Edna Walling: What Makes The Designer Style Unique

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What Makes The Designer Style Unique
Edna Walling was a pioneer in her field and began to use native plants as features in domestic gardens. This practice is now common place in man Australian gardens.

How Edna Became A Landscape Designer
Edna Walling studied at the school of horticulture, Burnley and gained her government certificate in 1917. She worked as a gardener around Melbourne after completing her schooling and was offered to design a garden for a Melbourne architect.

What Do You Think Makes A Designers Work Influential
Quality of the work and how much exposure to the public that the designer gets. If a designer creates a lasting quality design people are more likely to notice their work and through their work being noticed it will

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