The elegant union of ornamental and productive.
This will be a topic of interest for most gardeners. For us in Melbourne, this is specially relevant to those gardening on the heavy clay soils such as the area around the creeks. Some gardens seem to be cursed with an unending population of gastropods (from ancient Greek, meaning literally stomach-foot). One such garden we
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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Last spring we planted an edible passion fruit vine on this north facing fence, the idea being to green up the fence, maximize vertical space and also, share fruits with the neighbours. As we all know, passion fruits are of the tastiest fruits around, imagine having your own private and almost unlimited supply just a few
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