Guest Gardener: Rosella Rise Native Garden
This week I am delighted to feature my first guest gardener – you’re in for a treat! Rosella Rise Native Garden is one of my favourite Australian native gardens and a great demonstration of the floral spectacle that can be achieved with our unique flora....
Art & Accessories for an Australian Native Christmas
Ideas for an Australian Native Christmas Plus Christmas Gifts for Gardeners! Here is my pick of Australian native Christmas decorations and accessories. Our native flora deserves to be celebrated, and there is truly no better expression of that than an artist using...
Plant an ‘English’ style cottage garden with natives
“Help! My (friend/husband/wife/etc) wants to plant an English style cottage garden. But I want to plant Australian natives. What do I do?” Firstly let me say, I get it. I love an English style cottage garden too. I love their meadow gardens, clipped hedges and cute...
Australian native plants for indoors
Many people I speak to don’t realise that there are many Australian native plants that do well indoors. Wandering around our local nursery I realise there is likely a very good reason for that – not a single native plant I spotted included that on the label....
Crowea – Native Plant of the Week
The pink starry flowers of Crowea provide essential colour in a Australian native cottage garden at a time of year when blooms can be hard to come by! Flowering most profusely through autumn and early winter, with sporadic blooms also in spring and summer, Crowea are...
Procreate Garden Design & Affinity for Garden Design
Procreate Garden Design Can you use Procreate or your iPad for garden design? Yes you can! I’ve recently been designing a garden renovation for a friend in Sydney’s Northern Beaches region recently. It’s been a fun and satisfying project. I really enjoyed learning...
Native Plant of the Week : Lemon Myrtle
This week’s feature plant is a versatile Australian native plant that can tick so many boxes in your garden design. Native bush food, screening out the neighbours, hardy pot plant, lush foliage, beautiful flowers, growing in sun to shade in most soil types – it...
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