For centuries gardens have provided a place to grow food, a place to study botany and nature, a place to grow lifesaving medications and a place to be a sanctuary for contemplation and meditation. Overall, the task of gardening offers an holistic approach to improving...
Paddock treesIf you live on a farm growing trees in open paddock areas can be a difficult task. Trees may be needed to provide shade for livestock or as wind breaks or even to create avenues along driveways. Not too mention revegetation areas.Tree plantings in...
Continuing on with the Planting Season Series from last month. Once you have identified what the conditions of your site are. You can start making decisions on what plants you use. When it comes to combining plants, I tend to look at plants as all...
With the trees and lawn in and growing we now turn our focus to the back boundary of the garden. This is the highest point of the garden, from this spot you have sweeping views up the valley towards Cowra and on a clear day...
Continuing on with the story (from last month’s issue)Once we had decided how to retain the higher levels in the rear garden I had two large sloping curved garden beds to fill with plants. The key points I thought about when designing this space and...
I normally aim to have my Dahlias in the ground by Melbourne Cup Day. The main issue with timing is to not plant them too early in spring as if there are any later frosts their new shoots may be burnt off. If you live...
I have just spend a rainy day planning, researching, sketching, sourcing materials and selecting plants for our next stage of planting at the garden at the Berkshires.I have a few large areas to plant out that probably won’t happen until next year but Im starting...
After working in retail garden centres for over ten years I can not tell you how important it is to know which Buxus is which. Any new employees of the garden centre would be given a rundown of each species that we sold. We would...
Winter has arrived, for this being the first week of winter it has definitely arrived with vengeance! Bringing a polar blast to most of NSW. As the growth does start to slow down in the garden it is a good time to get to all...
Succession Planting means you plant out a space with a variety of plants that can grow together happily, give you more options to harvest for a greater length of time. It makes the most out of the space. When I design a garden I always...
