The soil is warming, and plants are loving it. Enjoy spring with its blossoms and fresh new leaves, and go out and get your hands dirty. The nursery is now fully stocked with plants for every situation, and as far
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September in your garden
September is possibly the most hope filled month for gardeners, and never more needed than in the Year of the Lock-down. Lots of walks and peering over front fences, has led to plenty of inspiration. Gardening is such a fun
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Well, the last weeks of winter are finally here, with the scent of Wattle signalling the promise of spring just around the corner. The first Magnolias are in flower and the gold and purple of Acacias and Hardenbergias create a
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Winter can be a challenge, but it sure puts a rosy hue in your cheeks when you rug up, brave the elements and go about doing some of those winter gardening tasks which have been beckoning from outside. Enjoy a
More...Bare Root Tree Planting and Pruning Guide
Bare rooted plants are field grown plants which have been dug up from the soil in their dormant state, no soil remains attached to the remaining root mass, hence the term ‘bare rooted’. Read on if you’d like a head
More...June In Your Garden
We have been run off our feet in the nursery with the Covid 19 garden rush. However, I finally got time to fertilise, and plant some more spring bulbs. Nearly all the leaves are raked up, so now there is
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Autumn foliage at its most stunning. The cold days and nights bring out the deep reds, translucent oranges and butter yellows in our wonderful deciduous trees. Take the time to enjoy autumn’s late flowering salvias, wonderful quince fruit (with their
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Our customer base is a pretty savvy and well informed one, and this is always reinforced in autumn as sales of native plants soar. Good gardeners are well aware that this is the ideal time to plant natives, and suddenly
More...Improve sandy soils and Landscape Yard soils with Bentonite
If you have sandy soil, you will be well aware of their difficulties in holding both water and nutrition. Gardeners who live in Perth are used to dealing with this issue, and every garden centre, soil and landscaping yard there
More...March in your garden
Is autumn the new spring? With the changes in climate leading to hotter summers here in Melbourne, it is increasingly tempting to plant in autumn, and allow plants a longer time to establish before the onslaught of summer heat. The
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The La Niña gave us a nice cool and wet spring and start to summer. This has been a boon to gardens and gardeners across Victoria who needed a break after last year’s horror summer. Irrigation systems are fantastic, but somehow,
More...Reducing the heat with vegetation
As the temperature begins to rise and water conservation continues to impact on gardeners, people are watering less and are looking to find alternatives for vegetation. But by using some simple planting techniques you can help to decrease the heat
More...New gallery exhibition – “Solidity”
29th October to 29th November 2020 An exhibition exploring shape and form, predominantly using steel. Nicola is one of our regular artists, both exhibiting often and commissioned to design and make the sculptural elements which give character to both our
More...Summer in your Garden
Long summer evenings, friends over for dinner, weekends reading outside in the shade, gardening with the radio on…..finally summer is here. I love Christmas because I don’t stress over it. I can always grab a plant from work for a
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