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"The most common question I'm asked is 'how can I get a garden like this?'" Mr Juilian said. "If you've got 65,000 plants and the space then you can achieve almost anything."
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"I've heard stories that blokes will play rock music to the flowers," Mr Julian said. "People say rock music is better than classical, but I'm not sure how my pansies would go with death metal," he...
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"We have to be vigilant for weeds," Mr Julian said. "When I see a weed I send someone with very small feet to tip toe through the pansies to take out the weeds before they seed. In the bigger beds...
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A blooming skull and crossbones fills one of many garden beds in Laurel Bank Park. "We mark the shapes out in freehand with a rake handle," Mr Julian said. "Then we work out from the centre planting...
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Black and white flowers form the mouth of a shark. "I think gardening like this is a cross between painting and digital media," Mr Julian said. "Think of it as a big garden bed with pixels."
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Pansies are the go-to flower of choice for Ron and his team. "The colour range goes from white all the way to deep black," he said. "The only thing we don't have is a green pansy flower, so we use...
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Ron Julian is the team leader for Toowoomba's Laurel Bank Park. This year his team of five horticultural officers has planted an 'under the sea' themed garden. Flower beds are filled with nautical and...
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