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My Garden: An Australian Native Cottage Garden Paradise

by | July 2, 2021 | Australian Native Gardens, Garden design, Native cottage garden | 1 Comment

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...
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Guest Garden: Brewery Hill Native Garden

by | September 1, 2024 | Australian Native Gardens, Garden design, Paper Daisy, Pink Flowers, Purple Flowers, Red Flowers, White Flowers, Yellow Flowers | 1 Comment

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...
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Discover Native Plants With Red Flowers for Your Garden

by | 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...
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Artist Residency at Mary Cairncross Reserve April 2025

by | 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...
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Native Plant of the Week: Kangaroo Paw

by | July 22, 2024 | Garden design, Kangaroo Paw, Plant of the Week | 0 Comments

This week’s native plant of the week is the iconic Australian Kangaroo Paw - surely an essential in any Australian garden, be it a bush garden, coastal garden, flower filled cottage garden or modern architectural design. While Kangaroo Paws are iconically Australia,...
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Dargan Hill Monarch – A Perennial Paper Daisy

by | 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...
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Christmas Gifts for Gardeners – Australian Edition

by | November 27, 2023 | Christmas Gifts for Gardeners | 1 Comment

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...
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Pollinator Week 2025: A Heartfelt Wrap-Up

by | November 26, 2025 | Australian Native Gardens, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Pollinator Week 2025: A Heartfelt Wrap-Up Celebrating bees, hoverflies, butterflies, and the gardeners who support them Pollinator Week 2025 has come to a close, and what a blooming, buzzing, joy-filled week it has been. This year, thousands of gardeners across...
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Australian Native Plants for Small Gardens: A Colourful Guide

by | 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...
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Sunshine Coast Wallum and Coastal Heathland

by | August 30, 2023 | Pink Flowers, Purple Flowers, Wallum, White Flowers, Yellow Flowers | 0 Comments

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...
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