Aleisha.Lynch

Aleisha.Lynch Garden Designer | Horticulturist | Author of The Complete Patch. Resilient plant led gardens with heart, Barossa Valley South Australia

A little update from my garden consultation services.Local on-site garden consultations and design work have continued t...
02/06/2026

A little update from my garden consultation services.

Local on-site garden consultations and design work have continued to grow, and I’m very grateful for the support.

After much thought, I’ve decided to step away from offering online consultations and focus fully on in-person garden visits.

I’ve found the most meaningful guidance happens when I’m standing in the garden with you, taking in the light, the soil, the surrounding landscape, and the feeling of the space itself. Because your garden deserves guidance that’s better understood through real observations.

There are only two consultation and design availabilities left in late August for the winter season before I open spring bookings.

Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me into their gardens and trusted me to help you achieve your garden goals. It’s always a privilege.

🌱Aleisha

Winter is here and so is your vegetable planting guide for our warm temperate Australian climate for June. Did you recei...
01/06/2026

Winter is here and so is your vegetable planting guide for our warm temperate Australian climate for June.

Did you receive your Updates From The Patch in your inbox yesterday with all your winter vegetable planting tips and companion planting profile for naturally pest free broccoli and cauliflower? No likes aphid ridden broccoli...

Comment UPDATES if you missed out and want gentle monthly tips for growing your best ever veggies and other garden updates from me.

🌱 Aleisha

I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, and I’m so excited to finally share the front cover of my second book...
31/05/2026

I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, and I’m so excited to finally share the front cover of my second book, Grow.

Tonight I’m signing off on the final edits after finishing the design process, and I can hardly believe this book is almost ready to head to the printers.

After a year of writing, refining, and shaping these pages, seeing it all come together is starting feel very real. My favourite part was selecting the photos of my garden that help you to visualise my words on each page. I can't wait to have this printed book in your hands very soon.

This book isn’t about creating a perfect garden.

It’s about giving you the confidence to make thoughtful decisions. To understand what you’re seeing in your garden and bring everything together in a way that feels natural, intentional, and deeply connected to your surroundings and your personality.

To look at a space and know where to begin.
To choose plants not only for how they look on their own, but for how they work together as part of a whole. And to create a garden that feels calm, balanced, and meaningful to you.

If that’s what you’ve been searching for, Grow was written for you.

Pre-orders are coming very soon.

🌱Aleisha

28/05/2026

Want to grow more echinacea blooms next summer?

Here’s how to harvest seeds from true Echinacea purpurea. Echinacea is a reliable, easy-to-grow perennial that supports pollinators year after year.

Look for fully dried cones: black and brittle, with visible light brown seeds. Then try one of these 3 simple methods to collect and sow:

1. Scrape seeds from the cone
2. Tap the cone into a bowl
3. Rub seeds directly into your garden soil

Echinacea seeds need cold to germinate. Sow them outside now or chill them in the fridge for 4–6 weeks before sowing in punnets.

They’ll sprout in spring and reward you with blooms in their second year. Worth the wait!

🌱Aleisha

Designing a garden from scratch for this old rural homestead just beyond the Barossa has been such such a delight. The p...
27/05/2026

Designing a garden from scratch for this old rural homestead just beyond the Barossa has been such such a delight.

The planting palette is built around a selection of hardy, small native flowering shrubs chosen for their resilience, soft structure, and ability to hold the garden together year round. These are layered with drought-tolerant, evergreen perennials to bring colour through every season, and sculptural succulents to add contrast.

A mix of foliage colours including silvery greys, soft greens, deeper green tones and a touch of burgundy. With plant forms and textures using low mounding shapes to soften bold succulents and vertical flowering spires adding height and interest.

Set in a northern rural landscape, this garden needs to handle some of our toughest conditions. Summers here are long, dry and intensely hot, and winters are cold and frosty. Every plant in this palette has been chosen with those extremes in mind, creating a garden that feels beautiful, resilient, and deeply connected to place.

Comment GARDEN DESIGN to learn how I can help you create a beautiful climate compatible garden for your home.

🌱Aleisha

25/05/2026

I’m so excited to share that my new book, Grow, is coming soon. And to celebrate its upcoming launch, I’m inviting you to join me for my Grow workshops.

It’s a three-part workshop series designed to help you understand your garden, and learn how to design through plants with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
These workshops are held here in the garden at Orcombe Farm in the Barossa Valley, and are designed to be experienced as a complete journey over three months.

Not just what to plant, but why and how.

This isn’t just about choosing plants.
It’s about learning how to really see your garden, how plants behave, how they work together, and how to shape something that feels grounded, expressive, and alive.

In the first workshop, we focus on seeing your garden differently. Learning how to observe it, understand it, and find balance through scale, depth, and layering.

Then we move into designing with plants.
Looking at plant form, shape, texture, colour, and tone, and how to bring those elements together in a a way that feels cohesive and natural.

And in the final workshop, we bring it all together.
Refining your vision, designing for all seasons, and learning how to care for your garden in a way that supports its natural rhythm as it continues to grow and evolve.

If you’ve ever felt unsure in your garden, or like you’re guessing what to plant, this is about giving you the confidence to move forward with clarity and intention.

Comment WORKSHOPS to join me in the garden this spring!

🌱Aleisha

24/05/2026

Watching my Gardening Australia episode this weekend felt incredibly special. Not just seeing the garden on screen, but reflecting on how much has changed, grown and evolved over the past year since filming.

So many parts of the garden have already shifted. Some plants have thrived beyond expectation, others have naturally made way for something new, and the garden continues to slowly expand further down the paddock with every season. That’s the beauty of gardening to me. It’s never finished. It’s always teaching, changing, and growing.

Creating this garden from scratch in a harsh, dry climate hasn’t always been easy, but it has shown me that beautiful gardens are possible anywhere when we learn to work with our environment instead of fighting against it. You don’t need perfect conditions to begin. Start with what you have, learn as you go, and allow the process itself to bring you joy.

I’m so deeply grateful for all the kind messages, comments and support after the episode aired. Thank you for following along with my story and sharing this journey with me. I truly hope it inspires you and others to create gardens that feel meaningful, personal and connected to place.

If you missed the episode, you can still watch my story now on ABC iview.

🌱Aleisha

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