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TAKING BOOKINGS FOR MID AUTUMN 2026 LANDSCAPE DESI

TAKING BOOKINGS FOR MID AUTUMN 2026 LANDSCAPE DESIGN / GARDEN CONSULTATIONS OR TREE ASSESSMENTSIf you would like me to send you our client introduction email send me your email on a DM or call and text on 0417077386.
I am also very happy to discuss your project over the phone.@thedownunderlawn

Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' is an ornamental gra

Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' is an ornamental grasses I use alot in my design work. I love the spires or panicles of flowers that arrive in early summer and continue through autumn. They age from a gold colour through to a oat or beige colour. This grass is brilliant for adding a strong vertical accent to the garden. The leaves and flowers add movement to the plantings.

💚🤍💚 The scent! The flower! The foliage ! Wow ! Sti

💚🤍💚 The scent! The flower! The foliage ! Wow ! Still and all time favourite.

This week we have had a few consultations with cli

This week we have had a few consultations with clients concerned about the health of their gardens after last weeks prolonged high temps. Now the temperatures have become slightly more reasonable you can start assessing the damage and attempt to revive the plants. The first thing to do is work out if the brown leaves, dead new growth, yellow foliage and burnt markings are either just cosmetic damage or more serious. The cosmetic damage refers to burnt leaves and yellow foliage that will simply fall off in coming weeks and the plants will re-shoot. More serious reactions to the heat will be completely dead branches and or totally defoliated trees and shrubs.
Here are my tips...What to do now-
🌿Continue to water gardens with a slow deep water either early morning or at night. Whilst temperatures are slightly cooler take advantage of these temps to get the moisture into the soil. Where possible leave the hose slowly dripping on roots of trees or use drip systems.
🌿Start to use some organic liquid fertilisers such as Charlie Carp, Power Feed or Seaweed emulsions (root revitaliser) on the plants that have suffered the most. Ensure they are moist before applying any fertiliser.
🌿Do some selective pruning. Those shrubs and trees that have the random burnt leaves or yellow foliage probably don’t need pruning. The plants that have total dead branches could be lightly pruned to encourage some new growth. I hesitate in cutting shrubs back to ground level as this may cause even greater shock. Especially if we have more extreme heat ahead of us. For any trees I would just leave them until autumn/winter to see what happens. They may drop all their foliage and then
re-shoot in autumn. On strappy leaf plants like Agapanthus and Bearded Iris you can remove the dead foliage and or cut them to ground level as they have an underground root system in the form of a bulb or rhizome which will re-shoot as conditions become more reasonable.
🌿 If your garden is not mulched, start spreading some mulch. It’s always a good time to mulch.

Continuing on with my series of Substack posts for

Continuing on with my series of Substack posts for my paid subscribers about landscape materials. This week I discuss the pros and cons of certain landscape materials that we use in our projects. Thanks to everyone who subscribes and if you would like to subscribe you can via link in Bio

Driving around the Hilltops Region in the last few

Driving around the Hilltops Region in the last few weeks you may have noticed a large number of Eucalyptus branches which are still green (alive) lying down on the roads or in paddocks. These limbs have broken off the trees on days where there is no wind so the limb failure has not been caused by the force of windy conditions. This is syndrome known as summer branch drop (SBD) or sudden limb failure. There are a number of theories of why this happens.
To read more the link to this story is in my stories or you can go to my substack page via link in BIO

The first Gardens At A Glance Newsletter for 2026

The first Gardens At A Glance Newsletter for 2026 is out now. These thursday newsletter is free to all subscribers. See link in bio or stories.

This garden bed has lovely Summer Flowers but it

This garden bed has lovely Summer Flowers but it also has great form and shape to carry it throughout the whole year. A driveway planting doesnt always have to be an avenue of trees this combination of plants highlights and follows the line of driveway to give a since of formality whilst giving softening to the road and adding interest, shape and colour.

Have you thought about creating shade in your gard

Have you thought about creating shade in your garden?This week of hot temps has been a shock to the system. I know here is the Hilltops region we have been lulled into a false sense of comfort as the past 3 summers have really mainly been moderate temperatures with the odd hot day scattered throughout summer. This week we have had 5 consitant days above 38 degrees. This weather has reminded me how important shade is. The gardens we worked in this week that had shade were significantly cooler and much more pleasant to garden in.
While a hose keeps a plant alive during a heatwave, a tree actually changes the environment so the heatwave isn't as brutal in the first place.
To grow a well selected tree in the right location will help your garden in a heatwave as it will ....
🌿The "Air Conditioning" Effect (Transpiration)
Trees do more than just block the sun. They behave like giant, solar-powered evaporative coolers.
How it works: Trees pull water from deep in the soil and release it as vapor through their leaves. This process, called transpiration, can drop the air temperature under a canopy by 5°C to 10°C compared to an unshaded lawn.
🌿Cool hard surafces: While a brick wall or concrete path can cook at 50°C+ in direct sun, a shaded surface stays significantly closer to the ambient air.
🌿 Help reduce your use of Air Conditioning indoors.
Where you plant determines how much money you save on your electricity bill.
The West Side: This is the highest priority. The late afternoon sun (2 PM – 6 PM) is the "killer" because the air is already at its hottest. Blocking the sun from hitting your western walls or windows can reduce indoor cooling costs by up to 30%.
The North Side (Southern Hemisphere): Plant deciduous trees here (trees that lose leaves in winter). They provide a thick canopy of shade in summer but drop their leaves in winter to let the "good" sun warm your house for free.Have you got space in your garden for more trees?

A moment for these blue beauties. Take a walk down

A moment for these blue beauties. Take a walk down the aisle of Agapanthus with me. This mass planting would be standing up to the heat of the last few days really well. Note: They do get dead headed before they go to seed to reduce the likelihood that they will spread elsewhere.

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