Sue visits Amanda’s Garden
Presenter: Sue McDougall
Episode: 25 (20th October 2007)
When garden owners open their garden, it’s because they have something special they want to share. An open garden is an invitation to enjoy the special space that has been created by love, hard work and passion.
Such a garden is owned by Barry and Lorraine Young, who have a very special story and message to tell through their garden. Through their garden they have helped raise awareness about meningococcal a disease for which there is no vaccine for type b, the most common strain in WA.
Lorraine explains
“It’s a bacterial infection, it incubates over a period of seven to ten days, late winter to early spring, and the age groups are sixteen to twenty five year olds. When our daughter Amanda died in 1997 people brought out potted roses instead of bunches of flowers and condolence gifts. We were faced with the problem of where to put them as we only had a small garden and lots of horse paddocks. So we started planting in the top garden and eventually we had to look around for more space and we decided we’d develop a horse paddock that had kikuyu and paspalum in it and so we built it up and put the roses in. It evolved over time and with extra flowers given to us, we’ve just sort of planted on.”
Sue
“You’ve got a very special rose in the Amanda rose in this garden?”
Lorraine
“Yes there is. It came from England, the original ones. Ian Dawson (whose daughter rode with Amanda) took up the challenge and every year he buds on two hundred roses for us which we sell exclusively for the foundation.”
Sue
“It is a very special place.”
Lorraine
“It is lovely, we have weddings here aswell. But the main part is the garden fete which we feel not only raises money but raises awareness.”
“The garden is certainly a botanical treasure with so many varieties of different plants. It has long meandering paths and plenty of areas to sit down, means this garden is a firm favourite of many people who return year after year to see what Barry and Lorraine and the many of volunteers have achieved.”
Sue
“Barry, what’s your favourite part of the garden?”
Barry
“The swimming pool that we converted into a lily pond. It’s nice and green plenty of colour, no creepy crawly, no acid, no chlorine and no expense.”
Sue
“Makes life easy doesn’t it, so what’s your role in the garden?”
Barry
“That’s a simple one Sue; I follow around with the wheelbarrow and the cheque book.”
Sue
“Trained well.”
Featured Garden
Amanda’s Garden
Lot 1520 Matison St (junction of Margaret Street)
Southern River WA
Open Garden Fete 25th 26th 27th and 28th October.
Episode: 25 (20th October 2007)
When garden owners open their garden, it’s because they have something special they want to share. An open garden is an invitation to enjoy the special space that has been created by love, hard work and passion.
Such a garden is owned by Barry and Lorraine Young, who have a very special story and message to tell through their garden. Through their garden they have helped raise awareness about meningococcal a disease for which there is no vaccine for type b, the most common strain in WA.
Lorraine explains
“It’s a bacterial infection, it incubates over a period of seven to ten days, late winter to early spring, and the age groups are sixteen to twenty five year olds. When our daughter Amanda died in 1997 people brought out potted roses instead of bunches of flowers and condolence gifts. We were faced with the problem of where to put them as we only had a small garden and lots of horse paddocks. So we started planting in the top garden and eventually we had to look around for more space and we decided we’d develop a horse paddock that had kikuyu and paspalum in it and so we built it up and put the roses in. It evolved over time and with extra flowers given to us, we’ve just sort of planted on.”
Sue
“You’ve got a very special rose in the Amanda rose in this garden?”
Lorraine
“Yes there is. It came from England, the original ones. Ian Dawson (whose daughter rode with Amanda) took up the challenge and every year he buds on two hundred roses for us which we sell exclusively for the foundation.”
Sue
“It is a very special place.”
Lorraine
“It is lovely, we have weddings here aswell. But the main part is the garden fete which we feel not only raises money but raises awareness.”
“The garden is certainly a botanical treasure with so many varieties of different plants. It has long meandering paths and plenty of areas to sit down, means this garden is a firm favourite of many people who return year after year to see what Barry and Lorraine and the many of volunteers have achieved.”
Sue
“Barry, what’s your favourite part of the garden?”
Barry
“The swimming pool that we converted into a lily pond. It’s nice and green plenty of colour, no creepy crawly, no acid, no chlorine and no expense.”
Sue
“Makes life easy doesn’t it, so what’s your role in the garden?”
Barry
“That’s a simple one Sue; I follow around with the wheelbarrow and the cheque book.”
Sue
“Trained well.”
Featured Garden
Amanda’s Garden
Lot 1520 Matison St (junction of Margaret Street)
Southern River WA
Open Garden Fete 25th 26th 27th and 28th October.
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