September 22, 2014

Continuing on from our autumn gardening tips I thought that we’d take a look at the versatile Sasanqua Camellia, a fabulous way to provide a showy autumn flower display in the garden. Sasanqua Camellias come in a variety of colours from white through to deep pink and reds, with...

Autumn is a great time of the year to get out into the garden before the weather turns too cold. We’ve put together a few gardening tips to help get you started. • Fertilize your plants with Organic Life for the last time before late winter when spring is back in town. • Make...

Productive gardens are in vogue again! They’re springing up everywhere. From inner city enclaves to sprawling suburban gardens growing your own is now all the go again. These days there are few garden designs where we are not asked to include vegetable gardens and fruit trees in...

A large landscape design by Living Colour Landscapes in Pymble on Sydney’s Upper North Shore has been featured on the online design site Houzz. The article talks about designing pathways and how to create vistas, nooks and enticing journeys and destinations in landscape design....

The ornamental grass family contains a huge number and range of plants suitable for use in landscape design in Sydney. Native grasses through their versatility, striking and elegant forms and their beautiful flowers, foliage and seed heads, can greatly enhance a landscape design....

Sustainable landscape design principles have been the cornerstone of design practice education in Australian universities for architects, designers and landscape architects for a decade and a half, but sustainable landscape design has only become a mainstream concern in the wider...

In Sydney landscaping companies are looking for creative garden design solutions to make the most of the rain that falls to the ground on our properties. Although this year in Sydney we have had record rainfalls, this is not the norm. As we move through the regular rain cycles...

There are broadly two approaches to garden design, the instant, unsuspected ‘wow’ factor of immediate impact and the more gradual, subtle ‘woo’ approach, where the appetite is whetted and the curiosity aroused as we are lured on a journey of discovery. The essence of the ‘wow’...

Linking house and garden is the primary consideration for contemporary garden designers and a quick look back through garden design history gives us some important precedents to follow. Persia is the commonly accepted birthplace of the concept of the garden as a designed space....

Most of us are looking for ways to find relief from the stresses of our busy everyday lives. We crave time and space for relaxation and our homes and gardens should provide this sanctuary. Our gardens, regardless of their size can play a vital supporting role in providing a...