Beautiful corner of Ros McCully’s Camberwell garden
I’ve had a strange relationship with burgundy foliage for the last five years. In 2010, I tried to buy a purple smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria) at my local Bunnings, only to be told, by a sixty-something Continue reading
Water lily (Nymphaea) at Wyoming
I had another light bulb moment last weekend. I need to throw out the rule book. Well, perhaps not throw it out completely, but at least relegate it to the bottom shelf.
Beautiful Hibiscus schizopetalus at Wyoming
I visited two Continue reading
I’m feeling pretty excited. I’ve been asked to become an author for GardenDrum, the much, much bigger gardening blog, with 35 writers, across five different continents, many of whom I have seen on TV or heard on the radio. There I was, writing away on my little blog and an email popped up, just out of the blue. It’s amazing this internet Continue reading
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
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
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
Natives and succulents at the entrance to Cameron Paterson’s Toorak Garden at the Melbourne Garden Design Fest 2014
This weekend saw the sixth Garden Design Fest in Melbourne and I was lucky enough to be able to pop down for the day to see as many gardens as I could. Continue reading
Sissinghurst Castle
It is hard to pinpoint the benefits of a beautiful garden. In the course of studying for my Master’s of Horticulture, I have read many reports giving Continue reading
Trial garden plants in strong, geometric beds reflecting the profile of the Australian PlantBank at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan
It is a wonderful feeling when something totally exceeds your expectations and quite blows you away. When it actually triggers something inside you that makes you see Continue reading
We don’t really like natives. What we like is big, showy flowers,
Rhododendron lochiae Photo: Jim Mackay
bright, dense, glossy shrubs, Continue reading
Janna Schreier Garden Design 