The elegant union of ornamental and productive.
At Libertas Gardens, we like to think that most concrete driveways are just absurdly thickly mulched garden beds… waiting for a rescue! . . This driveway can fit 8 cars… after our little intervention there will still be room for four cars, but room will be made for a few native plants, a bit of
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Part of building and designing productive gardens is to find interesting and imaginative ways to use edible and useful plants in otherwise traditional landscapes. Per example, by planting edible hedges! . . Ever wondered if the standard (and quite boring?) Box hedge could be replaced with something useful? . . Meet Myrtus ugni (Chilean guava)!
These are a few pictures of a chicken coop we have just inaugurated today in Hawthorn. The chicken are is made of a fully fox proof cage around a gorgeous chicken house. Two adjacent chicken yards allow the chooks to access some green during the day, before being locked in their safe haven at night! The house
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The Nash St guerilla garden enters a new phase! A new addition to this already fully reclaimed ( www.reclaimthecurb.org ) nature strip, a little shed was built to accommodate the local produce swap initiative. Using mostly reclaimed or salvaged materials (except for the screws…) this little structure will keep the produce out of the sun in summer and out of the
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Is that a proof or what? ITS ON!
This chicken house will take longer to build than one built with a nail gun and glue, but a bit of craftsmanship and a bit of extra patience allows us to build a frame that will last for generations of chickens after generations of chickens! Of course screws could also be replaced with wooden tenons…
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After less than a year since we turned this sad front yard into a lush mini food forest, look who now comes in for a visit! https://libertasgardens.com.au/orchard-and-food-forest-eltham/
Made from 100% recycled timber, this red gum top / iron bark legs table will last for generations. . The timber used came from fence posts and railway sleepers. Both timbers are reasonably believed to have been harvested from old growth forests, possibly from trees that could have been three to four times older then European settlement
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This are a few pictures of a young guerilla garden. Today, a bit of lawn was removed and a few banana plants found a new place to live. This garden has been strongly driven by a local resident, with a great vision and a lot of determination. With some wild ideas and a lot of
Of all the useful plants in use by gardeners, this one probably is the most versatile. A quick list of its most common uses, to name only a few: An amazing source of nitrogen and trace elements, it is used by many for compost tea. Leaves are harvested and soaked in water for a