First Edition | botanical retreat
Perspective: The parallel of healing the land as we heal ourselves.
Looking back, our First Edition was the regeneration of two neglected properties in the heart of the Yarra Valley.
Forgotten gardens, parched earth, crumbling structures.
Gradually, we witnessed the results of our hands’ labour – nurturing the spirit of this place back to health and restoring the two homes to places of simple beauty.
Regenerating. Restoring. Healing.
The First Edition became the foundation of all our editions to come – considered design details and a deep desire to create harmonious spaces of beauty and peace that offer refuge from the unrelenting pace of the world and a haven to celebrate life’s achievements.
Treasured guests were invited to share in the land’s renewal from the sanctuary of our botanically inspired accommodation.
Whether it was to commemorate one of life’s milestones, to enjoy the bounty of the Yarra Valley’s wine and produce; for a weekend getaway or a midweek nature-based recharge; or even to undertake a tailored therapeutic retreat, Botanica Editions became synonymous with an effortless place of belonging. We offered a private sanctuary. A restorative haven. A botanical retreat.
As the landscape was cultivated back to health, in turn it rejuvenated guests using our boutique accommodation with its deeply rooted connection to provenance and seasonal flow, as an immersive base and our gardens as therapy.
The time for our First Edition has now ended, but it remains the touchstone for our natural retreats, as we explore gardens as therapy, and the role of art, travel and design in our wellbeing, healing and sensory awakening to joy and discovery.
We look to creating new Editions; come join us on our explorations.
