What makes a plant “Indigenous?” Understanding plant provenance and the site where your plants originate from
December 1, 2018 Indigenous nurseries around Melbourne cultivate seeds and cuttings collected from wild populations within their local area. They will have multiple wild communities they collect from, and when you order... Read More
Indigenous Garden Design: The garden architect & designing a garden for people
October 3, 2018 We all bring a lot of ourselves into the design process. For me, I bring a lifetime of gardening experience and the knowledge common within the professions I am... Read More
Indigenous garden design with heavy clay soils
September 25, 2018 Post building works, many gardens in Melbourne have been left with poor soil structure and heavy clay close to the surface. This soil condition creates significant problems for many... Read More
Indigenous Garden Design: The wildflower meadow
September 3, 2018 Some years ago, I was shopping for my partners birthday present at Readings bookshop when I stumbled across Landscapes in Landscapes, one of many books written about the gardens... Read More
Indigenous Design: A pre 1750s EVC mapping applied to a backyard in Melbourne
August 18, 2018 Prior to the European settlement, It is estimated by the Victorian Department of Sustainability & Environment (DSE) that much of the land upon which Melbourne has been built would... Read More
Restorative landscape design: Gardening with Indigenous plants
August 14, 2018 As garden designers we seek to get in touch with the unique qualities of the places we shape. We seek to respect and honor those places in meaningful ways.... Read More
Understanding your soil: Creating a garden condition map
July 27, 2018 Gather all of the information collected through the tests performed in the previous blogs and have a look at what you have got. Try comparing the different layers of... Read More
Understanding your soil: permeability
July 23, 2018 Fill the holes you previously dug understanding your garden: soil mapping with water and observe for 30 minutes how quickly the water drains out… or doesn’t. If in 10 minutes... Read More