Gardens by Janet Radcliffe

19/12/2022

Last garden for 2022 done !Just my own to tinker in for now.Some of my favourites from my garden and others, from this year🌸
Wishing everyone a happy , safe and peaceful festive season.Warm regards Janet x

05/11/2022

Native Bees
I attended a very interesting morning learning about Australian native bees today.
It really opened my eyes to how important they are for our ecosystem.
They only travel 500 metres in their search for pollen so a backyard garden is perfect to provide habitat for them .
They love flowers - natives particularly but any flowers are great for them.
And they don’t sting .
You may already have them in your garden but please consider adding a hive or just planting flowering plants for them .🙏
( btw this pic is not native bees they are much smaller - and more elusive to photograph! )

30/10/2022

Love to see👏

For many gardeners, living in a rental home can really put a dampener on garden-dreams, but for young horticulturist Brooklyn Mabbott her rental backyard has been a gateway to living out her food production and community-building ambitions.

13/10/2022

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24/09/2022

I do love a nana garden.
All the favourites ❤️

09/09/2022

Grevilleas.❤️
Some of my own collection currently flowering their little heads off.
Australian natives that grow in most soils , minimum water , full sun and part shade and not much attention .
I tip prune mine regularly as I like compact growth but you don’t have to.
The birds and the bees adore them and the flowers also sit nicely in a vase for over a week.
So many varieties to choose from but G.Moonlight ( white one pictured) is my all time favourite.🙏


31/08/2022

Lavender lovers - there is some great advice here to extend the life of those beautiful pots it’s hard to resist buying at this time of year💐

Pruning lavender in late summer is the secret to beautiful blooms year after year. Here's how to prune lavender step-by-step.

28/07/2022

A few of the stunners I spotted at Cairns Botanical gardens today which is always a treat to visit and a tropical plant lovers wonderland❤️

28/06/2022

Being a plant nerd I get super excited when I plant something unusual in my garden and it grows
This is Acacia Macradenia which is the Zig Zag Wattle.
It has a very architectural shape bit like a tortured willow .The flowers are just sweet .
It got smashed in a storm but strangely has given it an even more cool shape

07/06/2022

Been my pleasure to beautify the front tee at Maclean Golf club. I’ve chosen to use natives here as they sit nicely in the bush settingand also are pretty hardy - tolerant of drought and floods . After only a few months and planted from mostly tube stock they are well on the way to making a nice welcome to the first hole🏌️🏌🏼‍♀️🏌️‍♂️