Plant Profile – Dodonaea subglandulifera
What connection would a relatively remote mid north area of native vegetation have with my own garden?
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Observing natural plant arrangements to guide urban planting design
I have spoken in previous blogs about visiting local conservation parks to observe native plant relationships for planting design ideas.
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Native Climbers
Clematis microphylla (Old Mans Beard), is a useful and showy, native climbing plant for screens/trellis.
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Productive Gardens – food for thought!
With current and future pandemics and associated economic shocks having the potential to stretch food resources and security maybe its time to consider growing some of your own food.
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Urban bush gardens
Creating a bush garden in an urban setting is essentially mimicking what one observes in the natural environment. Whilst there are numerous variations in the natural environment, if one focuses their attention within their own region they are more likely to find examples of native and endemic plants suitable for...
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Raised veggie planters
This is a great idea if you have issues bending, kneeling or physically restricted. Also a good option in awkward or restricted spaces, or where there is poor and/or contaminated soil, or no ground level soil available.
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Attracting native birds to your garden
Firstly, you have to be realistic about what native birds you can attract to your garden, as much of the habitat, particularly of smaller nectar feeders and foraging birds, has been lost to urban development. Your chances of success improve if you live close to the foothills, a creek line...
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Small gums for the urban garden
Eucalypts are such an iconic and mainstay tree in our rural and natural environments they deserve more focus in our urban gardens. Typically the gums we observe in those environments are towering River Red gums and Blue gums neither of which are suitable for ΒΌ acre and smaller blocks.
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Garden Maintenance – Regular garden maintenance is our speciality … and it’s value-added
Regular garden maintenance, (we recommend monthly), has benefits apart from aesthetic value. As we are working closely around buildings, exterior structures, hard and soft surfaces, plants and trees, we do notice (and highlight) issues that the customer might not be aware of, such as; leaking, damaged or blocked pipes/drains/gutters/irrigation soil...
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