Shaped own blooming career
This garden created a record: for the first time in the 91-year history of the show a single garden won a gold medal, best-in-show award and was the BBC people's choice. A principal in the firm Semken Landscaping, Mark and his business partner, Martin Semken, took the first Australian garden to the Chelsea Flower Show in London in 2004. The following year Julian Dowle, doyen of British garden designers, invited the Semken team back to construct his last show garden. An annual constructor's award was created at this year's Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in Mark's honour. Born to Bruce and Willma Bence in Box Hill, he was a fifth-generation Warrandyte resident - a direct descendant of Tom Logan, who came to Warrandyte in search of gold in 1852. Mark grew up with his siblings Stephen and Barbara in Warrandyte, enjoying the bush, the river and everything else on offer. He was quick to seize the opportunity for private weekend work - cutting lawns, lopping trees, mulching gardens - and took Mark on as a hard-working assistant.
The Age on 06.06.10 | File Under Flower Show | CommentsMelbourne flower show an explosion of garden and landscape ideas ...
As always, highlights included the floral spectacular inside the Great Hall of Flowers, the Children's Garden with its animal petting zoo and numerous show gardens created by some of Australia's most lauded landscape designers (all of which left... With the chocolate coma starting to fade and the Easter Break well and truly over, I thought it time to send a quick update on the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, which was held just prior to Easter from the 24 of March. the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show. It's also the biggest annual flower garden show in the Southern Hemisphere. Highlighting the creativity and passion of Australia's top floral and landscape designers, the Melbourne show is the horticultural industry&rsquo. s Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Garden (below), is still an explosion of color and design....
Lisa | File Under Flower Show | CommentsMelbourne Flower Garden Show - News
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
By LDN on 21 January 2010 The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show will be held March 24-28, 2010, returning with an explosion of colour and design.
Landscape Design News on Jan 21, 2010Press Release: Ellerslie Flower Show
He is joined by fellow Australian Brian Rankin who has been a regular judge at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show for the last five years.
Scoop.co.nz (press release) on Jan 18, 2010A sure hoot for US President Barack Obama on the town
We've got the Comedy Festival, Queer Film Festival, Garden Show and F1 racing; gags, gays, geraniums - and a Grand Prix! For something slower, there's a
Herald Sun on Feb 02, 2010Australian Open day five as it happened
Standing between Murray and a maiden quarter-final appearance at Melbourne Park will be either John Isner or Gael Monfils. American Isner and Monfils of
BBC Sport on Jan 22, 2010Rowdy, drunken behaviour mars another day's play
Photo: AFP DOZENS of tennis fans were removed from Melbourne Park yesterday, with rowdy and drunken behaviour marring another day of the Australian Open.
Sydney Morning Herald on Jan 21, 2010
