Xanthorrhoea johnsonii – Mallee Design

Portfolio: Haberfield Landscape Design

The brief for this front garden in Sydney’s inner west was to create a modern native garden which is sympathetic to the era of the house and show cases an Art Deco water feature passed down through the family. The… Read more ›

30/07/2021

Kath Gadd

AILDM, Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Landscape Design, Ornamental grass, Portfolio, Shade tolerant, Small tree, Uncategorized, Water plants, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Limelight' grafted Standard, Banksia 'Coastal Cushions', Border planting, clay soils, Decomposed Crushed Granite, foliage contrast, Grevillea rhyolitica 'Cherry Cluster', Hakea francisiana Grafted, large flower, Lomandra 'Mist', low mounding shrub, Melaleuca 'Mini Quini', Porphyry stone, understory planting, water feature, weeping habit, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

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

After a Fire …

This week I made my first trip down the south coast since the devastating bushfires earlier this year. The amount of wildlife really lost is incomprehensible when zooming down the highway cocooned in a modern bubble of distraction. The landscape… Read more ›

01/10/2020

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy

bush fire, Eucalyptus robusta, Eucalyptus sieberi, Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, Macrozamia communis, Proteaceae, Red flowers, Syncarpia glomulifera, Telopea speciosissima, Ulladulla wildflower reserve, Xanthorrhoea glauca, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

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

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

Kath Gadd

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

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

Portfolio: Garden Design Hunters Hill Update

This garden in Hunters Hill was built in 2013, I went back for a visit largely because I have been asked for images of native gardens that sit well in bushland areas of Sydney and this is one of the… Read more ›

01/07/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

Hymenosporum 'Luscious', Leptospermum brachyandrum 'Silver', moraea robinsoniana, Rhododendron lochiae, Syzygium wilsonii, understory planting, wildlife habitat, Xanthorrhoea johnsonii

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

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