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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...

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...

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...

Pollinator Week 2025: A Heartfelt Wrap-Up

by Rae | 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...

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...

Plant an ‘English’ style cottage garden with natives

by Rae | October 20, 2022 | Australian Native Gardens, Native cottage garden, Pink Flowers, Purple Flowers, Red Flowers, Top Stories, White Flowers, Yellow Flowers | 5 Comments

“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...

Christmas Gifts for Gardeners – Australian Edition

by Rae | 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...

Native Plant of the Week: Kangaroo Paw

by Rae | 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,...

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...

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...

My Garden: An Australian Native Cottage Garden Paradise

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