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Merry Christmas to all ! Especially to our clients

Merry Christmas to all ! Especially to our clients and newsletter subscribers. We greatly appreciate your support of our business. Best wishes for 2026.

This weeks Garden Newseltter is out now. I start

This weeks Garden Newseltter is out now.
I start the conversation about how to select the material palette for your garden. Link in Bio or Stories.

My Sunday Post on Subtack is now out for Paid Subs

My Sunday Post on Subtack is now out for Paid Subscribers

HERE ARE MY WEEKLY SEASONAL GARDEN TIPS from this

HERE ARE MY
WEEKLY SEASONAL GARDEN TIPS
from this week's Newsletter
GROW TIP
All of our Oriental Poppies have dried out and gone to seed so I am collecting the seed where possible. This involves cutting the dried brown heads just below the seed head whilst carefully trying not to tip the heads upside down. I then shake the heads of the poppies into a brown paper bag. If the seed heads are in spots where I would like them to re seed I just pull out the entire plant and then shake the heads over the soil. Hundreds of seed heads will easily fall out. If the heads are still a little green then leave the plants for a bit longer before collecting the seeds.
SPRING FLOWERING BULB TIP
Im lifting all of our Ranunculus corms now that the foliage has died back. I normally lift out the total clump and wash off the soil then leave to dry. I will then divide them up and store in brown paper bags in a cool dry position. Hopefully I will be better at labeling them this year. Daffodil, tulip and other spring flowering bulbs can also be lifted now as long as the foliage has died back.
VEGGIE GARDEN
This weekend I’m adding potash to my Tomatoes. A good time to begin adding Potash to the soil is about two weeks before flowering, and you should continue to supply potassium throughout the fruiting stage, especially as the number and size of tomatoes grow. Potash is added to soil to provide essential potassium, a vital nutrient for plants that promotes stronger stems, improves water and nutrient movement, enhances disease and drought resistance, and boosts fruit and flower development

Gift Ideas for Gardeners If you are requiring a gi

Gift Ideas for Gardeners
If you are requiring a gift for a fellow gardener in your life we do provide gift vouchers for garden consultations and we also have our garden books (both digital and hard copies) available to purchase from our website. Link in Bio.
🌼Gift Vouchers for onsite or virtual Garden Consultations.
Starting from $265 per hour. You can purchase by contacting me.
Our consultations can be for a range of reasons from basic garden advice, plant care, plant or pest identification, garden maintenance suggestions or design recommendations. They can also form part of our preliminary site assessment to work towards a landscape design plan. All of our landscape design plans start with a consultation. If you would like to know more send me an email on glenice@glenicebuckdesigns.com.au or give me a call 0417077386.
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Here is a little more about each of them.🌼How to Learn the Art of Gardening
If a Gardener looks at their garden as a short – term investment, then that is what you will have instant short-lived pleasure with no sustainability. Gardeners need to look at their gardens as a long term investment as they are constantly growing and will need investments made in them every season whether it be with physical labour or a dollar investment with the purchasing of plants, materials or products to add to the space. In this e-book we will give you hints and tips on all the different elements that combine to give you an understanding of your garden
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The ten most commonly made mistakes when designing your home garden can work against your garden design from being successful in the long term. In this e book we outline what these mistakes are so you can avoid making them in the future.
🌼Ten Steps for Garden Design
This book is a step by step guide to designing your home garden.We have broken the design process down into practical, hands on sections that the home gardener can follow to create their garden design.

Love this planting combination for an open sunny l

Love this planting combination for an open sunny location. Viewed from all angles the plants are taller through the middle stepping down to border plants on both sides.
Taller Plants
🌿Salvia Mirage
🌿Salvia Velour Pink
🌿Correa glabraBorder Plants
🌿Seaside Daisy
🌿Tulbaghia comminsii ( Society Garlic)
🌿Agapanthus "Snowball"

This week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter is out

This week's Gardens At A Glance Newsletter is out now. Link in Bio or stories

Here are my seasonal garden tips from this week's

Here are my seasonal garden tips from this week's Newseltter. Also pictured is my first Hydrangea of the season.
GROW TIP
In these windy conditions ensure you are doing extra watering on any heavily flowering shrubs and perennials. This will help prolong the length of flowering time and hopefully prevent an abrupt end to the spring flowering. Aim to water in early morning or later in the evening. Focus watering on the soil rather than the foliage or flowers. This watering will apply to the veggie garden too.VEGGIE GARDEN TIP
I’m applying fortnightly applications of liquid fertiliser to my tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchinis. I aim to use a fertiliser higher in the potassium to encourage flowering and fruiting over green leaves. I tend to use a liquid fertiliser like Power feed for Tomatoes and Vegetables Im also using Neutrog’s GOGO Juice once a month. This has an “advanced biological formula and acts as a probiotic concentrate for soil and plants, combining the power of billions of beneficial microbes with seaweed, fish and humic acid to improve soil and plant health”.LAWN TIP
All of my time is about to become focused on the lawn maintenance. As the temperatures warm up and we get the odd shower of rain here and there the grass will be growing almost too fast to keep on top of. I’m not complaining as I know we are very lucky to have green grass still. This may change in coming weeks. I always find if the lawn edges are neat then it doesn’t matter too much if the lawn looks a bit long and messy.

Hello Garden Friends My weekly Gardens at A Glanc

Hello Garden Friends
My weekly Gardens at A Glance Newsletter is out now - THE FOUR SEASONS OF SPRING - COLD, HOT, LATE FROSTS, WINDS, THUNDERSTORMS AND THEN MORE WIND .Our Roses were all a sight to see over the last month however in the last two weeks the weather extremes have left them a bit worse for ware. The frost, windy conditions and then rain have caused them to deteriorate. This is a shame as they would normally last another week. I will go through and dead head them all now so hopefully they will flush with another around of blooms right in time for Christmas …..Hopefully!!.
I have finally planted my Dahlias only a few weeks later than what I wanted however I have been assured by a couple of professional Dahlia growers that its not too late. They in fact are still selling some of their dahlias and will do so until mid December. In this week’s issue we have my garden tips along with my four garden related recommendation. Hope you enjoy this issue. Thanks for being here.To read full newsletter go subscribe via link in Bio or See on stories

Acanthus mollis or the Oyster Plant is a bold, arc

Acanthus mollis or the Oyster Plant is a bold, architectural perennial. The flower spikes can reach up to 1.5 cm in height. White to pale pink in colour. The flowers are nestled underneath hooded purple or mauve bracts. Flowering normally starts in spring and continues through summer. Acanthus mollis is generally easy to grow and low-maintenance once established, but it is important to choose its location wisely, as it dislikes being moved. It can also be quite aggressive - once it is established it can be very difficult to remove. It has a deep underground root system. It prefers partial shade (morning sun, afternoon shade) for the best performance, especially in hot climates, as strong afternoon sun can scorch the leaves. It will tolerate full sun in cooler areas and can survive in deep shade (though flowering will be reduced).It is quite drought-tolerant, though it may go dormant or wilt dramatically if left too dry during hot spells. In winter here in Young it willdie down in the coldest weather.

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