The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne would like to thank our generous supporters. Premier Supporter Victorian Government Major Sponsor Macquarie Group Associate Sponsor Maxwell & Williams Associate Supporter City of Casey Official Outfitter RM Williams Credits • Dr. Philip Moors – Project Coordinator (Director RBGM) • Jim Fogarty – Designer • Landform Consultants – Main Contractor - Mark Gregory - Mark Britton – Site Manager • Crocus.co.uk – Plants • Chris Russell – Director RBGM The Australian Garden Cranbourne • Andy Sturgeon – Planting Supervisor • Philip Bowyer-Smyth – planting crew (RBGM) • Sandra Hodge – planting crew (RBGM) • Warren Worboys – Planting crew (RBGC) • Michael Warner – Plant Welfare • Rodger Elliott – Horticultural Consultant • Jay Watson – Archival footage & photography Working Group • Dr. Philip Moors – Director RBGM • Michael Hamson - Chairman of Working Group • John Calvert-Jones • Doug Shears • Ken Harrison – Financial Controller • Jim Fogarty – designer Australian Based • Semken Landscaping – pre logistics and shipment of Australian materials • Edwina Kearney & Mark Stoner – “Salt” sculpture The Royal Botanic Gardens would also like to thank: • Supporters and donors of the project • Furniture: Livingstones by www.placesandspaces.com • Catherine MacDonald & Mel from Landform Consultants, project manager & liaison • David Read, Martin Kelley, Bill Bunce, specialist construction • Mark Straver & Mark Fane, Katie, Sarah & Lou from Crocus.co.uk, plant sourcing & procurement • David & Sonya Root, Andy Martin from Kelways Plants Ltd, plant preparation & management • Jim Dawes, Spanish fixer for Crocus • Outback Plants, Simon Crawford, for the flowering annual Australian outback plants • Jodi Beare for advice on cushions and fabrics for the fire pit • Sally Capp, Victoria’s Agent General, London • Claire Golding, Tourism Victoria, London Office All the Landform build crew including sub contractors, chippies, decorators. You know who you are.
	THE AUSTRALIAN GARDEN - Presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne This show garden promotes the Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) Cranbourne in south-eastern Melbourne. The Australian Garden is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, and the second and final nine hectares of the Australian Garden will be opened in late 2011. The brief for our Chelsea garden is inspired by the Australian Garden. It tells the story of the metaphorical “journey of water” from Australia’s arid outback eastward through the rivers and gorges to the urbanised and more humid east coast of Australia. The front left boundary wall is a sand-dune wall-sculpture by Valissa Butterworth from Melbourne depicting the never-ending sand dunes of the outback. The rusted steel gorge wall and water cascade depict river gorges of Australia where water provides life for plants in an otherwise hostile environment. The timber shade structure is a modern garden pavilion that provides somewhere shady to relax on a hot summer’s day. It also reflects the timber-clad visitor centre at the Australian Garden at RBG Cranbourne. The ‘Salt’ sculptures by Edwina Kearney and Mark Stoner are an interpretation of their Ephemeral Lake Sculpture at the Australian Garden. The fence blades are a modern reference to the story of the rabbit-proof fences in outback Australia. The fire pit reflects fire as an important cultural and social element in Australia that goes back thousands of years. The Waterhole is a sculptural element depicting an outback waterhole. The front pebble path depicts a dry riverbed. The lawn area depicts green valleys and also helps Chelsea visitors draw inspiration for domestic gardens. The river water-feature is in the bold shape of a hunting boomerang, a strong cultural symbol in Australia. The cascading gorge water-feature cascades over rusted steel boxes and cubes, reflecting the iron rich rocks of inland gorges in Australia. All plants in the garden are Australian native plants, including rare and threatened species. We have chosen an extensive list which correlates with selected geographical regions of Australia - from outback arid areas, to inland gorges, coastal areas and temperate-zone regions. The list of plants reflects RBG Melbourne’s aim to promote the Australian Garden as an inspiring ‘must see’ destination for plant enthusiasts and garden lovers wanting to learn about and use Australian plants in their own gardens.