Western Basalt Plains
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Last weekend I finally got around to (almost) completing the dry river bed that features in our backyard design. The left side of our backyard is a flat, decent-sized area that lacks ‘energy’. It’s also an area that puddles very quickly where there is a downpour of rain. Betsy-Sue did a great job in her…
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Australia is blessed with a unique frog diversity, and is home to over 200 frog species, with 10 frog species local to the western basalt plains. Unfortunately frog populations are depleting at an alarming rate – 43 of our frog species’ are listed as endangered or vulnerable, and three are presumed extinct. The biggest reason…
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Back in April our house was lucky enough to be chosen for a local council program, Habitat Heroes. Part of the program included a free landscape design for a section of our garden, and we chose to use it on our front yard. But that didn’t mean our backyard didn’t need any work. Far from…
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Known as a ‘Hop Bush’, this medium-sized shrub is indigenous to the Victorian Western Basalt Plains and will make a beautiful informal hedge if you are looking to add some privacy to your garden.
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Otherwise known as the Hedge Wattle or Kangaroo Thorn, this plant is indigenous to the Victorian Western Basalt Plains and will make a great ornamental shrub if you are looking to attract small native birds to your garden.
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I absolutely suck at garden design! This Autumn I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved in our council’s ‘Habitat Heroes’ initiative, where we get a complimentary landscape design created for a section of our garden! I’m pretty excited with what was drawn up for my front yard.
