Steven Wells’ home garden. Bliss!
I’ve so many ‘favourite’ gardens I really need to expand my vocab of adjectives. And so I’m assigning ‘cleverest’ to this next one: Steven Continue reading
Steven Wells’ Melbourne garden
Category: Garden Design Tips
Orange in the Garden: Vibrant or Cheap?
Aechmea
Ixora ‘Prince of Orange’
Anigozanthos ‘Amber Velvet’
Banksia ‘Birthday Candles’
Banksia
Clivia miniata
Grevillea ‘Orange Marmalade’
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Mixed bromeliads
My garden is decidedly orange at the moment. Orange Acer, orange Parthenocissus, orange Anigozanthos, orange Clivia, orange Banksia, orange, well, oranges Continue reading
What’s your ‘thing’?
What is it that makes you want to get up in the morning? What makes your heart sing and all your worries disappear?
I’m very lucky to do a job that I love. Historically, I have got bored very quickly, but I can honestly say that Continue reading
Australian Natives in the Home Garden
Beautiful Bankia serrata at Bells of Killcare
The more time goes on, the more I love our natives. Sadly, you don’t see them used in gardens as much as you might and so when I come across a model example, I get extremely excited!
Bells of Killcare, a Continue reading
It’s Bold, it Fits and it’s spilling over with Character
Perfect Strelitzia flower. When they poke out from beneath a shrub, as it does here at Bells, you really do think you have seen a bird of paradise out of the corner of your eye
There are three ingredients I see in all my favourite gardens. They are bold, they fit and they have character.
All have a distinctly BOLD design. Hard and soft landscaping both designed Continue reading
A Master of Unusual Planting Combinations
Bulbs pushing up through the leaf litter at Bells: there is little more magical than flowers popping up from nothing
Bells of Killcare. Banksia, Dahlia, Betula, Helichrysum, Grevillea, Prunus, Agave, Juniperus, Crocus, Strelitzia, Lomandra and wait for it, Rosa. Sound like a bit of a hotchpotch? Think again. Continue reading
Natives: 3 Tips for a High Impact Australian Garden
The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
I’m just back from the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne in Victoria, and with every visit I leave feeling incredibly inspired, but just a little bit sad. Inspired, because they are drop dead gorgeous. Continue reading
Impact of Garden Style on Emotions and Mood
Uplifting – Mary’s garden in Hawera is full of flowers
We all love flowers. Their cheerful colours catch our eye; we look on in wonderment at how they appear from almost nothing, their scent and delicacy enthralling us. It is hard to look at a garden full Continue reading
Simple Garden Design Trick: Repeater Plants
Repeated use of purple Salvia ensures the overall look is unified.
When I started learning the principles of design, all the words seemed to roll into one – repetition, unity, rhythm, cohesion and so on. As I studied each, they Continue reading
4 Tips for Designing Garden Colour
The Cutting Garden at ‘Bowylie’ in NSW
Most people seem to first be attracted to gardening by the lure of growing beautiful flowers. This is especially true for women, although men have their Continue reading
Janna Schreier Garden Design 