August 2013 – Mallee Design

Backyard Festival Wollongong Botanic Gardens

This Sunday Mallee Design will be at the Wollongong Botanic Gardens for the Sustainable Backyard Festival. I will be selling Australian Native Plants, probably more hybrids and cultivars as the Botanic Garden will be selling indigenous species, and giving advice… Read more ›

28/08/2013

Kath Gadd

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Yellow, Cream and White Orchids: Dendrobium speciosum

It is a most fabulous season for the Dendrobium speciosums this year, there is no other word for it, they are putting on a massive show whenever I see them, and they seem to be everywhere all of a sudden, many… Read more ›

25/08/2013

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Natives for containers, Shade tolerant

bee attracting, Dendrobium speciosum, fragrant, large flower, spring flowering, understory planting, white flower, yellow flowers

Soft Feathery Grass: Baloskion tetraphyllum

I tend to use a lot of grasses in my gardens, I am not totally reliant on them and can manage without, however I mostly use plants with a weeping, soft appearance, and grasses are valuable in creating texture and… Read more ›

21/08/2013

Kath Gadd

Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Tropical garden, Water plants

Baloskion tetraphyllum, clay soils, foliage contrast, frogs, Pond plants, water logged soils, weeping habit

Native Bees

All winter long, on warm sunny days I have been able to step into my garden and hear the low humming from the bees in my Eucalypts, at times the noise has been breath takingingly loud. It has been a… Read more ›

18/08/2013 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Illawarra natives, Winter flowering

Bees, clay soils, Eucalyptus longifolia, Eucalyptus paniculata, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

Fish and frogs eggs

I have noticed a distinct lack of frogs eggs in my pond over the last 6 months, this image is of my Villarsia exaltata full of eggs over the summer. This particular plant was the favoured plant by the frogs for… Read more ›

14/08/2013

Kath Gadd

Water plants

fish, frogs, Pond plants, Villarsia exaltata, yellow flowers

The Wonder of Wildflowers!

This is a little class/chat/presentation I am giving in September, with Wild Rumpus all about Illawarra’s wonderful wildflowers that are starting to flower now! I will be chatting about where you can see a good range of spring flowers around Wollongong,… Read more ›

10/08/2013 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Illawarra natives, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Dracophyllum secundum, Hibbertia dentata, Ziera smithii

Favourites for Shady Planting: Leionema ‘Green Screen’

I collect a lot of favourites for shady planting, it has become somewhat of a hobby to find natives that will grow in difficult shady spots. Dry shade, moist shade, windy shade, winter shade and summer sun…..screening for shade, you… Read more ›

04/08/2013

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

bee attracting, clay soils, Leionema 'Green Screen', native bees, Philotheca 'Top Cut', Prostanthera 'Minty', Scented, understory planting, white flower, wildlife habitat

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Backyard Festival Wollongong Botanic Gardens

Yellow, Cream and White Orchids: Dendrobium speciosum

Soft Feathery Grass: Baloskion tetraphyllum

Native Bees

Fish and frogs eggs

The Wonder of Wildflowers!

Favourites for Shady Planting: Leionema ‘Green Screen’