Month: May 2015

  • Creating the Perfect Bird Bath

    Creating the Perfect Bird Bath

    I have had a bee in my bonnet for a few years now and I am finally starting to do something about it, and this is the outcome so far. A copper spun bird bath on a timber pedestal. This is the prototype, the copper dish will remain the same but I am hoping to…

  • Natives for Pots and Containers Part 2

    Natives for Pots and Containers Part 2

    This post is a 2nd part to one a did a couple of years ago about Native Plants that are suitable for growing in pots or containers, it is well overdue and I still have enough photos for a Part 3 very soon. Please see http://malleedesign.com.au/native-plants-for-pots/ for Part 1. Personally like to grow native plants in pots…

  • Eucalyptus Tripod Bird Bath

    Eucalyptus Tripod Bird Bath

    This copper bird bath is spun by a local metal spinner. It sits on a Eucalyptus tripod and is designed to be wide and shallow so that it will occasionally dry out, inhibiting mosquito populations. $750 excluding delivery. If you are interested or would like to know more about this bird bath, please contact me as this birdbath stand…

  • One for Brightening up Shady Hollows: Correa pulchella ‘Orange Glow’

    One for Brightening up Shady Hollows: Correa pulchella ‘Orange Glow’

    I was at an open garden today and the Grevilleas were in full bloom everywhere you looked, along with many of the Banksias and even some of the Wattles, however my eye was drawn again and again to this plant. Correa pulchella ‘Orange Glow’ had been planted throughout the garden in hidden shady spots and…