The elegant union of ornamental and productive.
With the completion of the phase one of this job, a dated shrubby garden has been replaced by a highly productive orchard / food forest system. . . . This food forest is irrigated by drip lines as well as by a rainwater diversion system that passively delivers rainwater to the swales. . Great
Working on a limited budget, we focussed on: Productivity By planting three fruit trees, lots of native bush food and setting up a large veggie patch. Low maintenance and biodiversity By planting indigenous grasses and ground covers as well as three large native trees.
Our brand new chicken yard design features practically indestructible materials, it is fully movable and 100% fox proof! Made in Melbourne by Melbournians, from recycled timber and long lasting galvanised steel.
A few pictures from our first official summer 2011 honey harvest! Located in our Carlton backyard, our top bar hive allowed us to steal enough honey from it to sustain a normal honey consumption until our next harvest! Unfortunately we have 2 honey addicts living here, so our consumption is nothing but normal! . .
A few days ago I stumbled upon this magnificent specimen, a lemon tree, pathetically deformed by gall. The above picture shows a prime example of what happens when citrus gall wasp is left to go unchecked. Seasons upon seasons of gall can be seen here. The amazing vigour and resilience of
Libertas Gardens had the pleasure of collaborating with Cultivating Community to refurbish this community garden in North Melbourne. On day 0, this is what we were looking at (click to enlarge) A bit of heavy machinery was needed to scalp the top fertile layer of the entire area. Once piled up neatly and
Libertas Gardens is proud to be involved with the Royal Melbourne Show. We have been asked to design and build a sustainable backyard, bringing together a number of green products such as garden beds, water tanks, composting devices and much more.
Turning lawn to food With plenty of room for the kids to play and friends to be entertained, this property will be one of the most productive urban mini orchards around. From the strawberries at ground level up to the tip of the apricot tree, it will be a healthy garden of Eden, producing food
My first honey from the top bar! A few pictures of our first honey harvest from our “top bar hive”. Learn online or by this book, great stuff: www.biobees.com for more details…
Who said we can’t grow tomatoes in winter! My little veggie garden is still pumping tomatoes like there is no tomorrow … prime winter sun, proximity to a brick wall and a slab of concrete as well as a safe elevation from the near by creek keeps our precious annuals growing through the cold months.
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