by Steve | Aug 15, 2010 | Bulbs
Months ago I was trawling ebay searching for something unusual, something I hadn’t seen before. Naturally I was looking in the garden and plant section and was quickly rewarded with an offering of yellow sparaxis bulbs. Never having heard of yellow sparaxis I...
by Steve | Aug 8, 2010 | Bulbs, Home Gardening
This week my bulbs arrived. Call me crazy but when I opened the box and saw all the little bundles my heart quickened and I got such a rush. I just love bulbs and can’t resist anything a bit unusual. Recently I discovered a grower who sells some pretty cool...
by Steve | Jun 7, 2010 | Garden Shows, Home Gardening
The Australian Open Gardens scheme is a fantastic system which sees over 600 gardens opened to the public around the nation. Recently I’ve been making an effort to go and see some each weekend. Following are pictures from two of my favourites… The first...
by Steve | May 30, 2010 | Home Gardening
They say it takes all sorts but when I saw these swan pots in a country nursery recently I found it hard to imagine them ever selling. I suppose you could argue that they are an improvement on the tyre swans which graced many gardens during the 80s…but only...
by Steve | May 15, 2010 | Indoor Plants
Recently I attended a talk by Adjunct Professor Margaret Burchett from the University of Technology, Sydney. She was presenting the findings of her 3 year study “Greening the Great Indoors for Human Health and Wellbeing”. Okay so the title is pretty naff...
