Ficinia nodosa – Mallee Design

Portfolio: Bundeena Tree House

This an amazing house which spills over a sandstone outcrop and is placed underneath a giant fig tree. It is sheltered by a stand of Casuarinas and hidden from the street by its rapidly growing native garden. The garden has… Read more ›

02/06/2021

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Coastal, Groundcover, Hedge, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Banksia 'Sentinel', Callistemon 'Pink Champagne', Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Cissus antartica, Ficinia nodosa, Ficus, Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem', Grevillea flexuosa Grafted, Leptospermum laevigatum 'Foreshore', Lomandra 'Tanika', Maireana oppositifolia 'Smokey', Microlaena stipoides, Poa 'Kingsdale', Sydney Sandstone

Portfolio: Jamberoo Consults

I have been visiting this rural property on and off for the last 3 years, each time providing the client with onsite sketch designs for different areas of the expansive garden. Working on this garden has been an absolute pleasure… Read more ›

04/12/2020

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Illawarra natives, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Bird Bath, bird-attracting, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Dichelachne crinita, dry creek bed, Ficinia nodosa, Indigenous to the Illawarra, Juncus usitatus, large garden, Poa labillardieri, retaining wall, rural property, swale, turf pavers

Portfolio: Bexley Garden Design

This is a sweet little garden I designed about 4 years ago and it has been lovingly slowly built by the owner’s friend. It is a small rear garden behind a modest brick house in the south western suburbs of… Read more ›

13/05/2019 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Backhousia citriodora, Baekea virgata dwarf, Casuarina 'Cousin It', Casuarina 'Freefall', Dianella caerulea, Dichondra repens, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Orange Marmalade', Lomandra 'Lime Tuff', Modern Australian Native Garden, Poa 'Kingsdale', weeping habit, wildlife habitat

Tapestry Gardens 2: MONA

When I was at Mona in Hobart last month as always I had my camera with me, I love the planting design at MONA and I had a few spare minutes between consuming modern art to snap some inspiring pictures.… Read more ›

07/02/2017 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant

Acacia 'Green Mist', Correa 'Tuckertime Dinner Bells', Correa alba, Correa baeuerlenii, Dianella revoluta, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Leucophyta brownii, Modern Australian Native Garden, Poa labillardieri, understory planting, well drained soil, Westringia 'Zena', wind tolerant

Portfolio: Bulli Garden Design

This garden is located in the costal northern Wollongong suburb of Wollongong, on a low ridge and midway down a slope. When I saw the garden for the first time it was directly after the new house had been built,… Read more ›

30/03/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Portfolio, Screening plants, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Banksia 'Sentinel', Bird Bath, clay soils, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, fast growing, Ficinia nodosa, Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream', Grevillea 'Winter Delight', Modern Australian Native Garden, Rhagodia spinescens, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Marrickville Sketch Design

This is a garden that I have been visiting for a couple of years now, each time I spend an hour or two doing some sketches for the owners to move to the next ‘stage’. It is a wonderful garden… Read more ›

12/09/2015

Kath Gadd

Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Small garden

Anigozanthos 'Orange Cross', Bracteantha bracteata, Carpobrotus 'Pink Passion', Carpobrotus 'White Hot', Doryanthes excelsa, fast growing, feature tree, Ficinia nodosa, Meeboldina 'Velvet Rush', Poa 'Kingsdale', Red flowers, Rhagodia spinescens, Xanthorrhoea, yellow flowers

Portfolio: Bundeena Re-visited

We really, really love our garden and are so happy to spend time in it… When I walked up to the front gate of this garden last week I must admit I was quite moved, moved by how settled… Read more ›

25/05/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Winter flowering

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia cognata dwarf, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea obtusifolia, grey green leaves, Leucophyta brownii, Macrozamia communis, Myoporum parvifolium, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design

A steep bush block backing onto the National Park with 180 degree stunning views of the water, how inspiring! When I saw this garden I was pretty much blown away, what a dream to be able to work on this… Read more ›

02/02/2014

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Portfolio

Banksia spinulosa dwarf, Dendrobium speciosum, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eremophila glabra prostrate, Ficinia nodosa, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem', grey green leaves, Leucophyta brownii, Macrozamia communis, Melaleuca incana, Rhagodia spinescens, street address, understory planting, well drained soil, Xanthorrhoea

Portfolio: North Bondi Garden Design

This is a very young garden, as it was planted out only 10 months ago, I think the establishment of the garden is amazing. This is a coastal garden, basically second line coastal, with strong salt laden winds and a… Read more ›

26/07/2013

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Ornamental grass, Portfolio