Phil Johnson & that Chelsea win
I’m with Phillip Johnson – what a star! We’re at the Chelsea Flower Show and Phillip’s won Best in Show. It’s unbelievable that this could happen on the … Continue reading →
View ArticleCentral Park Sydney greenwall project
The old Carlton and United Breweries site in Sydney’s Broadway (just up the road from Central Railway Station) is a rather interesting spot to find a ground breaking … Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Body in the Garden
When I was invited to the inaugural South Australian Crime and Garden Writers’ Festival at the Adelaide Botanic gardens, creatively titled ‘The Body in the Garden’, and I … Continue reading →
View ArticlePruning Australian native plants
I recently visited a stunning garden entirely populated by Australian plants. The thing that struck me most was the difference that regular pruning had made to the display. … Continue reading →
View ArticleHistoric Entally Estate, Tasmania
Tasmania and its gardens must be one of Australia’s best kept horticultural secrets. A coolish climate is often coupled with soils that are more often than not based … Continue reading →
View ArticleBush food for thought
I recently attended a workshop at the Rootstock Festival in Sydney on Bush Foods which highlighted how far bush foods have come in contemporary Australian culture. The workshop … Continue reading →
View ArticleCreating a hedge with Australian plants
One of the principal defining features of many of the great gardens of the world is their hedges. European gardens long ago elevated the hedge to an art … Continue reading →
View ArticleTo prune (or not) your Australian plants
One of the unfortunate myths that have grown up around Australian plants is that somehow they should not be pruned on a regular basis, if at all. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleCreating a hedge with Australian plants
One of the principal defining features of many of the great gardens of the world is their hedges. European gardens long ago elevated the hedge to an art … Continue reading →
View ArticleTo prune (or not) your Australian plants
One of the unfortunate myths that have grown up around Australian plants is that somehow they should not be pruned on a regular basis, if at all. 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 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 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 →
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