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My favourite geebung: Persoonia pinifolia

The geebungs are a wonderful family, have you met them yet? it is hard to pick one to be my favourite, Persoonia levis comes in at a close second for its amazing peeling bark with bright red layers, but pinifolia… Read more ›

15/03/2016 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Shade tolerant

bird-attracting, Persoonia pinifolia, summer flowering, understory planting, weeping habit, well drained soil, yellow flowers

Portfolio: Garden Design Chatswood

I designed this garden in Chatswood in March 2013, pretty much exactly three years ago. The client has been chipping away at building the garden from my drawings over the years, it is a large garden that backs onto some… Read more ›

18/02/2016

Kath Gadd

Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Uncategorized

Aphanopetalum resinosum, banksia spinulosa, Brachyscome 'Hot Candy', Correa decumbens, Doryanthes excelsa, Epacris longiflora, foliage contrast, frogs, Microlaena stipoides, Oplismenus aemulus, Poa labillardieri, understory planting, Viola hederacea, weeping habit, wildlife habitat

Keith’s Garden

This is my friend Keith’s native front garden in Bulli, I have wanted to take photos of this garden for a long time and on a recent visit finally remembered my camera. Phew! I had to snap quickly as the… Read more ›

15/02/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Natives for containers, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Actinotus helianthi, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Brachyscome multifida, Bracteantha bracteata, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, clay soils, cut flowers, Epacris impressa, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Persoonia pinifolia, pink flowers, Themeda 'Mingo', understory planting, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Portfolio: Garden Design Ashfield

This garden was in the making for only a few days, the plants went in on a very hot day last week but overall it felt very streamlined and easy to build and I have surprised even myself with the… Read more ›

14/12/2015

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Small tree

Anigozanthos 'Landscape Orange', Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Callistemon 'Little John', Chrysocephalum 'Pearly Buttons'', Decomposed Crushed Granite, Eucalyptus 'wimmerensis 'Tuckertime Honey Pots', grey green leaves, Poa 'Kingsdale', silver foliage, street address, summer flowering, weeping habit, wind tolerant, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii, yellow flowers

Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve

Every spring the Sutherland Australian Plants Society Group hold a day of Spring walks in Sir Joseph Banks Native Gardens in Kareela. I have been meaning to visit this native garden for years t is fairly local to me and… Read more ›

27/09/2015 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant

Acacia cognata, Acacia fimbriata, Austrodanthonia tenior, Carex gaudichaudiana, grey green leaves, Guichenotia macrantha, Lomandra confertifolia, Philotheca myoporoides, pink flowers, Plectranthus argentatus, Rhodanthe chlorocephala, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Happy Wattle Day: Acacia cognata

September the 1st is National Wattle day, did you know that? I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t until fairly recently…whoops! Wattle Day has quite a long history going back to when the Wattle became our National emblem, you can read… Read more ›

31/08/2015

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia cognata, clay soils, feature tree, understory planting, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Acid Drops: Leptomeria acida

This was a new discovery for me on a recent bush walk on the northern Illawarra escarpment, and even just looking at the images again now makes my mouth water…..yum sour berries, not everyones cup of tea but at the… Read more ›

26/08/2015

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Illawarra natives, Shade tolerant

Bush Foods, edible fruit, Leptomeria acida, sandy soil, sour currant bush, Sydney Sandstone, understory planting, weeping habit

Fast Growing, Weeping Screen: Acacia cognata ‘Burgundy Cascade’

It seems that there are endless forms of Acacia cognata all battling for attention, all beautiful with their soft weeping habit and mostly with a hardy nature. I personally will never tire of them and if the market continues to… Read more ›

10/07/2015

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Hedge, Screening plants, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', clay soils, fast growing, foliage contrast, Reddish foliage, weeping habit, yellow flowers

Walcott Garden: Canberra

A few weeks back I was lucky enough to appeal to a very generous couple, Ros and Ben Walcott. I contacted them out of the blue and asked if I could visit their garden. We were travelling to Canberra to… Read more ›

23/06/2015 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Landscape Design

Acacia 'Green Mist', Acacia cardiophylla, Australian Native Garden, Banksia ericifolia, Banksia marginata, Callistemon 'Brogo Overflow', Correa 'Dusky Bells', Eremophila glabra prostrate, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite', Melaleuca incana, Pennisetum alopecuroides, Rhagodia spinescens, silver foliage, weeping habit

Shady Reds: Breynia ‘Ironstone’

This is one of those special native plants that has deep red to burgundy foliage when it receives lots of sun, like Agonis ‘Burgundy’. It is also one of those special native plants that seems to have no height restriction,… Read more ›

08/06/2015 10 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Hedge, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden

Breynia 'Ironstone', fast growing, foliage contrast, Reddish foliage, understory planting, weeping habit

Portfolio: Garden Design Lillyfield

Thanks so much for our garden Kath, we love it! I love this garden too! I love its quirky, modern feel where details are appreciated, the client pushed me to think out of the box more than I normally do.… Read more ›

10/03/2015 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden

Archirhodomyrtus beckleri, Austromyrtus dulcis, Eucalyptus 'Blue Veil', foliage contrast, Gastrolobium 'Brown Butterfly', grafted, Grevillea petrophiloides, grey green leaves, Kennedia nigricans, Leionema 'Green Screen', Themeda 'Mingo', understory planting, weeping habit

Portfolio: Centennial Park Garden Design

Thankyou so much for my garden, I really enjoy pottering around everyday and watching things slowly change, there is always something happening! This is a garden that has been totally transformed in the space of 12 months, the owner… Read more ›

06/03/2015

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Formal gardens, Portfolio

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', Acacia baileyana prostrate garfted Standard, Callitris oblongifolia Dwarf, foliage contrast, Grevillea curviloba, Grevillea olivacea Red, grey green leaves, Leptospermum laeviegatum, Modern Australian Native Garden, Rhagodia spinescens, street address, weeping habit

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My favourite geebung: Persoonia pinifolia

Portfolio: Garden Design Chatswood

Keith’s Garden

Portfolio: Garden Design Ashfield

Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve

Happy Wattle Day: Acacia cognata

Acid Drops: Leptomeria acida

Fast Growing, Weeping Screen: Acacia cognata ‘Burgundy Cascade’

Walcott Garden: Canberra

Shady Reds: Breynia ‘Ironstone’

Portfolio: Garden Design Lillyfield

Portfolio: Centennial Park Garden Design