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Charles Weston was one of our most visionary designers of green landscapes and a true founding hero of the nation’s capital. He experimented and planted more than three million trees and shrubs from Australia and around the world to create the horticultural wonder of Canberra.
From humble beginnings, London-born Weston rose through the massive British gardening industry in the second half of the nineteenth century, becoming foreman of the 79 gardeners at the magnificent Drumlanrig Castle in the Scottish borderlands.
Reaching Sydney in 1896, he became Head Gardener at Admiralty House, Kirribilli, and in the wake of Federation in 1901, set his sights on the greatest challenge of all – the new national capital across the ranges on the open Limestone Plains. It was here that, despite the daunting obstacles of government bureaucracy and the Great War, he gave life to his ‘dream city’.
Publisher: National Library of Australia Publishing
Year: 2025
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781922507778
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