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 […]
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Garden Beds
Client wanted a bit of a tidy up. All plants and materials used from her garden. Everyone has the potential to give their garden an uplift.
Hedge Maintenance
Don’t let those hedges get out of control! Keep them maintained and the result will be lush growth, enabling them to thicken up.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]