Australian Native Boronia A Beginner's Guide Let me start by saying I am most certainly not a Boronia expert. I have killed many of these beautiful Australian native plants, therefore this is very much a guide for beginners and I hope it will help you to choose the...
Guest Garden: Brewery Hill Native Garden Yesterday I had the great pleasure of visiting Brewery Hill Native Garden in Gympie. It was an open garden that I simply couldn't miss as it was the last time Carolle was opening her garden to the public. I don't blame her - it...
In August 2023 I joined a retreat with Dr Sue Davis to explore the Sunshine COast Wallum and learn more about the plants of the Sunshine Coast wallum and coastal heathland environments. Over the course of 4 days we visited 4 Sunshine Coast Wallum sites and spent time...
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. Deb's garden...
“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...
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...
My Favourite Plants for Shade - That Also Happen to be Native to Australia If you have a shady spot in your garden and you're looking for flowering plants for shade, you can fill it with colourful Australian native flowers! Let me show you how. Here are a few of my...
Australian Pelargonium for Cottage Gardens, Meadows & Hanging Baskets Australian native Pelargonium are pretty soft low growing plants ideal for flowering borders. They look stunning in my garden from December. Every variety is blooming prolifically, filling the...
This week’s favourite started flowering in my garden in late October and is still looking beautiful in mid December, even after unseasonal heavy late spring rains. Isotoma axillaris, also called Laurentia or Rock Isotome, is the only plant I have in drifts in my...
Everyone who follows me on social media will know I am a big fan of paper daisies. I love their crinkly stiff paper texture - they are very tactile plants! The way the blooms fold up tightly each night or in rain is rather special to watch.. They also flower...
My top 10 small Australian native plants for flower filled meadow gardens, cottage gardens, courtyards, balconies and small garden spaces.
When I first started out I didn’t fully intend to create a cottage style garden with Australian natives, but there is no denying that is what my garden has become! I have always loved the romanticism of a cottage garden. In my 20s my first gardens and pots were filled...
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