Chelsea 2015: 10 things that caught my eyeWhat caught my eye at the Chelsea Flower Show 2015? From moss-covered lampshades to colourful potatoes and a must-have shell-covered pig seat, there really was something for everyone. Continue reading
The Beauty of Islam‘The Beauty of Islam‘ garden by Al Barari at the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show was designed by Dubai-based landscape designer (and GardenDrum contributor) Kamelia bin Zaal. It was a first Chelsea garden for Kamelia, and won a Silver Gilt medal. Continue reading
Kivvyfox – 3D metal wall art. Adelaide, AustraliaMy partner and I run and small contract cutting business in Adelaide where we use machines such as a water jet cutter and a large router. Most of our work involves cutting for designers, engineers and sign companies. During the time we’ve been running this business, we have become very experienced in working with different materials, and the processes of powdercoating and anodising. Continue reading
Astonishment and surprise: Tarots GardenI have never seen anything that I can compare to the Tarots Garden: astonishment, surprise, and fascination are some of the feelings I felt exploring this 20,000 square meter Art Park. Continue reading
USA’s 2015 best landscape designersAmerica’s Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) has announced its award winners for 2015. APLD’s award winning designers each year feature gardens and landscapes that are simply stunning, filled with clever problem solving, beautiful planting, well-chosen hardscape elements and both sustainable and decorative ideas that you can use in your own garden. Continue reading
Photo mystery: who are these women?Do you recognise any of these women in the picture with William Guilfoyle, the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne (1873-1909)? Continue reading
Feel like pigging out on some watermelon? These fun watermelon carvings are a whole new way to enjoy a fruit that’s got way more goodness than you might think. Continue reading
Selfish, law-breaking gardening idiots still abound. A New Zealand resident has been caught returning from his original Polish homeland with plants secreted in his underpants. Continue reading
A sleeping beauty: ‘The Grove’, MawarraBurnley graduate Edna Walling must have been over the moon when she won the landscape design and construction project for ‘The Grove’ at Mawarra in Sherbrook Victoria. A newly constructed Tudor style house, situated at the top of a steep block of land set amongst towering mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) would have captured her imagination entirely. Continue reading
VIVID, Sydney’s fabulous light festival starts today and runs until 8 June 2015, with over 80 light installations. And it’s all FREE! Continue reading
Chelsea 2015 Fresh: World Vision GardenOne of the Chelsea Flower Show 2015 gardens in the Fresh category that I loved was the ‘World Vision Garden: Grow Hope’, inspired by the beauty of Cambodia. It won a silver-gilt medal for designer John Warland, a four-time RHS medallist and a supporter of World Vision. It evokes the rice fields of Cambodia where children often survive, but are malnourished, on just two bowls of rice a day. Continue reading
Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life at the New York Botanical Garden shows the artist’s close connections with plants and botany. From now until November 1, 2015, you can enjoy original works, and a reimagining of Kahlo’s famous garden and studio at Casa Azul.
English elm. Photo Sandi Pulllman
Melburnians can send their city trees emails of love and support in a new program by the City of Melbourne. Each city tree has an identification number, so you can email exactly the one you’re pining to give a fig for, even the plane ones, by gum! Continue reading