Nor do they generally say that central business districts are, as Stokes wrote, “a concept past their use-by date”, devised by “white, male, middle-class planners” in 20th century Chicago.

The walled garden of the Melbourne Club is a rare surviving example of a 19th century city garden. And it’s open today. Horticulturist-arboristJohn Fordham describes its deep-rooted highlights.