Australian Native Garden – Mallee Design

The adaptable possibilities of: Banksia plagiocarpa

This Banksia not only has beautiful flowers but also eye-catching bright red new growth that is covered in tiny hairs giving it a velvety texture, similar to the new growth on Banksia robur. Banksia plagiocarpa has great ornamental potential in… Read more ›

22/06/2023

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Small garden, Tropical garden, Winter flowering

Australian Native Garden, banksia plagiocarpa, bee attracting, bird-attracting, drought tolerant, large flower, long flowering period, medium shrub, Native Garden Design, temporary inundation, well drained soil, wet weather

Merry NSW Christmas Bush: Ceratopetalum gummiferum

I am a bit of a Grinch when it comes to Christmas and often one of the things which pulls me our of my un-festive slump is our Ceratopetalum gummiferum or native Christmas Bush. This year I was a little… Read more ›

23/12/2022 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Hedge, Illawarra natives, Landscape Design, Medium Tree, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small tree

Australian Native Garden, bee attracting, Ceratopetalum albury's christmas, Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas bush, cut flower, dense habit, feature tree, Festive, flowers and bracts, native bees, Pollinator Plants, Red flowers, spring flowering, summer flowering, well drained soil

Most Memorable Planting Combinations at the National Arboretum

Every time I visit our nations lovely Capital I seem to find myself at the National Arboretum, by default I manage to eke out at least half an hour to check in on some of my favourite plantings. I have… Read more ›

19/08/2022 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Ornamental grass, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Australian Native Garden, bee attracting, Correa glabra, Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Lomandra confertifolia ssp Rubiginosa, Modern Australian Native Garden, National Arboretum, planting combination, understory planting, weeping habit

Bird Nerd-ing in a Mallee Birdbath

Our friend Angus Stewart in Tasmania (from Gardening with Angus) recently captured all these wonderful birds making use of his Mallee Dish – including a few that we’ve never seen before since they only occur in Tasmania. In this video… Read more ›

27/07/2022 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Frost tolerant, Naturalistic garden, Products, Winter flowering

Native Nurseries Across Australia

This is a collection of nurseries I’ve visited, bought from and love. I’ve written about some of my favourite Native Nurseries in blogposts before but it’s handy to have one reference list to come back to isn’t it?! It’s by… Read more ›

15/03/2022 11 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Illawarra natives, Natives for containers

Can you help us find a new home?

We are looking to find (ideally purchase) a new home for Mallee Design where we would like to setup a small design office, a native garden and birdbath display. Do you know of a place that might suit? We thought we… Read more ›

25/02/2022 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Portfolio

Australian Native Garden, birdbaths, design office, display garden, illawarra, Modern Australian Native Garden, Native Garden Design, property, property hunt, water bowls, wollongong

Health Benefits of Gardening

Stress Relief, Connection to Nature, Connection to Community, Physical Health, Personal Growth ….just to name a few! I am no stranger to “stress weeding” or “stress pruning” for that matter. There is something indescribably satisfying about pulling unwanted weeds out… Read more ›

23/04/2020

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Screening plants, Small garden, Uncategorized

aildm_aus, Anigozanthos 'Landscape Lilac', Australian Native Garden, benefits of gardening, Eremohpila nivea 'Blue Velvet', Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, Everlasting Daisies, gardening, mental health, Modern Australian Native Garden, Native Garden Design, Rhodanthe chlorocephala ssp. rosea, stress relief, wellbeing

Mother appreciation day: 10% discount on Mallee Spun Copper Dishes

As far as I am concerned Mothers Day is a load of consumer hype, mothers should be appreciated everyday not once a year, you can tell that this mother is tired 😉 I dream of having a deep veranda with a… Read more ›

03/05/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Naturalistic garden

Australian Native Garden, discount, Modern Australian Native Garden, Mother's Day Sale, small bird attracting, water, water bowls, water feature

Portfolio: Garden Design Lewisham

This garden in Lewisham was built in early spring of 2016 so is roughly 6 months old at the time these images were taken. It is a special garden that was part of a new renovation and was considered very… Read more ›

23/04/2017

Kath Gadd

Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Small garden, Small tree, Uncategorized

Australian Native Garden, Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Eucalyptus 'Euky Dwarf', Eucalyptus citriodora 'Scentuous', feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Poa 'Kingsdale', Rhagosdia spinescens 'Silver Border', silver foliage, Themeda 'Mingo', weeping habit

Kings Park Favourites

This post is about one of my visits to Kings Park last month, I went twice and still felt as though I hadn’t seen everything, however the images I took were mainly of plants that I think can be grown… Read more ›

12/09/2016 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Anigozanthos manglesii, Australian Native Garden, Chorizema cordatum, Conostylis candicans, Eucalyptus rameliana, Guichenotia ledifolia, Guichenotia macrantha, Hypocalymma angustifolium, Pimelea

Illawarra native garden full of fresh ideas!

I visited the native garden of a passionate native plant lover last week to grab some inspiring photos and ideas; and the garden did not disapoint. This is the 4 th native garden for the owner and she began building… Read more ›

28/10/2015 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Hedge, Medium Tree, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Acacia 'Little Nugget', Australian Native Garden, Backhousia myrtifolia, Banksia serrata, Buckinghamia celsissima, Callicoma serratifolia, Eucalyptus 'Dwarf Orange', feature tree, lawn substitute, Leucophyta brownii, Melaleuca hypericifolia, Olearia tomentosa, Planchonella australis, rainforest species, Westringia 'Smokey'

Walcott Garden: Canberra

A few weeks back I was lucky enough to appeal to a very generous couple, Ros and Ben Walcott. I contacted them out of the blue and asked if I could visit their garden. We were travelling to Canberra to… Read more ›

23/06/2015 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Landscape Design

Acacia 'Green Mist', Acacia cardiophylla, Australian Native Garden, Banksia ericifolia, Banksia marginata, Callistemon 'Brogo Overflow', Correa 'Dusky Bells', Eremophila glabra prostrate, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite', Melaleuca incana, Pennisetum alopecuroides, Rhagodia spinescens, silver foliage, weeping habit

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The adaptable possibilities of: Banksia plagiocarpa

Merry NSW Christmas Bush: Ceratopetalum gummiferum

Most Memorable Planting Combinations at the National Arboretum

Bird Nerd-ing in a Mallee Birdbath

Native Nurseries Across Australia

Can you help us find a new home?

Health Benefits of Gardening

Mother appreciation day: 10% discount on Mallee Spun Copper Dishes

Portfolio: Garden Design Lewisham

Kings Park Favourites

Illawarra native garden full of fresh ideas!

Walcott Garden: Canberra