Visitors enjoyed touring the gardens of the Presbytery at Clunes throughout the weekend on the first days of eased restrictions on travel in Victoria.
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The garden at the restored Old Presbytery of Clunes was open to visitors as part of an Open Gardens Victoria event.
Owners Daniel Cronin and Dr Kevin Lee have incorporated more than 100 different herbs and medicinal plants in the garden.
They ran guided tours throughout the weekend.
Dr Kevin Lee is a specialist physician and research scientist at Monash University.
He gained inspiration from the physic gardens of old and gardens from the Royal College of Physicians in London.
His interests include how plants have shaped and continue to inform the healing arts from herbalism to modern day medicine and how gardens can be used as a healing space in challenging times.
The Clunes Presbytery was built in 1905. The garden is on several levels and overlooks the township of Clunes with intimate garden rooms having distinct styles of plantings with old world charm.
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