July 2016 – Mallee Design

Enjoying Pig Face: Carpobrotus glaucescens

Carpobrotus or ‘Pig Face’ is one of my favourite bush foods to eat, it tastes like an over-ripe Kiwi fruit with a salty edge, delicious! This morning as we were rambling through our local sand dune and beach my son… Read more ›

31/07/2016

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Illawarra natives, Kids gardens

Bush Foods, Carpobrotus glaucescens, front line coastal, pink flowers, sandy soil, well drained soil

Year round flowering: Grevillea ‘Elegance’

This is Grevillea longistyla x johnsonii or better known as Grevillea ‘Elegance’, it is a star performer when it comes to speed of growth, constant flowers and attractive fine leaved foliage, plus the birds adore it! Grevillea ‘Elegance’ gets BIG that… Read more ›

27/07/2016 13 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

fast growing, grafted, Grevillea 'Elegance', Grevillea longistyla x johnsonii, pink flowers, Red flowers

Floating Birdbath

This is the new steel tripod stand for my spun copper dishes, this stand is designed to disappear into the plants in a garden bed. It is made up of three thin metal rods that taper and attach to a… Read more ›

14/07/2016 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Products

Bird Bath

Portfolio: Garden Designs Gordon Update

This is an update about one garden, however within that one garden are 3 very different areas and these areas were approached as stand alone projects and designs and built secretly. I was gaining to blog about them separately but… Read more ›

12/07/2016 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Water plants

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Acacia aphylla, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Ceratopetalum 'Johannas Xmas', Dichondra repens, Doryanthes excelsa, dry creek bed, foliage contrast, frogs, Hymenosporum 'Luscious', Kennedia rubicunda, Modern Australian Native Garden, Oplismenus aemulus, Pimelea linifolia 'White Jewel', ponds, street address, verge garden, Xanthorrhoea

Portfolio: Garden Design Hunters Hill Update

This garden in Hunters Hill was built in 2013, I went back for a visit largely because I have been asked for images of native gardens that sit well in bushland areas of Sydney and this is one of the… Read more ›

01/07/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Hymenosporum 'Luscious', Leptospermum brachyandrum 'Silver', moraea robinsoniana, Rhododendron lochiae, Syzygium wilsonii, understory planting, wildlife habitat, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

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Enjoying Pig Face: Carpobrotus glaucescens

Year round flowering: Grevillea ‘Elegance’

Floating Birdbath

Portfolio: Garden Designs Gordon Update

Portfolio: Garden Design Hunters Hill Update