyed over the weekend by those attending!

07/03/2026

Goulburn Show 2025.
Judging was somewhat unkind to my arrangements this year, the theme was interpreted much more literally and across more classes than the specific themed ones than I had expected - but that’s all part of the fun! I love these arrangements so much and thoroughly enjoyed planning them over the last few weeks!
Thanks for all your endless support of my floral pursuits!
1- Floral Manipulation
2- Sunshine and Shadows
3- Bees, Bugs and Butterflies

26/01/2026

Determined to stop the black birds uprooting my strawberries. Cloches didn’t work (they dug under), the nets they got around… and so we went all in!
Thanks to for the strawberry babies to fill the gaps !

These covers were made with 30x30mm primed pine from Mitre10. We made each side individually, including stapling the wire to the inside and then screwed the four sides together.
We hinged the top so we can lift up the lid easily too!

Looking forward to hopefully a bounty of strawberries soon!! 🥰 oh and cooler weather so I can mow the lawns hah!

25/01/2026

We made it to the summer twice this year! The weird and wonderful weather meant one lunch inside the brew room in jeans and jackets and today’s visit in the stunning heat! Both were equally as lovely - a glorious way to spend the afternoon!
Being just two doors down from Fiora means it’s also handy proximity to water the plants after lunch! 🙂

18/01/2026

Some summer moments.
Front yard looking lush. Dahlias emerging. Hydrangeas both magnificent and needing dead heading!
Our first nectarine harvest, lunch at and moments of sunshine!

07/12/2025

30/11/2025

Ladysmith Park Perennials.
Was a lovely morning in a true homestead garden. It complimented the house so beautifully and was so well considered.
A repeated and simple planting palette featuring lots of height and movement.