Overhead image showing multiple entertainment spaces and the hedging (Image: All Things Visual Pty Ltd)
By Lynne Testoni
The owners of this award-winning resort-style garden were looking for a way to escape and relax from everyday life – thanks to Dekker Landscapes, it became a reality.
A challenging site, an ambitious design and inferior soil – this project had it all.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Gabrielle Stannus
If you are a manager of a park or garden seeking to increase its visitation rates, have you considered installing artwork either permanently or temporarily to enhance visitor experience? I spoke with two people behind the scenes at this year’s Sculpture in the Garden exhibition at the Wollongong Botanic Garden in New South Wales, to find out their tips for ensuring public art looks ‘good’ and functions ‘well’ whilst enhancing the existing attributes of a landscape.… Continue reading
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Shadows and sun dapples can both be used to enhance the pleasure of a garden (Image: Patrick Regnault)
By Patrick Regnault
Shade and shadows are influential in the garden. The first one can be a blessing, cooling and restful, or challenging – what to plant and how to deal with it. The second one is easily overlooked, always changing and evolving as the day and seasons pass, creating ephemeral patterns that can be whimsical or sculptural.… Continue reading
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Working in Sports Turf Management you can stay connected to a sport you love (Image: Pexels, Pixabay)
By Daniel Fuller
A lot of work goes into making the playing field that your favourite team will play on next weekend look the way it does. Have you ever thought that you could be the person performing that job?
It’s easy to underestimate the skills needed to work in sports turf.… Continue reading
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Growing media is a fundamental component in containerised production systems and can have a significant impact upon the quality of plants grown. The selection and importance of an appropriate growing media in relation to plant performance is critical for crop success.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy John Corban
Typically, what happens after a boom period is a slowing of enquiries. Many business owners get very cautious, and decide to cut expenses and operate from a restrictive mindset.
They can feel the pressure of going from excessive enquiries to much less, or they find clients holding back on spending as much.… Continue reading
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Tiny Trichogramma wasps are mass reared to control caterpillar pests (image supplied by Denis Crawford)
By Denis Crawford
There is a long and fascinating history of mass rearing of various insects, and it seems that the practice is set to expand somewhat.
There has been a lot of press in the last couple of years about farming insects for human consumption.… Continue reading
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Your team hold within them years of experience, here are some key themes our team produced. (Image: Words generated by https://monkeylearn.com/word-cloud/)
By Barbara Wheeler
Achieving excellence in growing and cultivating plants and gardens is an intrinsic part of each of our organisations, whether big or small. The technical aspects of good horticultural practice and horticultural excellence are intimately understood by experienced staff in our businesses, and frequently passed on verbally to newcomers.… Continue reading
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A rich community of mosses inhabiting soils and rocks in Bodo, Norway, north of the Arctic Circle (Image: UNSW Sydney)
Supplied by UNSW Sydney
Often ignored or even removed, moss provides stabilisation for plant ecosystems the world over. Some people see moss growing in their gardens as a problem, but what they may not realise is this ancient ancestor of all plants is bringing lots of benefits to our green spaces, such as protecting against erosion.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Georgia Warren
One of the first stages of designing a space is considering the placement of hard landscaping elements, such as decks, paths, paving, seating, and walls. Once the hardscape elements have been laid out, providing a structural “backbone” to the plan, planting can be considered.… Continue reading
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