Representing East Gippsland at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2025

Leading a team of local artists and businesses, Callie Whelan Leed’s innovative show garden design attracts an environmentally-conscious consumer searching for achievable garden solutions using local and Australian made products. Along with a focus on sustainability, the garden’s design features a clever reuse of items that would otherwise be wasted.

Callie will bring the creative ideas explored in building her own xeriscaped garden to the broader MIFGS community. She will showcase strong architectural plants blended with quirky and usual specimens suitable for the local climate. Some of the plant varieties featured are newly developed hybrids that will be sure to intrigue the MIFGS audience.

The garden will also incorporate several locally-made artisan creations by Foundry artists including Kate Shone, Jill Hermans, Elisabeth Scott, CLeed, Cindy Tong, Wendy Reeve, Pauline Crunden, Deanne Howlett, Andrea Hall and Sam Thomas.