Lambley Gardens & Nursery
Event No 2 Event report by Peter Treby On the first Tuesday of March and the U3A Gardening Interest Group convoyed to Ascot, north of Ballarat . Twenty-nine garden enthusiasts (and a dog) were greeted by David Glenn, plantsman and creator of Lambley for a fascinating two-hour tour. David and his artist wife Criss Canning have created a diverse collection of separate gardens walled with trees and privet hedges, surrounding Burnside homestead. David is renowned as a dry climate horticulturalist, and his deep knowledge of every plant species in the five acres of garden soon became apparent. Lambley is “ one of the first really considered responses to the challenges of gardening in the Australian climate without resorting to native plantings” (Wikipedia). David proudly showed us plant varieties sourced from around the world, including the US, Turkey, France, Japan and South Africa. David is a fourth-generation professional gardener, originally from Lambley, Not