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Portfolio: Helensburgh Consult

Front gardens play such an important role in most streetscapes but especially in suburbia where the repetition of built form and front lawns can become almost claustrophobic. These clients wanted something different to look out on from inside of their… Read more ›

Groundcover, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree

Front garden makeovers

One of my ‘dreams’ is to walk down a suburban street and be able to admire one native front garden after another. I am always on the look out, when walking or driving, and the well-loved gardens (especially the native… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Baekea virgata dwarf, Correa alba, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, Eremophila nivea 'Beryls Blue', Eriostemon difformis ‘Star Sprite’, Grevillea 'Billy Bonkers', Grevillea sericea, Leptospermum 'Cardwell', Micromyrtus ciliata, street address

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 ›

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

‘Snow in Summer’ in the streets of Sydney: Melaleuca linariifolia

This is ‘Snow in Summer’! and even though it is not Summer yet the Melaleucas have been out for the last couple of months, I found this fabulous street of Melaleuca linariifolia in the inner west earlier this week. This avenue… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Medium Tree, Small tree

bee attracting, bird-attracting, clay soils, decorative bark, drought tolerant, Honeyeater, Melaleuca linariifolia, paper bark, privacy screen, shade tree, street address, Street Trees, white flower, wind tolerant

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

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: Gladesville Front Garden Design

This sweet front garden was built earlier this year after a quite extensive house renovation in Gladesville, it is somewhat of a “treat” for the client and the house to have a fresh start after a year of messing building… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Lime Magic', aildm, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', carpeting ground cover, Corten Steel, Decomposed Crushed Granite, fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Hardenbergia 'Flat White', Modern Australian Native Garden, Red flowers, street address, well drained soil

Expert Grass Tree advice!

My favourite supplier for Grass Trees is located on the Northern NSW coast they are called Bruinsma Grass Trees and stock lovely healthy specimens, however that is not all they do… They also follow up and offer excellent advice through… Read more ›

01/03/2019 52 Comments

Bird attracting, Bush tucker, Feature shrub, Natives for containers, Ornamental grass

bee attracting, Bruinsma Grass Trees, large flower, Modern Australian Native Garden, street address, understory planting, well drained soil, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

A unique feature: Baeckea virgata Dwarf

I spotted this delightful front garden in Crows Nest a few weeks ago, I loved it for its simplicity, it shows off one of my favourite low mounding plants Baeckea virgata Dwarf perfectly! Baeckea has had a few names changes… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Frost tolerant, Shade tolerant

Baekea virgata dwarf, bee attracting, clay soils, low mounding shrub, mounding habit, slow growing, street address, summer flowering, white flower

The Elegant Wilga: Geijera parviflora

This beautiful, weeping small tree is known as Wilga or Australian Willow and willowy it is, its long, narrow, pendulous leaves droop down creating a dense shade umbrella. Unfortunately this Australian native tree is used quite infrequently in gardens or… Read more ›

08/08/2018 27 Comments

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

bee attracting, feature tree, fragrant, full sun, Geijera parviflora, grey green leaves, part shade, shade tree, silver foliage, slow growing, street address, weeping habit, wildlife habitat

Portfolio: Garden Design Bulli

Yesterday I spent a sunny winter morning pruning and shaping in this coastal garden in Bulli, I love returning to one of my designs to do a little maintenance and tweaking, and this is one of my favourites 😉 This… Read more ›

11/07/2018 5 Comments

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Medium Tree, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Mini Cog', Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Banksia 'Sentinel', bee attracting, Eremohpila nivea 'Blue Velvet', Eucalyptus 'Euky Dwarf', Eucalyptus 'Wildfire', feature tree, Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream', Grevillea 'Winter Delight', grey green leaves, Modern Australian Native Garden, Rhagodia spinescens, silver foliage, street address, Westringia 'Smokey', wind tolerant

Portfolio: Garden Design Lilyfield

This is the tiny front garden of a small cottage in Lilyfield that was planted out about about 2 years ago, during that time it has flourished! Providing well needed privacy from the street and adding a lovely sense of… Read more ›

12/05/2018 5 Comments

Feature shrub, Medium Tree, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Acacia cognata, Acacia howittii 'Honey Bun', Banksia 'Honey Pots', Eucalyptus citriodora 'Scentuous', fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, Plectranthus argentatus, privacy screen, street address, Themeda 'Mingo', Themeda 'True Blue', understory planting, weeping habit

Portfolio: Mount Keira Garden Design Revisit

My, my look how things have grown 🙂 this garden has completely filled out and become the luscious, illawarra escarpment semi-rainforest garden it was always meant to be! In the image above you can see the turf paver area is… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Illawarra natives, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Aphanopetalum resinosum, Carex appressa, Citriobatus multiflorus, Dichondra repens, Hibiscus splendens, Indigofera australis, Mount Keira, native lawn, Omalanthus polulifolius, Oplismenus aemulus, Podocarpus elatus, street address

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

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: 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

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

It’s a great Summer for the Grafted Eucalyptus!

The Western Australian Eucalytpus ficifolia have been wonderful this summer, actually they started off dramatically in Spring and are still going strong despite the hot, hot, hot weather. This blog post features two of the grafted species in an attempt… Read more ›

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Screening plants, Small tree

bee attracting, Eucalyptus 'Dwarf Red', Eucalyptus 'Summer Beauty', feature tree, large flower, Red flowers, street address, summer flowering, WA

Perfect Small Feature Tree: Angophora hispida

I have been waiting for two Angophora hispida that are local to my daily route to start budding up and flowering so I can photograph them. This morning I couldn’t wait any longer and took a few snaps. The reason… Read more ›

09/11/2016 5 Comments

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Small tree

Angophora hispida, bee attracting, bird-attracting, feature tree, Honeyeater, large flower, lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, New Holland Honeyeater, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, street address, summer flowering, Wattlebird, White-eared Honeyeater

Grass Trees of Fremantle

I have just come back from Western Australia and have maaaany photos to share, as I am a little overwhelmed by the volume of my images and don’t really know where to start I thought I would start at the beginning… Read more ›

29/08/2016 1 Comment

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Naturalistic garden

street address, Street Trees, WA, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthorrhoea preissii

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

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

Garden Design: Leichhardt Front Garden

I happened to be in the inner west this afternoon and was very nearby one of my gardens, I thought I would do a drive by and see how a Eucalyptus caesia was going after I re-staked and pruned it… Read more ›

13/05/2016 3 Comments

Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Small garden

Eucalyptus caesia 'Silver Princess', foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Modern Australian Native Garden, Pandorea 'Lady Di', street address, Themeda 'Mingo', understory planting, weeping habit

Eucalyptus ‘Summer Beauty’ and ‘Summer Red’

I know some people think that the Grafted Eucalyptus ficifolia Flowering gums are getting a little bit common, and in some respects I tend to agree. However, it is with very good reason, as whenever I see one in flower… Read more ›

04/04/2016 14 Comments

Bird attracting, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree

Eucalyptus 'Summer Beauty', Eucalyptus 'Summer Red', feature tree, street address, summer flowering

Portfolio: Coledale Consults

I have been consulting on this coastal garden for about 3 years now maybe a bit more, and it has really begun to settle in, some of the growth especially in the rear garden is amazing. The client has installed… Read more ›

Coastal, Hedge, Illawarra natives, Portfolio, Screening plants

Baeckea imbricata, Casuarina 'Green Wave', clay soils, Correa alba, foliage contrast, front line coastal, Grevillea 'Golden Lyre', Juncus usitatus, Kunzea baxteri 'Scarlet Jack', Leptospermum 'Lemon Hedge', Leptospermum laeviegatum, Melaleuca hypericifolia, Modern Australian Native Garden, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, street address, Trema aspera, wind tolerant

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 ›

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

Mt Keira: Site specific local indigenous species

There are two reasons why I am going to blog about this garden whilst it is still in the design phase, the first is that I am so excited to be designing a garden using local indigenous species to the… Read more ›

Illawarra natives, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Citriobatus multiflorus, creek planting, Mount Keira, rainforest species, street address

Verge Gardens

I am a big fan of a front garden that makes a statement in the street-scape or somehow breaks up the monotony of the suburban front garden ‘norm’. I often kick myself for not being able to stop or being… Read more ›

25/03/2015 2 Comments

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Hedge, Naturalistic garden, Screening plants

Acacia podalyriifolia, large flower, Ozothamnus 'Radiance', silver foliage, street address, Telopea 'Shady Lady White', white flower, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthorrhoea glauca