Episode: #6 7/10/2006
Presenter: Melissa King

Spring beckons us to step outside and soak up the warmer weather. What better place to enjoy good food and the delights of your garden than in your own private outdoor room. Today?s gardens and courtyards are integral living spaces filled with colour, fragrance and stylish paving and outdoor furniture and the best place to discover this is at the Greenery in Heidelberg.

The garden is the perfect place for dining and entertaining and every outdoor retreat needs an elegant, comfortable furniture setting.

Always choose colours, materials and styles that complement the mood of your house and garden. The ?Noosa? Teak and Aluminium setting or stylish ?Sorrento? furniture is the perfect choice for modern style gardens. Bring a touch of provincial France to your courtyard with French inspired steel table and chairs or create a tropical feel with ?Macedon? Wicker and Aluminium Design. The pieces add texture and taste and accommodate the demands of outdoor living.

Complete the look by choosing paving which enhances your outdoor setting and the architecture of your home, so the area is a true extension of the indoors. There are so many stylish options from sawn slate pavers, to bluestone with a border of pebbles.

Decorate the space with bright colours and fragrant plants that tantalize the senses, and invite you to enjoy the outdoors. Fill pots and hanging baskets with rich seasonal colour like brilliant petunias, pansies and geraniums and create a moveable feast with vegetables and herbs in pots that can be picked fresh to use in lazy summer salads.

It is about creating a living space that you want to spend time in that is relaxing and comfortable and that means you might need to consider privacy. You can extend the height of fences with trellis, bamboo screening, brush fencing or tea tree stakes. Arbores or rotundas are outdoor rooms in themselves and they can be softened by climbing plants, like wisteria which give you colour and a private retreat.

Garden lighting creates ambience and a nocturnal space for a romantic dinners or parties, increasing the amount of time you spend in your outdoor haven.

Every garden should have its own private oasis, perfect for alfresco dining, and the Greenery in Heidelberg is decked out with all the furniture, plants and accessories you?ll ever need to create the ultimate garden retreat.

The Greenery Heidelberg
4 Banksia Street
Heidelberg.

www.thegreenery.com.au