Sydney Sandstone – Mallee Design

Wildflowers of the Illawarra

This wildflower season I have stayed local due to travel restrictions, which has meant I have walked the Illawarra escarpment a lot more than I normally would. Usually in the winter wildflower season we would travel to the Blue mountains… Read more ›

11/10/2021

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Illawarra natives, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

Actinotus helianthi, Bauera rubioides, bee attracting, Boronia pinnata, Epacris microphylla, fragrant, Hakea sericea, Phebalium squamulosum, pink flowers, Ricinocarpos pinifolius, Sydney Sandstone, Thelymitra ixioides, understory planting, well drained soil

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: Stanmore Landscape Design

This small garden in the inner west of Sydney is a sight to behold after the recent rains. It is hard to believe that most of these plants have only been in for 6 months, that is the beauty of… Read more ›

09/03/2020 4 Comments

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small garden, Small tree

Portfolio: Woolooware Garden Design

This residential garden was designed at the beginning of 2017 and built later that year, to complete the property’s brand new modern extension. The owners had acquired some beautiful, large sandstone boulders from offsite to be used in the new… Read more ›

15/06/2019 26 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Landscape Design, Portfolio, Screening plants

I went walking in Bouddi National Park

I went walking last week along the stunning coastal track in Bouddi National Park, and was blown away by the winter flowers in the bush. The track winds along the sandstone cliffs, dipping into moist forest and creeks providing a… Read more ›

25/07/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Shade tolerant, Winter flowering

bee attracting, Eriostemon australasica, front line coastal, Grevillea sericea, pink flowers, Pomaderris lanigera, sandy soil, Styphelia species, Sydney Sandstone, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant, Woollsia pungens

Acid Drops: Leptomeria acida

This was a new discovery for me on a recent bush walk on the northern Illawarra escarpment, and even just looking at the images again now makes my mouth water…..yum sour berries, not everyones cup of tea but at the… Read more ›

26/08/2015

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Illawarra natives, Shade tolerant

Bush Foods, edible fruit, Leptomeria acida, sandy soil, sour currant bush, Sydney Sandstone, understory planting, weeping habit

Portfolio: North Balgowlah Consults

This is a ‘work in progress’ garden that I visit from time to time, it is being built by the owners and is a labour of love. The garden backs onto a nature reserve that is in pristine condition, the… Read more ›

14/07/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Landscape Design, Portfolio

Adenanthos sericeus, Decomposed Crushed Granite, Hardscape, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Rhagodia spinescens, Sydney Sandstone

One of my favourite Mallees…Eucalyptus luehmanniana

This is Eucalyptus leuhmanniana or Yellow Topped Ash, it is a rare species to the east coast of NSW and grows in high rainfall areas on sandstone soils, it comes in a glaucous and non-glaucus form, the glaucous form is… Read more ›

15/06/2014 5 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Small garden, Small tree

Eucalyptus luehmanniana, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Sydney Sandstone, weeping habit

Portfolio: Heathcote Garden Design

Some gardens are more like Bush Regeneration projects, and this is one of them! This is in Heathcote and it is truly a Sydney Sandstone cliff face garden, it is made up almost entirely of rock shelves, with large… Read more ›

29/03/2014 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio

Indigenous to Sutherland, Sydney Sandstone, understory planting

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Wildflowers of the Illawarra

Portfolio: Bundeena Tree House

Portfolio: Stanmore Landscape Design

Portfolio: Woolooware Garden Design

I went walking in Bouddi National Park

Acid Drops: Leptomeria acida

Portfolio: North Balgowlah Consults

One of my favourite Mallees…Eucalyptus luehmanniana

Portfolio: Heathcote Garden Design