Charlie visits Michael Cooke’s garden
A many-roomed botanical paradise.
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Charlie Albone
Charlie’s visiting a 10-acre garden in Central Mangrove, just over an hour north of Sydney, which is full to the brim with the most wonderful array of weird and wonderful plants. Plantsman and garden designer, Michael Cooke, loves to balance the symmetry and order of a landscaped garden with the beautiful unruliness of nature, and his many-roomed garden is a testament to this. Join Charlie as he takes a look around this botanical paradise.
Charlie Albone
Charlie has worked internationally and in Australia for the past 17 years, designing and building gardens that are timeless, inspiring and enjoyable to spend time in. In 2015 and 2016, he was awarded two Silver gilt medals for his own gardens at the world’s most prestigious flower show The Chelsea Flower Show.
