Earlier this year, Griffith couple Bruno and Joy Plos reached an incredible milestone as they celebrated their 70^th wedding anniversary.

The pair are somewhat icons in Griffith, having helped pioneer the hugely popular Garden Festival almost 30 years ago.

It was this shared love for creating a beautiful garden and a commitment to good communication which helped their bond stay so strong over the years.

Mr Plos said there is no secret to a long and happy marriage, however he did offer one nugget of wisdom he has learned in his 70 years with Joy.

"Never go to bed with a problem in mind. Always resolve it before you go to sleep," he said.

"Every marriage has ups and downs ... but you can almost always solve it by talking to eachother."

The pair first met at a school ball in 1949. After a single dance, a smitten Bruno managed to track down Joy's address.

As he continued his engineering studies in Sydney the pair would correspond regularly through letters.

This correspondence quickly spiralled into love and they were married on April 1, 1951, a day Mrs Plos remembers clearly even now.

"It was April Fool's Day but it was absolutely beautiful. The sun was shining and my dad was shaking as he took me down the aisle because I was his only daughter," she recalled.

The lovebirds went on to have four children, as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren, though they laughed and admitted they "lost track of how many".

When asked what they wanted to do for their platinum wedding anniversary earlier this year, Mrs Plos said they had but one simple request.

"Our daughter asked how we wanted to celebrate and I told her there was one thing we wanted to do. We wanted to go down and see our great-grandchildren in Melbourne," she said.

"And that's exactly what we did. It was wonderful."

Now 93 and 87 respectively, Mr and Mrs Plos have countless unforgettable memories from across their marriage.

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But in terms of highlights, little else compares to the incredible achievement the two pulled off in their retirement, turning the overgrown bushland around their new home into 'Belle Amour' a wondrous garden which attracted visitors from across the country.

"It was really just fantastic," Mrs Plos said.

"I did everything with the flowers and the planting and Bruno built all the seats, the bridges, the gazebo and everything."

"It was a lot of work putting it together but once we did it just took off and kept going and going."

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