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My Garden: An Australian Native Cottage Garden Paradise

I can't really remember when it happened. That moment I decided to dedicate my little patch of suburbia to our glorious Australian native cottage garden plants. I didn't set-out with a concrete plan from the start. It wasn't even a decision driven by an ideology, like...

Flowering Native Plants for Shade

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...

10 small native plants for Australian cottage gardens

My top 10 small Australian native plants for flower filled meadow gardens, cottage gardens, courtyards, balconies and small garden spaces.

Guest Garden: Brewery Hill Native Garden

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...

Plant of the Week – Yellow Kangaroo Paw ‘Landscape Gold’

Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Gold’ is a spectacular yellow Kangaroo Paw and a star in my garden from late Spring into Summer. This stunning variety is from the Tall and Tough range created by Angus Stewart, and those two words describe the uses for this yellow Kangaroo Paw...

Sunshine Coast Wallum and Coastal Heathland

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...

Boronia: A Beginner’s Guide – Plant of the Week

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 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. Deb's garden...

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 ticks...

Christmas Gifts for Gardeners – Australian Edition

It’s time again for my annual Christmas themed post! This year I’m bringing you more Christmas inspiration, kicking off with this Christmas gift ideas for Gardeners. As usual this gift guide is Australian themed - with a focus on Australian botanical designs and...