A blueprint for a very rudimental Christmas

It's the happiest time of the year, and you're invited to a very special lunch with Blueprint's nearest and dearest. We'll meet you at Stonefields, the award-winning home and gardens belonging to landscape designer — and Garden Rudimental's — Paul Bangay.Call this our Very Rudimental Christmas.Start with a stroll in the gardens with Jonathan, Paul, and Tim Entwisle, director of Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. They talk all things landscape architecture, from the Oak lawn to the white garden… drawing comparisons between public and private spaces.Afterward, Blueprint's resident design expert Colin Bisset does his best impression of an Antiques Roadshow dealer. Paul's secateurs and Tim's botanist's hand lens are offered up for inspection.Then it's time to meet the Kitchen Rudimental chef herself, Annie Smithers. She takes Jonathan and Paul through a tour of the veggie garden; a bounty of rhubarb, gooseberries, lettuces and broad beans. Annie gives Colin her shepherd's crook for a brief examination.Finish with a spot of lunch. Annie's put her twist on a traditional Christmas meal; sharing secrets for the perfect brined turkey breast with a flush of sage, served with a roasted garlic mayonnaise sauce.