A weed-filled courtyard becomes an urban meadow in Beci Orpin’s garden revamp

It’s not an easy feat turning a weedy rental garden into a thriving field of flowers.

A few years ago, artist and illustrator Beci Orpin enlisted her friend, garden designer Jimmy Sing, to revamp the neglected courtyard of her studio.

The 12-by-12-metre walled space in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri Woi…