Walker Golf Things draw everything by hand, and Blooming Grounds is the fullest expression of that they have put out. Walker are Australian, which is what makes the drop land oddly and also makes it interesting. It went live on 21 August as an ode to spring, to the opening rounds of the season and the flora along the fairways. In Melbourne that is exactly right. In Austin it lands in the back half of an August sitting at a hundred degrees.
Read it as a forward buy rather than a right-now one. The seersucker shirt and the Featherlite polo work in Austin immediately, the fleece hood is a December purchase, and the rest sit somewhere in between.
The collection runs to six pieces, $50 to $120, in sizes S through XXXL. One of them matters more than the rest: the knit polo has an entire landscape knitted into the body.
The distinction is a real one. Most graphic golf shirts are a print sitting on top of a finished garment. Walker built the artwork into the structure of the fabric instead, as a jacquard, where the picture is made out of the yarn itself. It costs more and it takes longer, and it separates a shirt with a picture on it from a shirt that is the picture. The same scene appears on the tee, and there it is a print, and the two sitting side by side make the point better than any description does.
The rest of the collection is quieter and runs on two marks. The Hedge Script is chain-stitched, with a small golfer teeing off out of the W. The Kookaburra is an Australian kingfisher and Walker’s recurring mark that turns up on a sleeve, a cuff or the back of a cap.
Where the Collection Actually LivesTwo pieces carry the Blooming Grounds illustration, a course scene of trees, a creek and a green. On the polo it is knitted into the body rather than printed on top, which is a different and more expensive way to do it.
Seersucker, Fleece and a Chain-Stitched ScriptThe other four run on Walker’s Hedge Script, a chain-stitched wordmark with a tiny golfer teeing off out of the W, plus the Kookaburra patch that turns up somewhere on almost everything they make.
Gold Label, Heritage, Par-Tec and the KookaBlooming Grounds is six pieces out of a much bigger catalogue, and the rest of it is where Walker actually live. Gold Label is the premium end and runs to knits. Heritage is the clubhouse throwback, Par-Tec is the technical line, and Kooka Classics is the core, named for the kookaburra.
What to Buy and WhenSix pieces run one hemisphere out of step with Austin. The seersucker shirt and the Featherlite polo work here now; the fleece hood and the twill jacket are December buys.
If you are buying one thing, buy the knit polo, and buy it because of how it is made rather than how it looks in a thumbnail. If you are buying one thing to actually wear this month, it is the tee or the Gardener shirt, and the Gardener is the more interesting garment of the two.
A note on timing. Walker sell in both US and Australian dollars, and the prices quoted throughout this post are the US storefront figures. Australian spring runs September to November, so this collection has a long shelf life at home and an awkward one here — which historically means the sizes that survive into a northern-hemisphere autumn are the ones nobody in Australia wanted. Check back in October if your size has already gone.
Blooming Grounds is a six-piece collection from the Australian brand Walker Golf Things, released on 21 August 2026. Walker describe it as an ode to the golf course itself and to spring. It comprises the Blooming Grounds Knit Polo ($120), the Gardener SS Shirt ($110), the Hedge Hood ($110), the Hedge Featherlite Polo ($100), the Blooming Grounds T-Shirt ($50) and the Hedge Mid Cap ($50).
Knitted. Walker state the artwork is a full custom jacquard knitted directly into the body of the polo rather than printed onto the surface. The polo is 100% acrylic, with a knit rib collar, three matte pearl buttons at the placket and a Kookaburra patch on the left sleeve.
Walker Golf Things is an Australian company, and August sits at the end of winter in the southern hemisphere, with spring beginning in September. The collection is timed to an Australian spring, which is why a 400gsm brushed-fleece hood appears in a range landing during a northern-hemisphere summer.
Hedge Script is Walker's chain-stitched wordmark, with a small golfer figure teeing off out of the W. It appears embroidered on the Hedge Hood and Hedge Mid Cap, and screen printed at the chest of the Blooming Grounds T-Shirt.
Lightweight poly-cotton seersucker, cut on Walker's regular short-sleeve shirt block with a wide camp collar, five centre-front buttons and a self-lined back yoke. It is finished with scattered embroidered golfer figures. Walker recommend sizing up for a relaxed fit.
Prices on Walker's US storefront run from $50 for the Hedge Mid Cap and the Blooming Grounds T-Shirt to $120 for the Blooming Grounds Knit Polo. The Gardener SS Shirt and Hedge Hood are $110 each and the Hedge Featherlite Polo is $100. These are US dollar prices; Walker also sell in Australian dollars.
The five apparel pieces run S, M, L, XL, XXL and XXXL. The Hedge Mid Cap is one size, with a rear snapback closure.
Beyond seasonal drops like Blooming Grounds, Walker run several standing lines. Gold Label is the premium range, largely knitwear and outerwear, from around $110 to $180. Heritage is a clubhouse-inspired throwback line. Par-Tec is the technical performance range. Kooka Classics is the core collection, named for the kookaburra, and covers polos, caps, headcovers and accessories. Note the collections overlap on Walker's site — much of what is filed under Heritage is Gold Label product.
Not on the US storefront as of August 2026. The In Flight collection is down to a single cap and the Hiroki golf bags collection returns no products at all, though both are still listed as collections. Availability differs between Walker's Australian and US stores, so stock may exist elsewhere.
The kookaburra is an Australian kingfisher, and Walker use an embroidered kookaburra as a recurring brand mark. In this collection it appears as a patch on the left sleeve of the Knit Polo and Hedge Hood, and embroidered on the back right of the Hedge Mid Cap.
