Australian House & Garden

GREAT OUTDOORS

For Billy Innes, the garden is a place where plants and family coexist and thrive. Nothing makes this mum of three happier than a weekend afternoon spent pottering and planting while listening to the sounds of her children swimming in the pool or playing backyard cricket. “That’s one of my greatest pleasures,” she says. “I just adore us all being outdoors, enjoying this space. The kids are in the pool at all times of the year and I can always hear them and see them. The garden, for me, is all

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