It’s that time again, rose pruning time. Time to sharpen those secateurs and loppers to cut those rose bushes down to size. I’ve covered rose pruning in previous posts so I won’t go into it in this post. If I was more clever I would put a link in to connect you to past roseContinue reading “Rose Pruning Time”
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Cold
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything in this space, a death in the family created a glitch in daily life that will take a while to mend. Meanwhile, it’s got cold here in the Western Districts of Victoria, Australia. We traditionally think of the year as having only four seasons, a hangover fromContinue reading “Cold”
World Bee Day
It’s World Bee Day today! May 20. Yay for bees! Without bees our world would be much more fragile and food would be harder to grow! If nothing else, take a moment to reflect on how important these tiny critters are, and think about ways we can support them in our gardens Planting flowers andContinue reading “World Bee Day”
Happy Mother’s Day
It’s Mother’s Day here in Australia and New Zealand! Wishing all the mums, Grandmums, Aunties, Dads being Mum too, and anyone else who is ‘Mum’ a very special day. I’m not sure when Chrysanthemums became ‘the’ Mother’s Day flower, but it does a spectacular job and is flowering quite prolifically here at just the rightContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”
Late Roses
These late roses caught my eye. They were just crying out to be photographed, so here they are in all their sublime beauty. In other news, my business building journey is getting its legs, I had a real life design job to start. A garden focused on sustainability and becoming self sufficient as far asContinue reading “Late Roses”
Early Camellias and Late Roses
The crossover of seasons sometimes makes for gorgeous, timeless floral combinations such as early camellias and late roses. Picking flowers to take photos of them has become one of my favourite activities, I’m slowly learning techniques for styling shots to create a beautiful image seemingly from nowhere; sometimes I fluke a really nice shot. We’veContinue reading “Early Camellias and Late Roses”
Dahlia dreams come true
I’ve been jealously watching displays of delicious Dahlias over the last couple of months, wondering if my Dahlia dreams would come true. Well they finally have. I put my Dahlia tubers in late last year so their growth has been quite a way behind many other people’s. Even the ones I hadn’t lifted were takingContinue reading “Dahlia dreams come true”
Yes, it is Autumn!
Any doubts about it being Autumn have been thrown out the window. Cool, misty mornings and a promise of the end to daylight savings are proof positive it is, indeed, Autumn. These beauties have been popping up in the wild all over the place as well. There are quite a few different colours, one dayContinue reading “Yes, it is Autumn!”
Season’s end
The days are getting cooler, mornings are darker too. I’m sure we’ll have some more nice days but it looks like we’ve reached season’s end. I actually love it when there’s a transition, the garden seasons remind us that there is always change; change can be what we make it. Leaving aside the metaphorical aspectsContinue reading “Season’s end”
Melbourne Botanic Garden
This weekend I was pleased to be able to go back to Melbourne Botanic Garden, a place I hadn’t been to in around 30 years! The gardens were begun way back in 1846 at this location; there is another more modern garden at another site in Cranbourne, which is managed by the same administration, butContinue reading “Melbourne Botanic Garden”
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