Parks and Gardens...getting in touch with your Feminine Side

The Parks and Gardens in and around Melbourne are great places for rest and recuperation. Somewhere to get back in touch with nature, to....

• Feel the grass between your toes
• Run through the fallen Autumn leaves
• Hug a tree

• Learn what grows well and what plants actually look like when "They are Big an' all Growd up", a great garden to do just this is the amazing Royal Botanical Gardens at Cranbourne


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And if you really love gardens and strolling through the beautiful parklands, I have selected a few products from Fishpond that may interest you.





Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks (Perspectives on Contemporary Sculpture) Sculpture parks and gardens, whether woodland sanctuaries or urban retreats, sprawling sites or intimate oases, offer sculpture lovers and artists alike unique ways to experience the outdoors, sculpture, and the intersections between nature and culture.	In the Garden with Jane Austen Jane Austen loved a garden. She took a keen interest in flower gardening and kitchen gardening alike. This book strolls through the sorts of gardens that Jane Austen would have known and visited: the gardens of the great estates, cottage gardens, gardens in town, and public gardens and parks.	Gardens of the World: Two Thousand Years of Garden Design A truly magnificent panorama of garden design for professional and designers and garden travelers alike. Internationally renowned expert Jean-Paul Pigeat sets out to examine both the enduring styles and the bold new trends in garden design.





• Feed the Ducks and other Birdlife



• Fill your Lungs with Clean, Fresh and Aromatic Air

There are different types of Parks and Gardens and they all cater to different types of activities. There are Parks for...

Casual Lazy Activities

This type is my favorite.

Parks and Gardens where paths are not too steep while they meander along under tall forest canopies. A few wonderful examples of these are...

• The Yarra Bend Park where you and your loved ones can wander through the largest area of natural vegetation close to the city. Here you can walk or cycle along the pathways, go boating on the river or just relax with a picnic, a BBQ, a ball and a bottle of bubbly. There are refreshments and boat hire available at venues throughout this park

• The Fitzroy Gardens with the most amazing Historic Cooks Cottage. Take the Children on a trip back in time to 18th Century England...make sure that you check out the "Ivy" growing over the Building, it is the original shipped here from Yorkshire with the cottage in 1933.

  Very affordable family fun.

  Picnic in the beautiful parkland, visit the Conservatory, find the Fairy Tree, discover the Tudor Village can you find the Dolphin Fountain?

There are glorious parks and gardens throughout the City of Melbourne and I would love to share some more of these with you....take my hand and come walk through the gates into a soul inspiring wonderland.

Children have an amazing empathy with Parks and Gardens, I believe it is their "Littleness" that attracts the fairy Dust. I like to be in close proximity to them so that I too can experience some of the "Magic" that is around them

Take advantage of Melbourne's Public Transport system, for example there is the free City Circle Tram that will take you within close walking distance to your favourite recreation area. Click onto the link below to view the route that it takes. You will note that there are some great drop off points throughout it's journey. You can also link to it with the Metlink Train system as well.

For Details of City Circle Tram route and Other Public Transport

The parklands in and around this magnificent City of Melbourne will provide you and your family with experiences and memories that will last a lifetime. I invite you to discover for yourself just how easy it is to get in touch with nature, visit some Australian History and enjoy a very affordable family getaway.

Come join me...

Climb to the top of the Maroondah Dam and then take a well earned rest at the base of the dam wall soaking in the magnificent surrounds.

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