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”
Category Archives: gardens
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”
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”
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”
Merry Christmas
On Christmas Day my true love gave to me a retractable hose, new secateurs and a bottle of Gin. And who needs a partridge in their pear tree? Not me! He’d watched me fighting with the normal hose I use to water the plants in our entertainment area and had the brainwave. Present sorted! HosesContinue reading “Merry Christmas”
Quirky Hydrangeas
We’re all used to the ‘normal’ hydrangeas with their summery voluptuousness, but another Hydrangea that’s fairly uncommon in gardens these days is the Oak Leaf Hydrangea, or Hydrangea quercifolia. After a severe cut back last winter, the one in my garden has burst forth in abundance with a multitude of flowers. It may be theContinue reading “Quirky Hydrangeas”
Snails
I’m a live and let live kind of a person usually, but when it comes to snails, I have limits! When I’m in the garden and I come across a snail going about its business, I’ll either just leave it or throw it out on to the grass. I figure if it survives long enoughContinue reading “Snails”
To tease, or not to tease…
As a professional gardener I get asked a lot of gardening questions. Planting questions are right up there, and one of the most asked is “Do I tease out the roots, or do I not tease out the roots?” My answer is always “it depends”. Not very helpful, I know, but it really does dependContinue reading “To tease, or not to tease…”
Sunny days
Well it was bound to happen eventually. Sunny days are here! Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of places in Australia struggling with the excess of water we’ve had in recent weeks. And weeks and weeks it seems… but here in my little garden oasis it is ‘sunny days time’. Flowers are blooming,Continue reading “Sunny days”
The Flowerpot Pen 