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Becoming A City: Gardens & Yards
The Federation Gardenesque Garden
Between 1900 and the First World War, garden styles changed. The average suburban gardener had access to reticulated water and a hand lawn mower. The gardenesque style is typified by flower beds of all shapes and sizes scattered across a broad expanse of lawn. The front path followed a sinuous curve across the lawn, rather than a straight line. In Ipswich however, the closeness of many houses to the front alignment resulted in straight pathways leading from the gate to the front steps.
Bush houses and latticed ferneries were popular in Ipswich, at either the back of the house or as an adjunct to a side verandah. Here there were great clumps of fish bone ferns, aspidistra, maidenhair, Chinese balsams and palms. These garden elements contribute to a garden's heritage value and should be appreciated and protected. [1]
Marsh's Nursery
The Ipswich Nursery run by Messrs. W. Marsh and Co expanded in 1903 with their property bounded by Thorn, Short and Boundary Street (Salisbury Road). It was by this time, considered to be the leading nursery in Queensland. They received orders all over the State and from southern States. [2]
References (online)[1] Ipswich Heritage Information Kit, 3rd edition[2] The Ipswich Nursery, Queensland Times, Sat 27 Jun 1903 p4