Plant selection

By John Fitzsimmons –

Last issue painted the big landscape picture from the 2021 Australian Landscape Conference, leaving several rich understoreys of ideas to be conveyed in this report.

Several topics could be grouped under the subject of ‘plant selection’ and issues like using the words ‘management’ or ‘care’ in design submissions, instead of ‘maintenance’ with its connotations of a cost to be minimised rather than an investment in the ultimate health, value, benefit, utility, longevity and success of the gardens designed and implemented.… Continue reading

By Andrew Munro

You’ve just finished the house renovations, then comes an awkward question from your partner: “So how are we going to finish off the backyard?”

Facing this common dilemma were the owners of a hillside Terrigal property located north of Sydney.… Continue reading