Symmetry or Balanced Asymmetry?
Would be interesting to know how fellow passionate gardeners feel if we have an intrinsic bias to symmetry or asymmetry with balance when it comes to what gardens we prefer? C...
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An hour of power changes garden perspectives
Well - an hour of power with a Michael McCoy online consultation and the future of my garden looks different. While I was grappling with what I thought was in part a pool fence is...
Spots and blights on palm trees
Need advice!! My foxtail palm trees have a black type fungus and black spots on the leaves and stems. I asked the nursery where I bought them but they just said it’s pretty normal...
Pool fence in garden dilemma
Hi everyone. I am wondering if anyone has a timber batten pool fence - better still one with a curve, perhaps a 'wattle and wire' pool fence? I am thinking of changing the aluminiu...
Hedge for West Facing Fence opposite 2 storey home
Hi there I have around 25 metres of fence to cover with a hedge. It's on a raised retaining wall approx 2.5 metres in width and facing west but opposite 2 storey home. From insi...
Sense of Enclosure
When I read Ashley's post last week (Plant of the Week # 57) his comment about using hedges to create privacy and a sense of enclosure really resonated with me. Why is it that wal...
