Northcote back garden
This is a contemporary backyard in Northcote we have been working on recently. The architect More
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Speed Date a Sustainable Expert
Looking forward to being part of the Alternative Technology Association’s next Speed Date a Sustainable Expert at Wyndham Vale this Saturday. We were also part of the recent event in Moonee Valley giving advice on small gardens, incorporating small vegie plots More
Rainforest in Coburg
A delightful new garden room needed a garden More
Design Clinic at MIFGS
Small Spaces will be at the Melbourne International Garden Show (MIFGS), coming up in late March. We will be offering design clinics along with other members of our professional body AILDM. Go to http://designclinic.setmore.com/ to book a time with your designer of choice. Of course if it’s a small garden you need advice on, this is what we specialise in; courtyards, balconies; front or back inner city gardens, (where small spaces live). We cover Melbourne’s inner suburbs from Brunswick, Northcote, to Richmond, Prahran and down by the bay.
Enter via the lane
This garden is a perfect example of how infill development More
Speed Date a Sustainable Expert
Looking forward to being a part of Speed Date a Sustainable Expert coming up on Feb 21. I will be talking about creating sustainable gardens, More
Our Veggie Garden Project
2nd stage – well this has inspired a summer makeover of the front garden. Since we started with our whiteboard wish list I’ve cleared out the weeds, discovered self sown tomatoes, a few random potatoes. The tomatoes have been staked, the soil turned over, a new crop of lettuce has gone in. I’m using seedling lettuce as it will deliver a quicker crop for us.
I’ve taken our whiteboard wish list and given it some structure;
Planting now (late Summer) –
BED 1 – Cucumbers, Lettuce & Strawberries
BED 2 – tomatoes have been staked
BED 3 – Capsicum
BED 4 – (on fence line with all the north light) Passionfruit
Come late Autumn through till Winter we’ll compost the soil, plant out red onions for Ben, let the Roquet self seed everywhere and plant some Broad Bean seeds, but not anywhere near the onions.
This started out as a random conversation around the dinner table, but then it got me thinking. I’m always on about how a small veggie garden More
Back to work
We’re back at work for 2015. Starting off with a roof garden More
Climbing rose in a small garden
Climbing roses are perfect for adding a burst of colour in a small garden. Make the most of your vertical garden space by training climbers up the boundary walls. Use an old door frame or whatever else you can find to train your rose on. Climbing roses flower more when trained horizontally so encourage your leaders across the frame.
Gardening in small gardens workshop
Gardening in small gardens workshop is on again today. I will be talking about scale and proportion in built elements, and in plants. What plants to use, case studies.