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The Art of Creating Garden Vignettes Small Scenes with Big Impact

The Art of Creating Garden Vignettes: Small Scenes with Big Impact

Have you ever wondered how to transform a small space into a thriving native Australian garden?
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Lomandra Longifolia A Versatile Native Plant for Every Garden

Lomandra Longifolia: A Versatile Native Plant for Every Garden

Are you looking for a robust and adaptable plant to elevate your garden or landscape design?
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Designing with Colour Vibrant Landscapes with Ozbreed Flowers and Foliage

Designing with Colour: Vibrant Landscapes with Ozbreed Flowers and Foliage

Are you looking to add some colour to your next garden design? Are you aware of the concept of colour theory?
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Designing for Your Clients Landscape Industry Psycho-graphics

Designing for Your Clients: Landscape Industry Psychographics

Are you a landscape architect or designer looking to improve client satisfaction?
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Designing for Wildlife Creating Habitats with Plants

Designing for Wildlife: Creating Habitats with Plants

This article dives into the art and science of designing for wildlife using plants, offering insights for qualified landscape architects.
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The Unique Flower of Lomandra Longifolia Beauty in Simplicity

The Unique Flower of Lomandra Longifolia: Beauty in Simplicity

The Lomandra longifolia, or the spiny-headed mat rush, emerges as a symbol of understated elegance.
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Expert Tips for Impressive Garden Colour Schemes

Expert Tips for Impressive Garden Colour Schemes

Are you struggling to make your garden visually pop and unsure how to use colour effectively in your outdoor spaces?
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Designing Native Australian Gardens with Clay-Dominant Soil

Designing Native Australian Gardens with Clay-Dominant Soil: A Guide

Have you ever faced the daunting task of gardening in clay-dominant soil and wondered how to cultivate a thriving native Australian garden?
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Designing Native Australian Small Space Gardens and Balcony Gardens

Designing Native Australian Small Space Gardens and Balcony Gardens

Have you ever wondered how to transform a small space into a thriving native Australian garden?
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Designing Native Australian Gardens with Sandy Soil

Designing Native Australian Gardens with Sandy Soil

Ever wondered how to create a flourishing native Australian garden in sandy soil? This guide will turn your sandy soil woes into gardening triumphs.
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Designing Native Australian Tropical Style Gardens A Comprehensive Guide

Designing Native Australian Tropical Style Gardens: A Comprehensive Guide

Are you a home gardener or landscape architect dreaming of creating a lush, vibrant oasis?
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Creating a Sustainable Ornamental Garden

Creating a Sustainable Ornamental Garden: Principles of Per-maculture

Do you value sustainable practices in the garden? Would you like to learn the philosophy that the experts use to garden sustainably?
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Using Plants to Hide Unsightly Objects in the Garden

Using Plants to Hide Unsightly Objects in the Garden

Garden designers often use plants to conceal unattractive elements within a landscape by strategically placing different types of plants.
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A Case for and Against Pesticides in the Landscape

Pro Life vs Anti Life: A Case for and Against Pesticides in the Landscape

The use of pesticides and chemical controls in horticulture is a contentious issue where environmental values are being prioritised more than ever before.
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The bottlebrush is an evergreen plant genus beloved for its bright, brush-like flowers

How to Feed a Bottlebrush Tree or Shrub

Ever wondered how to feed a bottle brush tree or shrub for vibrant blooms and healthy growth?
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Creating a Bee-Friendly Garden in Australia

Creating a Bee-Friendly Garden in Australia

Have you ever considered the environmental and aesthetic benefits of a native Australian bush style garden?
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Growing Plants Between Pavers

Growing Plants Between Pavers: A Basic Guide to Plant Specification

Choosing the right plants to grow between pavers can transform a pathway into a visually appealing, practical part of your garden.
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Specimen Planting for Contrast 6 Combinations

Specimen Planting for Contrast: 6 Combinations

Are you struggling to create a visually striking mass planting or specimen planting bed that captures attention and holds interest?
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Specification Tips for Green Life Maintenance

Specification Tips for Green Life Maintenance

Are your landscape designs standing the test of time, or are they falling short due to poor maintenance practices?
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Designing Garden Layers Playing with Different Plant Shapes and Sizes

Designing Garden Layers: Playing with Different Plant Shapes and Sizes

Do you want to create a garden that makes the best use of space for amenity, production and ecological abundance?
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Are Lilly Pilly Plants Beneficial for Pollinators

Are Lilly Pilly Plants Beneficial for Pollinators?

Do Lilly Pillies attract pollinators like birds, bees, and butterflies? What about beneficial predators and parasitoids like hoverflies and micro wasps?
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Designing Native Bush Style Gardens

Designing Native Bush Style Gardens

Have you ever considered the environmental and aesthetic benefits of a native Australian bush style garden?
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Are Bottlebrush Plants Toxic To Adults, Babies, and Pets?

Are Bottlebrush Plants Toxic To Adults, Babies and Pets?

Are you wondering whether bottlebrush plants (Callistemon spp.) are poisonous to human adults, babies and pets?
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Playground Plants Specifying Safe Plant Choices for Breaking Falls and Beyond

Playground Plants: Specifying Safe Plant Choices for Breaking Falls and Beyond

Are you a landscape architect or designer working on landscapes with playgrounds, and you’re wondering what makes a plant safe for children?
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What Pest is Eating My Lilly Pilly Leaves and How Do I Treat It

What Pest is Eating My Lilly Pilly Leaves and How Do I Treat It?

Are mysterious pests turning your vibrant lilly pilly leaves into a feast? Let’s discover the culprits behind this leafy drama
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How to Successfully Grow Callistemon in Pots A Com-prehensive Guide

How to Successfully Grow Callistemon in Pots: A Com-prehensive Guide

Would you like to learn how to grow Callistemon plants in pots? In this guide, we’ll explore the art of growing callistemons in containers
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What causes bumps on callistemon leaves

What Causes Bumps on Callistemon Leaves?

Have you ever wondered about the mysterious bumps on your Callistemon (or bottlebrush) leaves?
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Why is Drought Bad for Plants

Why is Drought Bad for Plants?

Have you ever wondered how a prolonged dry spell might be silently affecting your cherished garden?
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Low-Risk Pennisetums Native Non-Weedy Pennisetum Grasses

Low-Risk Pennisetums: Native Non-Weedy Pennisetum Grasses

Are you on the lookout for ornamental grasses that add charm without the worry of them turning into invasive weeds?
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Fast-Spreading Purple Groundcover or Short Hedge Little Ruby Alternanthera

Fast-Spreading Purple Groundcover or Short Hedge: Little Ruby Alternanthera

Looking to add a vibrant touch to your garden that covers the ground, provides colour all year round, and increases soil health with its root exudates?
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