July 2014 – Mallee Design

Shady Winter Purple: Hovea acutifolia

Hovea acutifolia always takes my breath away when I see it in full bloom, it is quite something. For most of the year it is an almost nondescript medium sized shrub that is useful for filling shady spots in the… Read more ›

28/07/2014 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering

clay soils, fast growing, Hovea acutifolia, purple flowers, Quick growing, short lived, understory planting

Truly Wind Tolerant Natives

It has been pretty windy at my place in the last month or so, actually it has been extremely windy, I have been away a fair bit and keep coming back to a very wind stressed garden. I live on… Read more ›

19/07/2014 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Screening plants

banksia spinulosa, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina nana, Dodonaea viscosa purpurea, Grevillea olivacea Red, Leptospermum 'Burgundy', Leptospermum brachyandrum 'Silver', Leptospermum sericeum, Melaleuca incana, wind tolerant

Portfolio: North Balgowlah Consults

This is a ‘work in progress’ garden that I visit from time to time, it is being built by the owners and is a labour of love. The garden backs onto a nature reserve that is in pristine condition, the… Read more ›

14/07/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Landscape Design, Portfolio

Adenanthos sericeus, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Hardscape, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Rhagodia spinescens, Sydney Sandstone

Design and Build

This post is going to be hopefully helpful; I am writing it almost as much for my own sake as others as I try to get my head around the process of ‘building’ a new garden with a third party… Read more ›

08/07/2014

Kath Gadd

Landscape Design

Callistemon 'Green John', Eucalyptus 'Summer Red', feature tree, Hardenbergia 'Meema', large flower, Leucospermum 'Carnival Red'

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Shady Winter Purple: Hovea acutifolia

Truly Wind Tolerant Natives

Portfolio: North Balgowlah Consults

Design and Build