Soft Landscaping Articles
Regional NSW Botanic Garden Competition
Five architectural practices have been selected to submit designs for the new visitor centre in the Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens in Bowral NSW. The centre will help fund the growth of the gardens overall.
Aussie Green in Biosphere
An Australian tree fern has become the first greenlife planted in Amazon’s giant nature-filled biospheres - the company’s new $4 billion greenhouse-like campus currently under construction in Seattle.
Out On The Farm
AILDM are organising a ‘day on the farm’ – the Ozbreed Farm. Join AILDM as they take a tour of Ozbreed’s research and breeding farm in Clarendon on 4 April 2017.
Autumn @ausflorapacific
Autumn is in the air and Ausflora Pacific has a range of Leucadendrons that are proving very popular for adding seasonal colour to any garden design. Check out their range of ‘Misty Sunrise’ and ‘Safari Sunset’.
Significant Elms
As the commercial popularity of Australian elm varieties is on the rise, Mt William Advanced Tree Nursery now carry a significant selection of elms from selected sources to suit a range of landscape applications.
Commercial Garden Cookery
Ozbreed has revealed a way to bring indoor herbs to a commercial kitchen near you! Introducing Elite Herbs™- a semi-compact growth station that delivers consistent flavours all round.
Plants Doing It For Themselves
A new study has demonstrated that highly adaptive plant defense systems could be trained to fight off disease and eradicate the need for harsh pesticides.
Phytophthora Resistant Lomandras
To combat the spread of Phytophthora in diseased ravaged regions, Ozbreed has developed a selection of Lomandras that are resistant or immune to root rot, making them eminently suitable for revitalising affected areas.
Sports Stadium to Green Space
Ray Stadium in Nice, France, will undergo a dramatic transformation to turn the site into a public domain replete with landscaped gardens that will join the urban environment to the natural.
The Plant Experts
Looking for plants for your next project? Plantmark is one of Australia’s largest wholesale plant nurseries and has been supplying the trade industry with quality plants for nearly 30 years.
As Above So Below
Andreasens Green is fully committed to developing quality advanced trees, ensuring their below ground characteristics are as healthy and lush as the above ground growth.
Stand-Out Edging Solution
Make garden designs stand out from the crowd with a complete steel edging solution that offers a range of metal finishes and a flexibility that allows you to create shapes and curves in just about any form.
Calliope Cemetery Upgrade
Boyds Bay Landscaping recently completed a sensitive upgrade on the Calliope Cemetery in the Gladstone region, redesigning and improving the existing grounds with their usual attention to detail.
202020 Vision Policy Guide
The 202020 Vision has released a policy guide which has identified the challenges the project faces as well as the opportunities available from government and private sector for green spaces.
Eco-friendly Plant Support
Plant N’ Pave supply specialised eco-friendly landscaping products that go hand in hand with their expertise in landscape design and construction solutions.
Glass Domes Form New Botanic Garden
A design plan for a series of sculptural glasshouses will form the centre of the new Taiyuan Botanical Gardens to be erected in China which will house exotic plants from dramatically varied climates.
New Range of Bush Magik
With selected varieties that are tough, low-water tolerant and require little maintenance, the Bush Magik Australian plant range from Bushland Flora has great horticultural appeal.
Instant Green = Instant Ivy
For maintenance-free engineered greenery that provides on the spot beauty, try Instant Ivy from Designer Plants – perfect for fences, walls, patios, balconies and more.
The Hardy Choice for Landscaping
The Lomandra Verday species is hardy, attractive and evergreen; the perfect plant choice for landscaping that needs to stand up to tough Australian conditions.
2015 NGINA Garden Industry Awards
NSW & ACT's finest were unveiled at the NGINA Awards night on 20 November with great anticipation. Winners on the night include.....
We Never Stop Growing
With systems that never stop being refined, improved and mastered, Logan Landscapes offers contracting that reflects their dedication to quality commercial landscaping.
Reimagining Melbourne
Wes Fleming recently presented a speech for the VPELA urging Australian town planners, landscape architects, developers, environmentalists and the like to ‘reimagine Melbourne’.
Street Trees with Staying Power
Botanix Plant Supply offers an extensive range of premium quality street trees that will withstand transplanting on large scale commercial projects.
Style and Function in One
Speciality Trees offer a range of products that will provide screening or delineation of an outdoor area, completing a landscaped space with style as well as function.
Instant Leaf Appeal
Designer Plants’ instant garden hedges are perfect for homes and businesses. Their extensive range of artificial hedges look amazingly real and are designed to attach to any wall or vertical surface.
Boyds Bay Landscaping Now in Brisbane
With a new office just opened in Brisbane, Boyds Bay Landscaping now have more facilities to service any local, regional or overseas project.
Have you Registered for GES?
GES is looking great with a diverse and interesting mix of exhibiting businesses – something for everyone – so come along and see what’s on offer.
A heavenly landscape
Gardens don't get much more unique than this one, located in Hawaii, designed by a renowned artist and cared for by a devoted gardener.
Growing herbs and vegies in small spaces
If you've only got a balcony or courtyard, don't feel left out of the vegie gardening fraternity. As long as your outdoor space has some hours of sunshine, you can grow herbs and vegies.
Horticulturalist: Sue McDougall
Meet Sue McDougall, horticulturalist, gardening writer, broadcaster and TV presenter
Time to plant - Radish
Radishes are one of the fastestgrowing crops in the home vegie garden and will grow for most of the year in most climates. They like a sandy loam soil with a pH of 6.5–7. They belong to the brassica family, too, along with cabbages, broccoli and cauliflow
Mid-summer to-dos
Mid-summer is when we like to relax in our gardens, but there is always work to be done, too. Mind the heat stroke, though
Ground control: Fruit Fly
One of the most destructive pests in today’s home and commercial gardens is Drosophila melanogaster, better known as the common fruit fly. There are more than 100 species of the little devils, but only 6–8 of these are considered serious pests by the ga
Plant tonic
Plants have the wonderful ability to draw specific types of minerals from the soil, so why not capture these and put them back into the soil to feed your plants again and again?
Caffeine hit for plants
If your plants look a little on the sleepy side, a sprinkle of ground coffee will give them the kick they need.
Meet John Arnott, a career public gardener
Botanic gardens are very important to our gardening heritage. Meet John Arnott, a career public gardener
SILK – Regal Grass® alternative to natural turf
Regal Grass® Silk is the perfect substitute for natural grass in smaller gardens, on roof terraces or balconies, and around pools. Regal Grass® Silk is a full grass system, which means no sand infill is required for installation.
Proteaflora - The Protea Experts
Proteaflora knows Proteas inside out – it’s what we do. Our plant selections and growing systems deliver superior garden success. We guarantee our plants and provide unlimited specialist after sales service.
Inspired by nature
Outdoor Rooms chats to top Australian landscape designer, Jim Fogarty about natural colour palettes and what hues to look out for this autumn.
Cosy nights
As it starts to cool down, it’s time to think about heating options so your outdoor room is still a comfortable space to use
A change of seasons
As autumn welcomes the cooler months, it’s the best time of the year to get out into the garden and perform all those clean-up jobs around your entertaining areas
Easy entertaining
It won't be difficult to impress your guests this season with these inspired culinary delights
A tropical escape
A simple and stylish timber-clad cabana and plunge pool within a tropical garden setting provide these busy home owners with their very own backyard oasis
Recline and relax
Adaptable furniture for any outdoor room. Daybeds are one of the latest trends in outdoor furniture design and are an integral part of our external rooms in terms of space and comfort.
Sociable climbers
Climbers are nature’s speed kings. Given the right growing conditions, vigorous growers can cover metres in one season, giving you fast protection from both the sun and prying eyes.
Ground control: fruit fly
Don't let them eat your food! Try these organic commercial and homestyle methods to get rid of these pesky invaders
Back to basics
A gardening couple use all the basic techniques they learned in their early years to produce vibrant flowers and healthy fruit and vegies.
Lemon tree, very pretty...
A home restaurant, wood-carving workshop, champion lemon tree and huge vegie patch keep this gardener almost too busy to spend time on his homemade wine, beer and moonshine
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Vasili meets a Victorian garden designer who has turned recycling into an art form
Sidewalk success
See how a savvy Western Australian gardener turned a nature strip with only grass growing on it into a productive vegie patch.
Making compost
If you want your garden to feed you, you need to feed it! Composting is a lot easier than most people think.
Caffeine hit for plants
If your plants look a little on the sleepy side, a sprinkle of ground coffee will give them the kick they need.
Plant tonic
Plants have the wonderful ability to draw specific types of minerals from the soil, so why not capture these and put them back into the soil to feed your plants again and again?
Rocky roads to greener pastures
There's so much more than beautiful plantings to see at this amazing property at The Basin, in Victoria
Clever Crop- Amaranth
Amaranthus, also known as amaranth, is a herb with around 60 species, all quite easily recognised by their foliage, which ranges from purple to red to gold. At a glance, many people would consider amaranthus a weed, but don’t be fooled; in many countrie
Clever Crop- Cabbage
Today, there are more than 400 varieties. Discover the origins of cabbage and its many applications and benefits.
Home brew
Are you sick and tired of your plants being attacked by creepy crawlies? Instead of spraying them with chemical insecticides, give them a does of my favourite spice.
Whitewash
It's very common throughout Greece to find tree trunks painted with whitewash. Whitewashing your plants prevents fungal disease developing, heat injury to trunks, invasion by bark borers and insects laying eggs under the bark.
I've got worms have you?
Did you know that, among the 3000-odd species of worms that exist around the world, there are two main types we should consider when trying to establish a healthy garden?
Leaf compost
When deciduous trees near you shed their leaves, go and collect them from the driveways, pathways and gutters and place them in your compost bin, as all good gardeners do.
Mulching around
We're heading into winter and I bet the last thing on your mind is mulching your garden. Winter means cool weather and rain, but that's no reason to ignore the fact that your garden still needs to be mulched.
Landscape Australia Conference 2011
The National Landscape Australia Conference and Awards for Excellence comes to Sydney on 12-14 May. With ‘Sustainable Urban Environmental Developments’ as its theme the Conference is a must.
Mansfield’s Win NGIA Awards
The NGIA Awards Dinner in Melbourne saw Mansfield’s Propagation Nursery take home the chief gong for Hall of fame along with best Propagation Nursery.
Get ready for summer with 'Summer Envy'
At the top of Tiger Turf's landscape range is Summer Envy - a synthetic lawn with a more natural 'Australian' grass look.