Poa ‘Kingsdale’ – Mallee Design

Portfolio: Gardening in Wind

This is my sisters garden on ‘Windy Hill’ as we like to call it, it gets so windy here the rubbish bins get blown down the street, gates are blown off their hinges and plants find it tough! Her front… Read more ›

27/08/2021 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia binervia Stirling Silver, Acacia cardiophylla, Baeckea linifolia, Banksia 'Sentinel', Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster', Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', clay soils, Eucalyptus 'Euky Dwarf', Eucalyptus pulverulenta 'Baby Blue', foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Amber Blaze', Grevillea 'Red Hooks', Grevillea banksii prostrate White, grey green leaves, Poa 'Kingsdale', weeping habit, wind tolerant

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: West Wollongong Revisit

The images in this blog post were taken of a local garden I designed a few years ago which has been filling out beautifully. The requested privacy is beginning to really take shape, the front garden has been reclaimed as… Read more ›

09/06/2020

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Natives for containers, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden, Winter flowering

Potfolio: Ashfield Revisit

I was very excited to be asked back to one of my favourite clients, to do a design for the rear of her property, it also meant I was able to have a proper nosey at the establishment of the front… Read more ›

01/10/2019 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

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

aildm, aildm_aus, Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Callistemon 'Little John', Eucalyptus 'wimmerensis 'Tuckertime Honey Pots', feature tree, grey green leaves, Lomandra 'Little Lime', Meeboldina 'Velvet Rush', Modern Australian Native Garden, Poa 'Kingsdale', Poa labillardieri, street address, weeping habit, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

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

Portfolio: Garden Design West Wollongong

This front garden in West Wollongong was created to function as a place for peaceful relaxation and observation, it also needed to have careful consideration in regards to levels and access to the front gate and letterbox. Originally the front… Read more ›

13/12/2017

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden

Anigozanthos 'Big Red', Bird Bath, bird-attracting, Brachyscome 'Mauve Delight', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Ceratopetalum 'Johannas Xmas', clay soils, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, foliage contrast, Galah, grey green leaves, Modern Australian Native Garden, Parrot, Poa 'Kingsdale', Scaevola 'White Carpet', Stoneset, Themeda 'Mingo', Xanthorrhoea

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

Portfolio: Garden Design Ashfield

Dear Kath, the garden is beautiful and makes me very happy These are the words that I love to hear and is how this client describes her garden, and I can’t ask for anything more from a garden. This garden… Read more ›

26/03/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Small garden

Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Bird Bath, Callistemon 'Little John', Eucalyptus 'wimmerensis 'Tuckertime Honey Pots', feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Lomandra 'Little Lime', Modern Australian Native Garden, Poa 'Kingsdale', street address, weeping habit, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

Poa I love You!

I can’t believe I have taken so long to write a blog post dedicated to one of my favourite grasses Poa! One of the most under rated and under utilised grasses in garden design. Now not everyone is a lover… Read more ›

09/03/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Shade tolerant

Anigozanthos 'Big Red', bird-attracting, finch, Parrot, Poa 'Eskdale', Poa 'Kingsdale', Poa labillardieri

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

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

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