Celebrating the kangaroo paw at Cranbourne Gardens
After 35 years breeding and growing kangaroo paws I was delighted to be invited by Rodger Elliot for the Friends of the Botanic Gardens Cranbourne to be part of a unique event - the Kangaroo Paw...
View ArticleA small piece of Australia at California’s Taft-Ojai Gardens
On a trip to California earlier this year I had the good fortune to meet Australian expatriate plant lover Jo O'Connell. She has an excellent niche nursery growing a range of Australian plants,...
View ArticleThe remarkable genus Camellia
For many gardeners the word camellia conjures up images of a reliable shrub that produces gorgeous autumn and winter displays of flowers. A recent visit to the Yunnan Province of China has taught me a...
View ArticleTasmania’s Koonya Garlic Festival is a pungent delight
I recently had the pleasure of attending the third Koonya Garlic Festival, in Tasmania on a picturesque inlet of Norfolk Bay on the beautiful Tasman Peninsula. Continue reading →
View ArticleCome to Yunnan, treasure trove of plants and ethnic cultures
Come with me on a tour 'In the Footsteps of the Plant Collectors' to one of the most botanically diverse areas on earth, Yunnan Province in China, home to many of our most treasured garden plants....
View ArticleIn-ground worm farms for the time-poor gardener
Here's a simple DIY solution when you can't find the time to maintain a compost heap, or you haven't got space for compost bins: an in-ground worm farm using PVC drainage pipe that takes all your...
View ArticleGrannes: Australian garden design for dry climates
In the parched mallee country of Victoria's Grampians, the Lewins have made a native garden of form, colour and unusual sculpture that surrounds uniquely Australian-style buildings Continue reading →
View ArticleHow to create an Australian wildflower meadow
The annual displays at Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth, and The Australian Botanic Gardens, Mt Annan, NSW show that a colourful Australian wildflower meadow is definitely something you can achieve...
View ArticleBarangaroo Point Park: a gamble with nature
The landscape design at Barangaroo Point has taken a bold step in attempting a naturalistic recreation of the vegetation and plant communities that existed before European settlement. Does it work?...
View ArticleGoodbye Callistemon, and hello Melaleuca
I will find it hard to get used to saying Melaleuca instead of Cllistemon as the new name for some of my favourite Australian plants such as ‘Captain Cook’, ‘Endeavour’ and ‘King’s Park Special’...
View ArticleHow to choose and grow kangaroo paws
"I don't have much luck with kangaroo paws." As a breeder of kangaroo paw varieties for many years I have heard this far too often from Australian gardeners, so here is how to have success! Continue...
View ArticleHow to prune a flowering gum
The red flowering gum (Corymbia ficifolia) and its colourful cultivars is one of the world’s most spectacular trees when in full bloom, but it needs regular pruning for the best flowers. Continue...
View ArticleCushion Bush dreaming
One of my favourite Australian plants for the garden is cushion bush (Leucophyta brownii) with its globe-like growth habit highlighted by silvery, glow-in-the-dark foliage and flowers Continue reading →
View ArticleBloody possums!
Having a possum in your backyard is a two-edged sword; the joys of seeing wildlife up close and, on the flipside, experiencing the pain that the little devils inflict on your prize plants. Continue...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with my flowering gum?
After seeing the interest on GardenDrum about my earlier post on grafted flowering gums, I feel there needs to be some follow up on the subject. A lot of … Continue reading →
View ArticlePublic parks will save our wildflowers
Australian designers are evolving a distinctively Australian style for our public parks that can solve the dilemmas of wildflower predictability and tourism damage Continue reading →
View ArticleSleepless and Serene in Seattle
I had long harboured a desire to visit Seattle with a vague notion of a spectacular marine landscape against a backdrop of mountains and conifer forests. I found all of this as well as Continue reading →
View ArticleFestival International des Jardins, Chaumont
I have had the pleasure of visiting the impressive French Int'l Garden Festival of garden design for the last couple of years and can thoroughly recommend it. Continue reading →
View ArticleGreat Dixter: a manic masterpiece
I have long been fascinated by the work of the late British garden designer Christopher Lloyd. So it was with great anticipation that I recently visited his Great … Continue reading →
View ArticleGardens of southern Italy & the Amalfi Coast
One of my favourite garden tours visited southern Italy, from Rome south to the Amalfi Coast near Naples. Aside from the spectacular views, there is a surprising range of sub-tropical and temperate...
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