The elegant union of ornamental and productive.
We offer full landscape design and landscaping for large blocks, but are also happy offering garden design for small spaces. Small front yards and backyards makeovers usually mean we must be maximise the use of vertical spaces to the fullest. For a sculptural and yet productive effect, the espalier fruit tree is an ancient and
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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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Cherry guavas – Psidium littorale (aka Psidium cattleianum) . Of all the perennial edible plants that grow and bear well in south eastern Australia, this one comes second to none. . A medium size shrub (1.5m to 3m), Psidium littorale has it all for itself. It is frost hardy (to -4c) and will fruit
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
Wicking beds or self watering garden beds are perfect for apartments, balconies, public spaces and over concrete or paved areas where regular garden beds are not possible. The water sensitive design means minimal water is lost through evaporation and no irrigation systems are needed! Libertas Gardens offers two standardised styles of