Selecting the right hedge improves your lifestyle, enhances our environment and does not require excessive maintenance. Hedges provide many benefits such as privacy, wind protection, ornamental statements and flowers. Well-designed hedges and shelterbelts also provide valuable habitat and vegetation corridors for birds and native mammals. New homeowners eagerly seek plants for hedges and screens. Most [...]
1- The objective of the planting is to enhance the ecological value of the site working within the guidelines of the Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve Plan of Management. 2- To establish a forest / woodland vegetation community consisting of primarily pioneer tree and shrub canopies to assist in the regeneration of a native vegetation cover [...]
Project objectives The objective of the planting was to stabilise and provide filtration to a newly constructed storm water retention basin, revegetate a small drainage line running through part of the grounds and plant out mulched garden beds that followed the perimeter fence line. Strategies to achieve objectives To achieve the objectives a total of [...]
Contrary to popular belief, native plants can be used to create spectacular results in formal gardens. Formal gardens are gardens with Read more →
(Gardening Australia Fact Sheet – Australian Cut Flower). Australia has a diverse and unique native flora that has evolved on Read more →
Every week for nearly two decades a small group of volunteers has been systematically weeding and assisting natural regeneration on Read more →
In the Southern Highlands we have an amazing range of birds that occur naturally. Surrounding our urban areas a bounty Read more →
When Science is Considered the Facts Remain. Last month I explained some of the science behind creating an effective windbreak Read more →
Our planting team has been busy over spring with one of our projects being the wind farm at Bungendore. Wariapendi was approached to revegetate an area of severe erosion. The planting was undertaken after earthworks had reshaped the site. With Read more →
Contrary to popular belief, native plants can be used to create spectacular results in formal gardens. Formal gardens are gardens with well-defined lines and strong structure. Plants are often used in geometric layout with the use of clipped and stylized plant Read more →
