Garden at Heide I
7 Templestowe Road BULLEEN, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
The garden surrounding Heide I at 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen is of State significance for its aesthetic and cultural value, being the home of art patrons John and Sunday Reed. The garden is closely linked with many of the artists who spent time at Heide, most especially Neil Douglas who contributed to the layout of the site. The garden is mentioned in letters of the period.
The significant elements of the garden are overall site layout, the kitchen garden wall, site planting style and species, stone work around the "heart garden" and the large trees (especially Pinus pinaster, all Quercus canariensis and Maclura pomifera). The "heart" and "wild" gardens are of additional significance due to their historical connections, as well as the kitchen garden and cat run.
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Garden at Heide I - Physical Conditions
Owner: State of Victoria
History:
Original owner: Sidney Ricardo (1840s)
House -Designed By: Unknown
Built by: Unknown
Date: c.1875
Additions (date) Modified by James and William Lang (c.1889) and by the Reeds during their tenure (1934-68).
Garden -Designed By: John and Sunday Reed
Built by: John and Sunday Reed
Date: 1934-1968
Additions (date, designer & type):
Some widening of the brick paths in recent years as well as planting of fruit trees in the front lawn area.
Notes - John and Sunday Reed were well known art patrons who encouraged and fostered artists such as Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester. Their original house, Heide I, became a centre for the modern art movement and a constant visiting place of a number of artists. The site was a nearly treeless paddock when the Reeds purchased the property and they set out to turn it into the treed park it is today. The design layout of the garden around the Heide I house was carried out by the Reeds in conjunction with the artist Neil Douglas. Douglas was awarded his own section of the site, known as the "wild garden", in tribute of his work.
Garden Style:
Geometric
Gardenesque (victorian)
Other
Other: The Kitchen garden to the north of the house is geometric. The rest of the house garden is in the Gardenesque style with formal and informal garden beds. The area directly to the north of the house, between it and the Kitchen Garden wall, has a cottage style.
Category of Significance:
Significant role in pattern of history
May yield new historical information
Demonstrating a class of significant places
Aesthetic value
High level of Creative/ Technical development representing a period
Valued by community for cultural, social or spiritual reasons
Associated with (or designed by) historical figure
Level of Significance: State
Main Elements:
Trees
Shrubberies
Other (Lawn)
Walling
Paving
Other: The garden contains a number of large established trees as well as extensive shrubberies, fruit trees, drifts of bulbs and perennials, a large double brick wall and brick and stone paving. Large open lawn areas are also present.
Features:
Summer house/aviary
Kitchen Garden
Other: A Kitchen Garden is present to the north of the site and there is a large, although reduced from its original size, cat enclosure to the west of the house. Of the individual gardens present the ones of most significance are the "heart" garden created by Sunday Reed to the north of the house and the "wild garden", a tribute to Neil Douglas.
Garden Plantings: The garden is comprised of large trees set in open lawn areas with informal garden beds of large shrubs/small trees as well as more formal garden beds containing smaller shrubs and perennials. A number of fruit trees occupy prominent positions in the garden. Bulbs have also been used extensively in drifts which spread into the lawn areas.
Trees used include Quecus canariensis, Carpinus betulus, Maclura pomifera, Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Morus nigra, Tilia sp., Prunus sp., Melaleuca stypheloides, Acacia dealbata, Fraxinus sp., Ulmus sp., Crataegus sp. and Pinus pinaster.
Other plantings include Bulbs (incl. Jonquils and Snowdrops), Irises, Dwarf Prunus, Bay Laurel, Box hedge, Camellias, Hellebores, Pomegranates and Daises as well as a kitchen garden.
Condition & Integrity:
Excellent
Intact
Altered/extended sympathetically
Notes: The garden is generally intact with some minor alterations, for example the widening of the paths to the north of the house. The condition of the garden is generally excellent.
Recorded by: Andrea Proctor
Date: 01-09-05
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Heritage Garden & Significant Tree Study - Stage 2
Author: John Patrick Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading:
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HEIDE IVictorian Heritage Register H0687
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HEIDE IIVictorian Heritage Register H1494
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BANKSIA STREET BRIDGEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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