November 2017 – Mallee Design

The ‘New’ formal Native Garden

When most people think of a formal garden the first images that spring to mind are rows of neatly clipped Buxus borders with some Robinia topiary and maybe a screening Camellia hedge. These are some of the easiest plants to… Read more ›

28/11/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Formal gardens, Hedge, Landscape Design, Uncategorized

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Baeckea imbricata, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Hibiscus insularis, Modern Australian Native Garden, Myoporum parvifolium, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

I visited one of my favourite gardens today and it did not disappoint, I haven’t seen this coastal Bundeena garden for 18 months and many of the trees and shrubs have really filled out in that time. I feel so… Read more ›

20/11/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, anigozanthos 'Landscape Lime', Banksia 'Sentinel', carpeting ground cover, Casuarina 'Freefall', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Casuarina glauca prostrate form, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eucalyptus leuhmanniana, grey green leaves, Macrozamia communis, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, sandy soil, silver foliage, street address, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Kogarah Garden Design

This garden was planted just over 12 months ago and has thrived in a very tough dry year, establishing quickly under harsh conditions. The soil in Kogarah is sand, dry and depleted, two metres under the sand is the saline… Read more ›

14/11/2017

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree

Acacia 'Limelight' grafted Standard, Hibiscus insularis, Hibiscus tiliaceus rubra, Hymenosporum 'Luscious', Lomandra 'Lime Spike', Scaevola Mauve Clusters, Tristaniopsis 'Burgundy Blush', Tristaniopsis 'Luscious'

The Iconic Illawarra Flame Tree: Brachychiton acerifolius

Wow it has been a dry, windy, horrible winter here on the east coast of NSW, in the last week the rain has finally reached us. However it seems to me that this is exactly the sort of weather the flame… Read more ›

08/11/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Illawarra natives, Medium Tree

Brachychiton acerifolius, deciduous, feature tree, Illawarra Flame Tree, Indigenous to the Illawarra, Red flowers

EXTRA Large Spun Copper Dish: The Big Mumma

I would like to introduce the mother of all the spun copper dishes the EXTRA Large, this strangely enough has been our latest edition to the family 😉 The extra large dish is 1100mm in diameter and holds approximately 50lt… Read more ›

03/11/2017 10 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Products

Bird Bath, extra large spun copper dish, spun copper dish, water bowls, water feature

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The ‘New’ formal Native Garden

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

Portfolio: Kogarah Garden Design

The Iconic Illawarra Flame Tree: Brachychiton acerifolius

EXTRA Large Spun Copper Dish: The Big Mumma