Scale and Perspective in a Japanese Garden -
The mountains, hills, lakes, streams, waterfalls and seashores of Japan have inspired its traditional gardens. Scale and proportion are very important...
Landscape Lighting - Outdoor Lighting -
Landscape lighting or outdoor lighting can add a magical quality to an otherwise ordinary backyard. There are many choices available, including solar....
Geodesic Domes & Dome Homes -
Geodesic domes or dome homes are quite common place in the USA - In Australia though, they certainly are not. Australian building concepts are really ...
Types of Mulch -
There are many types of mulch you can use on your garden - many of which can be sourced from your own home....
Great Potted Plant Ideas -
Some great plants that will do very well in pots - look great and easy to maintain: - Fast-growing Yucca elephantipes, with its dramatic heads of spik...
Choosing Your Plants From The Nursery -
When choosing plants from the nursery, always look for healthy leaf growth, perhaps new shoots and good colour in the leaves. Plants that look pale an...
Flowers and Colour -
The ideal bed for picking contains annuals and perennials, together with plants and shrubs for cutting for their foliage colours. But there is also th...
Preparing your lawn - Levelling -
You can level an area fairly accurately by these means. You will need a straight edge and a carpenter's or bricklayer's spirit level. The straight edg...
Hoodia Gordonii -
Hoodia Gordonii is a succulent from from South Africa that has taken the health world by storm. Hoodia Gordonii looks like a cactus although it is rea...
