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The Secret Park: Restoring the Zig-Zag Garden
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2012
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Before I tell you the story of the Secret Park, I will give you some personal background. I am a baby boomer, born in Mackay when the sugar industry was ‘king’. My father was the Chief Cane Inspector for Farleigh Mill, which is situated about 8 miles north of Mackay. Thus my early childhood was spent in a large colonial-style house that sat in an acre of grounds. This was my first park. Until I went to school, I used to follow the Mill gardener, Mr Wagner, while he worked, and as I ate his morning tea, he ate mine. He capably mowed our large front lawn of quarter of an acre with a scythe. My eldest brother remembers my father's passion for large-scale planting ― the whole front yard planted once with tomatoes and once with pansies.
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- Queensland Review , Volume 19 , Special Issue 1: “It's all about the Mary”: A Garden History of Maryborough , June 2012 , pp. 119 - 123
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