I've never grown native plants (or any plants, for that matter!) in hanging baskets. But it can certainly be done, and Peter Sorensen fr...
Apologies but here comes another activist-type post.  Of course, we'd all prefer to be enjoying and growing our wonderful local native p...
Did you know that the Illawarra is home to sixteen species of parasitic plant? Yes, we  have everything from the crazy strangling Dodder Vin...
At last some rain is falling in the Illawarra region. It's been dry for ever so long, and the recent downpours are welcome to plants and...
It's Threatened Species Week this week, so I thought I'd share something a little different. This is a plant I'd have like to un...
OK so I've posted on native orchids before, but more from the perspective of what just happened to be growing in the garden. A ...
OK I know most of us just want to have a quiet time enjoying the good things in life and a spot of gardening. But for those in the Wollongon...
Well it's been a warm and dry winter so far, and with the long-range forecast suggesting more of the same (or worse), it's hard to f...
Native Holly ( Alchornea ilicifolia ) is one of my very favourite local native plants. It has an absolute heap of potential, but is almost n...
This blog is mostly about growing local native plants on your own property: your garden, your courtyard, your balcony, your acreage.  But ...
A while back, I did a post on native meadows. That was a 'garden inspiration' post though, and didn't provide that many practica...