The 2012 Bundanoon Garden Ramble
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Last month I had the opportunity to traipse around other people’s gardens taking photos and generally getting inspiration for my own gardening ambitions. The Bundanoon Garden Ramble provided a fantastic insight into the clever ways in which locals had created idyllic settings in their own gardens

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Last updated 7 November 2012

Australian Native Nature Strip
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Some inspiration for a strip of native bush and trees to run up the side of our property. I am hopeful that a run of Australian native screening plants will attract a variety of local birds and reptiles. … Continue reading

Last updated 17 October 2012

Red Robin (Photinia x Fraseri)
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We have a red robin hedge (or rather what will in time become a hedge) running along one boundary of our back lot. Of about 40 trees (or are they shrubs?) planted by the previous owner of the lot, 36 have survived to adulthood. I had planned to replace the 4 missing ones with cuttings from their siblings, but my first attempt at this left me with a bunch of sticks in a pot. I’ll try again in Spring.

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Last updated 22 August 2012

Photos from UK Gardens 2012
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While travelling in the UK earlier this year, I took the opportunity to take some photos of some inspirational garden ideas. I’m not going to be able to replicate the look of Royal castle grounds in my own confined patch of land, but hopefully I can capture at least a little of the feel of some of these beautiful gardens.

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Last updated 11 August 2012