Deryn Thorpe reports that the end of year function for HMAA WA members was held in the garden of Faye Arcaro in Jandakot.
Faye’s 1.6-hectare (four -acre) garden is set within banksia woodland. We wandered around the garden with a glass of bubbles in hand.
The WA Christmas trees (Nuytsia floribunda), which produces a dazzling display of vivid yellow/orange flowers around December, were much admired. These plants are the biggest parasitic plant in the world and the shrubs in Faye’s bushland garden, one as big as a small tree, were just starting to bloom.
The garden rooms included fruit trees and vegetables, a tropical-style pool garden, shade houses with Faye’s collections of rhipsalis, stapelia, aroids and so much more!
After the tour we sat on the patio to share a light meal and fellowship.
