Dealing with the Mother of Tough Garden Beds

 DESIGN ELEMENTS When the going gets tough Many gardeners have a section of their garden that might often see plant failures year after year...

Design Principles: Doing the Design and Landscape Materials

 DESIGN ELEMENTS Design Principles part 3: Doing the design. Do you have a particular favourite colour when it comes to plants or perhaps th...

Garden Design Principles Where to Start and Site Analysis

 DESIGN ELEMENTS Design Principles part 1 an introduction  Most people’s backyards are a square or rectangular affair, and if it’s flat, doe...

Edible Gardens From Crop Rotation and Companion Planting to Maintenance

DESIGN ELEMENTS Edible Gardens Series Part 3 and part 4 and 5 Part 3 is selecting and buying the seeds and plants. Probably the most enjoyab...

Perfumed Flowers and Orchids

TALKING FLOWERS Perfumed and Non-Perfumed Flowers Why do some flowers have scent and others not? It's all about pollination because scen...

Edible Gardens part 2 and Perpetual Spinach

DESIGN ELEMENTS Edible Gardens part 2 Soil preparation Vegetable gardens can be any size or shape. You can plant them out in purpose built r...

Edible Gardens and Garlic

DESIGN ELEMENTS Edible Garden series part 1 During the last month or more, seeds, and seedlings have been flying off the shelves. Seed compa...