Appledore Garden

Appledore garden at 45 Devon Street, Eaglemont designed in 1936 for Millie Gibson is of local significance.

How is it significant?

Appledore garden is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Banyule.

Why is it significant?

Appledore garden is of historic significance as a creation of the pre-eminent garden designer Edna Walling, who designed Appledore for her contemporary, Burnley graduate Millie Gibson, in 1936. Walling is widely regarded as the finest garden designer in Victoria working in the middle half of this century. (Criterion H)

Appledore retains distinctive Edna Walling planting including the signature E.Citriodora, Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Cherry and Crab Apples (Prunus sp.& Malus sp). and Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)together with massed plantings of shrubs along the driveway. The stone pillar at the driveway entrance is also a distinctive Walling feature. (Criterion E)

Appledore has further historical significance for the role local landscape designer Ellis Stones played in the subdivision of the site in 1957. (Criterion A). Though somewhat changed the garden contains a number of features typical of Walling designs.

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Garden House