Meet the gardeners and their garden

Container gardening is one way in which Marg and Pete have maximised the growing opportunities on their 600 square meters block.  Their driveway is lined with pots and grow bags of all shapes, sizes and materials, interspersed with artworks including handmade pottery and even a carved bare bottom sculpture.  This garden illustrates the beautiful coming together of growing food and creating art, two skills shared by these passionate gardeners.

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Come to see, learn and be inspired!

• This garden maximises vertical growing space, with passionfruit vines growing along the fence. Marg has also installed new climbing frames for her raspberry bushes, using an idea she picked up from one of the other edible gardens that opened in 2024.  Inspiration is what Bass Coast Edible Gardens is all about!

• Growing food in containers means being smart in selecting plants that don't need too much depth of soil.  Marg and Pete grow dwarf varieties of some vegetables in pots, as well as small, round Parisian carrots, a 19th century heirloom variety. 

• Pete is particularly interested in edible 'bush tucker' and the garden includes Davidson plums, finger limes, saltbush, native yams and Midyim berries. 

• This garden is all about variety and diversity - as well as edibles, the garden includes some beautiful flowering natives, rose bushes and succulents. 

• Fruits and berries in this garden include olives, persimmons, pomegranates, quince, loquats, lemons, a lime and lemonade tree, grapes, strawberries and raspberries. 

 

Parking and accessibility

Parking on adjacent streets.  The garden is flat and is accessed via the side driveway.  

 

Address

​86 Vista Drive, Cape Woolamai