Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden

For more than twenty years, Wendy has worked to create a public garden at the foot of her harbourside home in Sydney's Lavender Bay.
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In this video, Wendy Whiteley tours her Secret Garden, accompanied by Julie Gibbs, Publishing Director at Penguin Random House Australia.
Wendy Whiteley was artist Brett Whiteley's wife, muse and model. An artist herself, with a finely honed aesthetic sense, she also created the interiors at the heart of Brett's iconic paintings of their Lavender Bay home. When Brett died, followed by the death nine years later of their daughter Arkie, Wendy threw her grief and creativity into making an enchanting hidden oasis out of derelict land owned by the New South Wales Government. This glorious guerrilla garden is Wendy's living artwork, designed with daubs of colour, sinuous shapes and shafts of light.
"Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden” is the extraordinary story of how a determined, passionate and deeply creative woman has slowly transformed an overgrown wasteland into a beautiful sanctuary for everyone to enjoy - and in the process, transformed herself. The book is Wendy's story but it's also the story of the countless people who cherish the Secret Garden.
"Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden” by Janet Hawley, published by Penguin Random House Australia 2015.
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[@yksw4334]

My husband and I visited this beautiful garden yesterday.Thank you so much, we felt truly relaxed.

[@thefluroaussie1004]

Just visited this in the last few weeks during my first trip to Sydney in 20 years..... extraordinarily beautiful and peaceful.....and opens down onto Lavender Bay Jetty....

[@OujiDarkmatter]

I saw Mary,our Aus Post parcel lady pull up,I hadn't ordered anything,it was a surprise from my sister,this very book.I fell in love and built my garden in a rental whilst waiting a year for surgey,it helped keep me going.Great book!!!!Sister and I will take a trip to Sydfney,visdit Brett'sd studio and absorb the experience in Wendy's garden after my 2nd surgery

[@marianorris8369]

Brilliant garden ! Caught a glimpse of Wendy on the balcony 2 weeks ago too !

[@jennywilson32]

I've read the book . A great story.

[@mottlecah]

Beautiful.

[@JELmusic]

Hello back, Wendy :)