Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)
Planning and design
A beautiful garden designed with the right Australian plants has many special qualities. It can be home for a variety of native birds, animals and insects. It can display an array of colours, stunning or subtle, and tantalise with a variety of scents. Frequently, it has a serenity often hard to find elsewhere.
But where to start? This section shares insights on how to get started on your native garden journey, or how to reimagine your existing garden. The process commences with clearly defining your objectives, establishing an overarching vision for your garden that inspires you and assessing the needs of your family and that of your site.
Planning and design stories
Light and shadow in garden design
Light and shadow in garden design go hand in hand. Together they are present in every garden, but often taken for granted. They may not immediately reveal themselves as garden…
View storyCreating a native garden from scratch
Bob and Dot O’Neill have spent 4 years creating a native garden from scratch. They moved to their current 0.4 ha property just four years ago. Their garden, begun from…
View storyTips for designing a beautiful garden
Here are a few tips for designing a beautiful native garden. Some gardens make us say ‘wow!’ as soon as we see them. We recognise such memorable gardens within the…
View storyLooking from the inside
I am fortunate to have a lot of large windows drawing my attention to what is going on outside. They give me views from the sky to the garden around…
View storyUsing mounds and channels in your garden
Using mounds and channels in your garden generally results in successful plant growth and with Australian native plants very spectacular growth. This is helped by water channelling into depresssions during…
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