A warm Fall/Autumn morning spent wandering through the incredible Desert Botanical Garden located in Papago Park in Phoenix, Central Arizona revealed 140 acres of stunning desert plantings, during my recent visit to the USA, catching up with my dear friend, Phoenix local and fellow blogger AZPlantLady, was such a delightful and Read more…
Ever experienced house magazine envy when scanning the glossy pages and you see a beautiful container filled with Phalaenopsis orchids and thought to yourself “Hey, I wouldn’t mind one of them” but then you go to a florist or to the big hardware store with green paint and red writing and Read more…
Last Saturday night my friend Sabrina Hahn and I were the guest speakers at RE-LEAF a Sundowner hosted by Guildford Town Garden Centre. We were there to raise much-needed funds for Beyond Blue which “is the national initiative to raise awareness of anxiety and depression, providing resources for recovery, management and Read more…
Here’s a great example of what can happen to iconic old trees when arborists and hard landscapers don’t get their heads together first …….. This past week we were at Rottnest Island, just off the West Australian coast…home of the cutest little West Australian marsupials, the Quokka, it’s our Island holiday playground, where just about Read more…