Yes its been a while but have been posting on Google Business regularly if you want to check any photos out over the past year. To get things rolling again if you are interested in any drainage works before the wet season, please give Gave a call to come out and give you a quotation […]
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Azalea Care
Azalea Mulching Guidelines: What’s The Best Azalea Mulch Azaleas, plants in the Rhododendron genus, are among the most colorful and easy-care flowering shrubs a gardener can have in the backyard. Their requirements are few, but they do need moist soil. Mulching azalea bushes is one way to keep the humidity in the soil, but […]
Tip Pruning
What is tip pruning? You might be familiar with regular pruning. This involves helping a plant grow healthier by completely removing any dead wood, any sickly or weak stems, any branches that cross over or rub against each other, and any that grow in an unattractive direction. You might be familiar with regular pruning. […]
Client getting ready to sell their house
The client wanted their gardens tided up before putting their property up FOR SALE. The job entailed re mulching of bark; laying of river stone; garden pruning; replanting and some additional paving. With the help from my willing worker we managed a fair tidy up and changed an unused area into a dry creek […]
Excavating Jobs
When it comes to landscaping one of the most important facets is to make sure your levels and drainage requirements are met. Whether this is just surface drainage forcing water to flow where required through shallow ditches, Sub Surface Drainage which will draw water away from root zones into your stormwater pipe which is common […]
Upcoming Garden Events
Gardens Irrigation & Design Dont miss out on some great festivals, expos and open gardens over the next month! Tropical Foliage Festival – Saturday November 18 – 8 AM to 3 PM & Sunday […]
Tidying up overgrown gardens
Have been busy tidying up and revamping some gardens over the last few weeks. The photos show a recent overhaul of a 12yr old garden in Drewvale. Pruning; trimming; shaping of trees; all plants fertilised and topped up with cypress pine bark. Client very happy and have picked up additional work through recommendations. […]
Esk Garden & Lifestyle Fair
A real country garden fair, there was something for everyone. It was a wonderful winters day with glorious warm sunshine and friendly smiley folks. Our stall had a variety of products for sale with the emphasis on gardening. Great value plants, hand crafted bush furniture to our unique garden features. Our latest idea: Pond & […]
Zygos (Zygocactus)
Gardens Irrigation & Design Schlumbergera truncata Hybrids Its that time of the year again when the beautiful cactus like Zygos prepares itself to flower or has already started. They will typically flower through Autumn into Winter. The flowering is actually stimulated by the lengthening nights with some flowering disrupted by artificial light such as street […]
The Time To Transplant!
Gardens Design & Irrigation Seize the moment and make the most of the cooler weather. It looks as though is going to be a short Autumn so get the last of your transplanting done before Winter kicks in! Its also that time to tidy unruly gardens by way of pruning shrubs back into shape and […]