Westringia ‘Smokey’ – Mallee Design

Portfolio: Woolooware Rejuvenation

This native garden in Woolooware has a new owner, someone who is keen to be the new caretaker of the space and is looking forward to maintaining the native plants and learning more about them along the way. Someone who… Read more ›

19/03/2021 7 Comments

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Portfolio, Screening plants, Winter flowering

Portfolio: Norah Head Consult

A couple of years ago I made a trip to the central coast to Norah Head for a garden consult. I was intrigued by the description of the garden, which runs alongside a small patch of native bushland and curious… Read more ›

21/05/2020 7 Comments

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Portfolio, Screening plants

aildm_aus, Baekea virgata dwarf, Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Doryanthes excelsa, Eremophila 'Nivea' Grafted, Leptospermum 'Cardwell', Lomandra 'Lime Tuff', Lomandra 'Tanika', Rockery Garden, Sandstone log, Stenocarpus sinuatus, Westringia 'Smokey', Xanthostemon chrysanthus

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

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

Kath Gadd

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

Tugarah Gunya’marri: Cold and Windy

During the Tugarah Gunya’marri the days are getting noticeably longer, but the weather is still cold. Then with the blooming of the Marrai’uo (Acacia floribunda) comes the cold, southwesterly winds; the children become cranky and the adults become bad-tempered. It… Read more ›

08/09/2017

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Screening plants, Uncategorized

Banksia spinulosa 'Bush Candles', Brachyscome multifida, Callitris rhomboidea, Calothamnus quadrifidus grey form, Casuarina 'Green Wave', D'harawal: Climate and Natural Resources, Leptospermum laevigatum 'Foreshore', Melaleuca 'Mini Quini', Westringia 'Smokey', wind tolerant

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'

Tapestry Gardens

Van Gogh reputedly introduced the idea of a tapestry garden, relying on the hue, texture, size and shape of foliage creating a tapestry like mosaic. Diane Snape I was doing some research a couple of nights ago and came across… Read more ›

04/04/2014

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Hedge, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Screening plants, Shade tolerant

Acacia howittii 'Honey Bun', Correa alba, Dodonaea viscosa purpurea, foliage contrast, Persoonia pinifolia, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit, Westringia 'Smokey'

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Tugarah Gunya’marri: Cold and Windy

Illawarra native garden full of fresh ideas!

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