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Guest Gardener: Rosella Rise Native Garden

by | 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...
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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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Designing my cottage garden with Australian native plants

by | 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...
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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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Native Plant of the Week : Lemon Myrtle

by | February 5, 2022 | Plant of the Week, White Flowers | 0 Comments

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...
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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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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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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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Crowea – Native Plant of the Week

by | 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...
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Flowering Native Plants for Shade

by | January 15, 2022 | Garden design, Native cottage garden, Pink Flowers, Plants for Shade, Purple Flowers, White Flowers | 2 Comments

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...
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