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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

by Rae | June 11, 2023 | Australian Native Gardens, Garden design, Native cottage garden, Pink Flowers, Purple Flowers, Yellow Flowers | 2 Comments

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...

Crowea – Native Plant of the Week

by Rae | March 20, 2022 | Australian Native Gardens, Native cottage garden, Pink Flowers, Plant of the Week, White Flowers | 0 Comments

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...

Australian Native Plants for Small Gardens: A Colourful Guide

by Rae | June 12, 2025 | Garden design, Small Gardens, Top Stories | 1 Comment

Australian Native Plants for Small Gardens: A Colourful Guide If you’re dreaming of a thriving, flower-filled garden but only have a small courtyard, balcony, or patch of soil to work with — don’t worry. Many of Australia’s most charming native plants are perfectly...

Paper daisies for Australian native gardens

by Rae | December 8, 2021 | Native cottage garden, Paper Daisy, Pink Flowers, Yellow Flowers | 2 Comments

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...

Discover Native Plants With Red Flowers for Your Garden

by Rae | October 11, 2024 | Australian Native Gardens, Garden design, Native cottage garden, Red Flowers | 0 Comments

Discover Native Plants With Red Flowers for Your Garden Are you wondering which native plants with red flowers are best for enhancing your garden's beauty and supporting native birds and bees? This article guides you through selecting the perfect native plants with...

Dargan Hill Monarch – A Perennial Paper Daisy

by Rae | September 29, 2024 | Native cottage garden, Paper Daisy, Plant of the Week, Yellow Flowers | 1 Comment

Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' An Australian Native Perennial Paper Daisy This week’s native plant of the week, Dargan Hill Monarch, is perhaps my all time favourite paper daisy for creating an Australian native cottage garden. With so many beautiful...

Art & Accessories for an Australian Native Christmas

by Rae | November 9, 2022 | Christmas Gifts for Gardeners | 0 Comments

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...

Artist Residency at Mary Cairncross Reserve April 2025

by Rae | March 12, 2025 | Rainforest | 1 Comment

Artist in Residence at Mary Cairncross Reserve I'm excited to share that I will be joining the Sunshine Coast Nature Sketchers as Artists in Residence at the Mary Cairncross Reserve in Maleny from 5 to 17 April 2025. I will be there every day of the residency to...

Designing my cottage garden with Australian native plants

by Rae | July 9, 2021 | Australian Native Gardens, Garden design, Native cottage garden, Paper Daisy, Pink Flowers, Purple Flowers, White Flowers | 1 Comment

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...

Native Plant of the Week – Isotoma axillaris

by Rae | December 8, 2021 | Australian Native Gardens, Native cottage garden, Pink Flowers, Plant of the Week, Purple Flowers | 2 Comments

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...

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

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