by Steve | Oct 6, 2010 | Famous Gardens
These stunning gardens are arguably Canada’s most famous. Attracting over 1 million visitors a year this former quarry site has plenty to offer for all garden lovers. Just keep in mind that you won’t be alone! The Butchart Gardens began life as an...
by Steve | Sep 10, 2010 | Famous Gardens, News
Who’d have thought that a theme park would be built where plants are the star attractions? Well that’s exactly what has happened in Angers, France. Terra Botanica opened earlier this year and offers 110,000 square metres of fun with a focus on plant...
by Steve | Sep 6, 2010 | Bulbs
I’m very happy to report that one of my first bulb experiments, Albuca spiralis, has been a great success. The yellowy green flowers were quite dainty and even held a chocolatey surprise… I first blogged about this bulb back in November 2009 when the...
by Steve | Sep 1, 2010 | News
Well after much encouragement from Mike (yes he did have to resort to some nagging) I have finally produced a range of greeting cards. They represent a range of some of my most popular images and look pretty fantastic (even if I do say so myself). There are ten...
by Steve | Aug 25, 2010 | Garden Shows
It’s that time of year – Spring is in the air and the garden shows are ramping up. Recently I went to the Gardening Australia Expo in Sydney and got to see plenty of interesting things, like this beautiful desert rose (Adenium obesum hybrid). This was...
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...
