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‘The Unusual Life of Edna Walling’ by Sara Hardy

2005, 320 P.

Have I ever seen an Edna Walling garden? I don’t know if I have, having never visited Cruden Farm. I know what they look like, though: lots of stone walls, curved paths, and a mixture of deciduous and native plants. This book, however, is only tangentially about gardens. Instead, it is about landscape architect Edna Walling herself, through the houses and places she made for herself.

The author, Sara Hardy, is a playwright whose work has focussed on strong, educated women and the complexities of their relationships. Is there a pun perhaps, in the word ‘unusual’ which she uses to describe Walling’s life? Because with her masculine dress, short hair and succession of close friendships with women, the supposition today would be that she was gay -or to pick up on the title, ‘queer’ – and certainly Hardy circles around this question. She does not, however, definitively answer it because she cannot find the evidence to assert it with confidence. For a boo

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Edna Walling

Australian gardener

Edna Walling
Born	(1895-12-04)4 December 1895 York
Died	August 8, 1973(1973-08-08) (aged 77) Nambour, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Margaret
Occupation	Garden designer
Known for	Garden design, conservation, writer, photographer
Partner	Lorna Fielden

Edna Margaret Walling (4 December 1896 – 8 August 1973) was one of Australia's most influential landscape designers.

Early years and migration

Walling was born in Yorkshire and grew up in the village of Bickleigh in Devon, England, second daughter of William Walling, a furniture dealer's clerk, and Harriet Margaret, née Goff. Her father encouraged her exploration and love of the English countryside and taught her woodworking. Edna was schooled at the Convent of Notre Dame, Plymouth, Devon. When she was fourteen years old the family emigrated to New Zealand and in 1914 moved with her family to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia where her father had gone in advance in 1911.^{[citation needed]}

Training

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1895
Edna Margaret Walling was born on the 4th of December in Yorkshire, England. The birth was not recorded until January 1896 at St Catherine's House hence discrepancies by authors as to her date of birth.

Second daughter born to William (who had hoped for a boy) and Margaret Walling. He taught the tomboy Edna woodwork, perspective and scale.

Raised in the village of Bickleigh, Devon, Edna and her father enjoyed the country walks. The English gardens and countryside she loved are reflected in her garden designs.

One English garden visited was Gertrude Jekyll's Deanery Garden, Sonning. Edna later named her own Australian home Sonning. Jekyll's influence is evident in Walling's design.

1911
The Walling family migrated to New Zealand.
The migration was prompted by a series of events including the loss of her father's business to fire. Edna witnessed this fire and, strangely, would later lose two homes in devastating fires herself.

Walling spent a year on a Kituna country station working as a cook and a cleaner.

After this 'educatio