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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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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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Plant an ‘English’ style cottage garden with natives

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

by | October 7, 2024 | Pink Flowers, Plant of the Week | 0 Comments

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...
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Paper daisies for Australian native gardens

by | 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...
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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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Procreate Garden Design & Affinity for Garden Design

by | February 27, 2022 | Garden design | 3 Comments

Introducing my landscape and garden design brushes for Procreate and Affinity Designer. 150+ tree, shrub and plant assets so you can design faster.

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