December 2015 – Mallee Design

Recycled hardwood pedestal bird bath

Here’s Kath’s latest design prototype for a bird bath stand. It is made of recycled hardwood timber, in a similar vein to the tripod design, but employs a more formal geometry. Its upright structure retains a lightness that begets an… Read more ›

20/12/2015 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

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Portfolio: Coledale Consults

I have been consulting on this coastal garden for about 3 years now maybe a bit more, and it has really begun to settle in, some of the growth especially in the rear garden is amazing. The client has installed… Read more ›

16/12/2015

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Hedge, Illawarra natives, Portfolio, Screening plants

Baeckea imbricata, Casuarina 'Green Wave', clay soils, Correa alba, foliage contrast, front line coastal, Grevillea 'Golden Lyre', Juncus usitatus, Kunzea baxteri 'Scarlet Jack', Leptospermum 'Lemon Hedge', Leptospermum laeviegatum, Melaleuca hypericifolia, Modern Australian Native Garden, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, street address, Trema aspera, wind tolerant

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

The many colours of Banksia robur

I saw this particular Banksia robur at Wireandra Nursery a couple of weeks ago, and could be heard to cry out ‘Wow those flowers have Aqua in them!’ once I go up closer I also noticed that at the end… Read more ›

09/12/2015

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Small tree, Winter flowering

Banksia robur, bird-attracting, boggy soils, Brown Honeyeater, clay soils, cut flowers, foliage contrast, Grevillea pressii 'Seaspray', Honeyeater, large flower, large leaves, Little Wattlebird, New Holland Honeyeater, White-cheeked Honeyeater

Portfolio: Garden Design Mount Keira

Last Friday I completed the first stage of planting for this local project I have been working on in Mt Keira this year. I have written about this garden already as it is a very interesting brief, using only local… Read more ›

07/12/2015

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Illawarra natives, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

creek planting, driveway, Hibbertia dentata, lawn pavers, lawn substitute, Microlaena stipoides, Oplismenus aemulus, parking area, rainforest species, turf pavers, understory planting

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Recycled hardwood pedestal bird bath

Portfolio: Coledale Consults

Portfolio: Garden Design Ashfield

The many colours of Banksia robur

Portfolio: Garden Design Mount Keira