My top 10 small Australian native plants for flower filled meadow gardens, cottage gardens, courtyards, balconies and small garden spaces.
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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...
Boronia: A Beginner’s Guide – Plant of the Week
by Rae | 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...
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...
Sunshine Coast Wallum and Coastal Heathland
by Rae | 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...
Guest Garden: Brewery Hill Native Garden
by Rae | 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...
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...
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...
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,...
Procreate Garden Design & Affinity for Garden Design
by Rae | 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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