native plants

Colours + elements of design in the garden

Buying plants and digging in the dirt is the easy part. The time-consuming part has been deciding which plants. Our front yard is a blank slate, and I’ve spent considerable hours reading about Aus/Tas natives, among others, and determining whether they’ll like my yard.  Continue reading »

A row of birthday candles

Timely, sort of. My birthday was this weekend, and we had a bunch of people over. Our friends rule.

So yeah, latest update in the garden: a brand new row of hedges along the driveway. Not just any hedges, but super fancy baby banksias.  Continue reading »