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What is an indigenous plant?

Indigenous plants are not only native to Australia, but they are plants that occur naturally in your local area.

Why plant indigenous plants?

Since white settlement our indigenous plants have been removed or out competed by exotic plants.

Indigenous plants were and continue to be an important food source for our local fauna. They [...]

Nestboxes

Australia boasts an amazing and diverse range of native fauna, including our brightly coloured parrot species, our cheeky sugar gliders, our ever-present possums and our elusive micro-bats.

All these animals, and many more, have two things in common:

They all live in tree hollows
They desperately need your help!

Due to the removal of native trees across Australia for [...]

Living With Possums... Without Going Nuts!

Alright, so we’ve all had to deal with these furry little fellows at some stage… in fact everyone I talk to through the nursery has had some issue or another with possums!

“They ate my rose buds!”

“Little beggars ate all my fruit”

“Can’t get a good nights sleep”

“What on earth ate my seedlings?”

Living with possums isn’t always [...]

To feed birds or not to feed birds in the garden is an interesting debate. If you are going to put out feed to attract birds we ask you to consider the following information from the Bird Observers Club of Australia.

Supplementary feeding increases the numbers of any single species in the garden, but [...]

The Butterfly Effect - Beautiful Butterfly Gardening in the 'Burbs

It was Dolly Parton who once said that “love is like a butterfly” and I have to agree… well, kind of! There is nothing I enjoy more than sitting out in my patch, enjoying the flit of flight and flash of colour from some beautiful butterflies. While these are not always the first cab off [...]

Gardens for Wildlife

Attracting native animals to your garden can add extra colour and interest. It can assist pest control by attracting insect predators and can also contribute to keeping animal populations viable by providing a pathway for them to commute between bushland areas. All you have to do is provide your garden visitors with food, water and [...]

Fantastic Frogs in your Patch

Like a famous American frog once said, “It’s not easy being green”, and this is particularly true for our amazing Australian amphibians. Although we have been blessed with a unique frog diversity (Australia is home to over 200 frog species), loads of them are croaking at an alarming rate! Of our frog species, about 43 [...]

Bringing Birds Back to The Burbs

Now, this may not be too humble, but I reckon I am a bit of a champion of chirpers! I absolutely adore sitting out in my patch at dusk, beer in hand, watching and identifying all manner of birds who have chosen to pop in for a drink and a stickybeak. From tiny, cheerful little [...]

Bushfoods: Have Your Habitat (and eat it too)!

Over the last few years gardens (and gardeners) have undergone a revolution of sorts. Water restrictions, climate change and rapidly disappearing native habitats has prompted a resurgence in native gardens. While rising food and petrol prices (amongst other things) have seen gardeners returning to home produce gardening. But, how to combine the two successfully?

Well, just [...]