Review Of Wendy's Secret Garden Story References. See the garden created by wendy whitely, the widow of artist brette whitely, on disused railway land at lavender bay. But in time the plantings covered more of the urban waste land and a garden grew, and the garden to locals came to be known as wendy's garden.
In 1805 robert campbell purchased a large section of land on the waterfront of the north shore, and james milson settled on this land in 1806. Prior to european settlement and well into the 19th century the quibaree clan, part of the larger kuringgai tribe, frequented lavender bay. Twenty years on, it's hard to imagine this used to be a mess of invasive weeds and rubbish.
