Welcome to our fourth webinar where we are luck enough to be joined by Nancy Scade; where they will be presenting on how we can communicate to home gardeners can green WA! A topic of native plant survival many of us are interested in from past failed attempts! But not only will Nancy be helping us in our gardens, but discussing the impacts of our garden choices and how choosing local flora does much more for our environment than just look fantastic!
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Please read Nancy’s full summary below: Continue reading “Communicating How Home Gardeners can green W.A.” →
Robin Andersson’s garden began as a new yellow sand housepad in 2000. It was almost 7 years old when she began contributing a fortnightly column to the Boddington Newsletter in 2006. She has written a book ” Ten Years in a Native Garden”. The 10 years refers to the columns she contributed to the newsletter between 2006 and 2017.
Contact eastern.hills.branch@wildflowersocietywa.org.au for details.
Remarrying WA plants with WA gardens (Ricinocarpus tuberculatus AKA Wedding Bush above) makes perfect sense, especially now when Australian climate is getting drier and drier. WA plants require no soil preparation, can be extremely water-wise once established and are attractive to our native birds, insects and of course us. Most will thrive in full sun and can happily grow with very little additional watering once established. It is normal for WA natives to brown off a little and go dormant when conditions become hot and dry in the wild. As soon as the first rains hit they will recover and start growing in preparation for wildflower season. See more Top Tips When Trying to Grow WA Wildflowers. Continue reading “WA Wildflower Power – Tips on Gardening.” →
Alex George, Brian Moyle and Mary Gray will take us on a photographic tour of their wonderful suburban gardens, providing inspiration to all native gardeners.
We will visit a ‘new’ wildflower garden in Mt Hawthorn being developed by Mary Gray, and two established gardens south of the river with Brian Moyle (Mosman Park) and Alex George (Kardinya).
All three gardens are on sand so there will be many hints for Perth gardeners on the Swan Coastal Plain sands.
Mary previously had a garden in Mt Lawley but with a ‘downsize’ is developing a garden on a smaller area. The Mt Lawley garden was included in the Open Garden program and one weekend over 1000 people visited the garden. Alex’s garden has featured on Gardening Australia. Mary, Brian and Alex are all knowledgeable gardeners and will be available for questions at the meeting.
Meetings of the Perth Branch of the Society are held on the second Tuesday of each month in the Subiaco Community Centre across the road from Crossways Shopping centre in Bagot Road. Doors open at 7.45pm and the meeting begins at 8pm. Supper is served after the talk and everyone is eligible for the night’s door prize. You do not need to be a member of the Society to attend, entry requiring a $2 door donation.
Eddy and Donna Wajon are opening their Western Australian Native Garden to all members of Wildflower Society of WA. Eddy lives in Melville district – please email Eddy on wajonpub@bigpond.com to RSVP and get his address.
They have the unusual, the rare, the rescued and the beautiful: several species of Banksia, Hakea, Grevillea, Dryandra, Eucalyptus and Verticordia and also Conostylis, Acacia, Isopogon, Melaleuca and Templetonia + grasses, sedges, lilies and groundcovers. They come in reds, pinks, yellows, whites, oranges and blues. Come along to see what can be grown on Bassendean sand and share ideas on how to keep them alive in this age of climate change and drought.
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