Letter from Julia
Dear garden friend,
Unearthed. was launched as a subscription-based online magazine in 2023, about 4 months before my husband and I drastically decided to upend our lives, buy a little butchery (with no previous experience) in a gorgeous village on Banks Peninsula- our favourite place in the world.
For now, this new adventure requires my full input and involvement, so I made the difficult decision to refund subs and open up Unearthed. where it could remain as a sporadically updated garden-based blog and archive for all interested gardeners until I can once again return to my passion!
Telling the stories of others is ingrained in me as a blogger of 17 years, columnist and author of 3.5 gardening books! So I WILL be back, and with the purchase of a lovely little valley home and its garden that we are developing, we hope it will be open for visits in another year!
In the meantime, please explore and enjoy the shared knowledge here, roaming gardens from both down under and the northern lands!
I do still share updates on instagram if you are interested.
Julia xo
Latest Features
THE STONES
There is an abundance to be learned from this story, in particular the importance of letting the environment inspire planting as opposed to dreamy optimism and the punishment that follows. ‘The Stones’ walks a beautiful line of ‘the garden curtsying to the house’ while introducing refreshing, modern approaches of combining architectural succulents with soft grasses and specimen trees.
THE GARDEN CURATOR
Explore the beautiful Australian garden of artist and garden designer Colleen Southwell, where tough plants are used for whimsical structure and soul feeding seasonal shifts.
THE GARDEN OF ANN-MAREE WINTER
Explore the highly textured and vibrant seasonal planting by Ann-Maree Winter in her Mornington Peninsula garden. Through her in-depth sharing, discover the gentle changing display as the seasons progress along with the challenges she found in creating shelter and drought-tolerant beds on the top of an exposed, clay-ridden slope.
