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...
by Steve | Feb 6, 2010 | Bromeliads, Home Gardening, Indoor Plants
Really, can you ever have enough terrariums? Naturally Mike thinks YES but well I just can’t help myself… I have been wanting a ‘goldfish bowl’ terrarium for ages but baulked at the price of them in florist shops. However when I found this...
by Steve | Nov 5, 2009 | Home Gardening, Indoor Plants
Depending on your age you might just cringe at the thought of going down this gardening path but bear with me as I think it has merit. If you’re in the younger Gen Y category then you’ll probably be discovering terrariums for the first time. I met a very...
by Steve | Oct 21, 2009 | Favourite Plants, Indoor Plants
I’ve recently rediscovered this great plant. You may know them as Cape Primrose but I know them as Streptocarpus hybrids – the results of plant breeders crossing various species to develop a better plant. About 5 years ago I discovered this plant for the first...