“Mary, Mary, quite contrary how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row.’ I thought I might surprise you with a follow up on our garden now that we have been in our new home for 10 months. It’s amazing how fast this time has gone! […]Read Post ›
The landscaping has been finished and I am very grateful to our landscaping team who made it a very easy tansition. Our home has been transformed by the beautiful green, green grass and the lush green plants. It never ceases to amaze me how a little bit of greenery can completely change an area and […]Read Post ›
The framework and reticulation for our vertical garden has been installed by our landscapers (landscapeswa.com.au). I started to randomly place our Ikea pots with my trial plants on the frame to get a feel for how it will fit together. I have spent the last couple of days potting new plants and herbs to go […]Read Post ›
Along our eastern boundry fence we will be installing a vertical garden. The low kitchen and scullery glass splashback windows will look out on to this garden. I have no doubt that this vertical garden will be a learning curve and we will be constantly adapting and growing with it! The concept/design of this was done […]Read Post ›
http://www.landscapeswa.com.au I reckon the landscaping is the icing on the cake with building a new home and it is really the final step in the whole process. Anyone following my blog will know that this is probably one of the most anticipated parts for me. I had butterflies in my stomach this morning when I […]Read Post ›
Yipeee – we have some grass! To my delight I saw a little honeyeater fly into the front courtyard and start feeding on the clivea blossoms. That’s what it is all about 😊
I have been meaning to do a follow up post on landscaping for a while but time has got away from me and now that the landscaping has just started (paving and screening) and the rest will be underway next week I thought it was about time I got my act together and posted part […]Read Post ›
I popped down to the block today to see that they had almost finished the GF roof – yay! I did notice that there was a sheet of colourbond missing over the kitchen area so not sure what’s happening there? I just hope that it won’t mean more delays! They have also started […]Read Post ›
I have been a ‘little’ bit obsessed with plants and landscaping recently – something that becomes quite obvious when you see all my pictures on pinterest! We are very keen to create a waterwise and bird attracting garden that will look lush, provide privacy and be easy for us to maintain. We are hoping to use a […]Read Post ›
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