Maryborough opens gardensMaryborough, on Queensland’s Fraser Coast, is bucking the COVID-19 trend and celebrating a weekend of open town and country gardens on August 29 and 30 2020.
Plants for purposeWith clever landscaping and some considered renovations, a house in the Jefferson Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles, has been transformed into a charming, Craftsman-style home, that blends seamlessly with its neighbours.
Toowoomba Japanese GardenToowoomba Japanese Garden covers 4.5 hectares and truly lives up to its name ‘Ju Raku En’ meaning ‘long life and happiness in a public garden’.
‘It’s our time’ – a local landscapeWhile 2020 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, it will also mark Phillip Withers and the team our 5th professional appearance.
An Irish AdventureIn 2016, my husband and I decided to sell our Australian sheep property and move to Ireland, my country of birth. In 2018 we sold the farm along with 3000 merino sheep.
The etiquette of bush tucker foragingIt’s no longer viable to forage for bushfood. Yes, that’s a hard truth to hear, especially for us nature lovers.
The Braes Heritage Garden EstateThe Braes Heritage Garden Estate will open as part of the Leura Gardens Festival in 2019. The garden is adjacent to the Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park and lies between an urban environment and a semi-rural one, with views to the Southern Highlands.
Virginia Woolf’s Garden – a book reviewCaroline Zoob and her husband, Jonathan, rented Monk’s House, Rodmell near Lewes, East Sussex, from the National Trust for 10 years. This had been the home of Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard. They bought it in 1919 and took to the garden with passion. With Virginia’s help Leonard turned an ordinary cottage garden into something special.
Our Moreton Bay Figs, five years onFor those readers who have been following our Moreton Bay Fig journey since my first post in March 2015, it is now almost 5 years since the tube stock arrived from NSW and time for a further update.
War Gardens – a reviewThis book and its theme are timely and poignant. We won’t stop waging wars. Some parts of the globe have long histories of it with competition for resources, land, water, trade and souls. Dwindling water supplies suggest more will come. We also won’t stop gardening – for food, shelter, beauty, solace – and this book is revealing on why. What gardening does for us – something that seems worth pondering and talking-up, as peace-fostering.
Keteleeria, a rare Asiatic conifer in Australian shrubberiesFor one raised and used to living in cooler, moister climes, living in Sydney can bring on ‘conifer-depletion syndrome’. Continue reading
I love a sunburnt country…but wish it would rain some more – a sequelIn February 2018, I was bemoaning the loss of some long-established plants in my predominantly native garden in the Hunter Valley.
The Gardens of the MonaroGardens in the Monaro area of southern NSW need to be resilient and tolerant of droughts, frosts and snow. Here is the story of three gardens. Continue reading