Eden Rise

Nestled in Woolamai’s rolling Bass Hills, Eden Rise is a large coastal garden with stunning views out to Western Port Bay, French Island, and Phillip Island. Daphne and Joe Proietto have spent the past 13 years transforming grassy paddocks into a stunning five-acre garden.

After removing the many internal paddock fences, Joe and Daphne obtained a Landcare grant for 1000 trees, all indigenous to the area. The trees were planted out to create a wide perimeter border. This was followed by an 80-tree orchard with olives and a wide range of fruit and nut trees going in.

Daphne and Joe’s eldest daughter, Claire, has qualifications in botany and horticulture and was responsible for selecting most of the plants in the garden, including a multitude of flowering Australian natives such as kangaroo paws, banksias, bottlebrushes, and the tufted perennial grass Themeda trianda, all of which attract a variety of wildlife, especially beautiful birds.

A sculpture garden adds another dimension, along with a walled vegetable garden and chicken coop with a large run. The children’s play area includes a shallow wading pool, a sand pit, a hill designed especially for rolling down, and a giant outdoor chess set. Visitors will discover a garden in springtime bloom with natives, succulents, and fruit trees in flower.

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