Tree w less than 1 m width?
Hi! We have a narrow garden bed of less than 1m next to a path. Unfortunately landscapers heavily chopped back our neighbour’s overhanging pittosporum. So we now look at a tall sc...
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Sense of Place
I think the universe is trying to tell me something - it seems that everywhere I turn I hear or read the words 'sense of place" / "spirit of place" /"genius loci" ! (All interchang...
White Crepe Myrtle Varieties
Hello, I am searching for the variety of Crepe Myrtle that appeared on the Dream Garden Series 1 (the last episode?) in Brisbane. As i have found there are several varieties of cre...
Gravel mulch VS weeds
I’m trying to create a Japanese inspired courtyard garden for a client and I’m wanting to use a gravel as mulch and a ground cover- I’m hoping Scleranthus will grow happily with so...
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What gardening books have mysterious gone missing from your library?
I've just discovered that my copy of 'Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History' has gone missing. What's worse, I had two copies at one stage, and consequently gave one away! 'The Poe...
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Books that taught you stuff you didn't know you didn't know
During my interview with garden design superstar Bernard Trainor a few weeks back, the conversation turned to books that answer questions we didn’t even know we had. I don’t mean ...
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