Dirty Ideas for Everyday Gardens

Dirty Ideas for
Everyday Gardens
Designed by Chris Slaughter, Scenic Blue Design
Scenic Blue Design are committed to creating your very own unique quality landscape design. They will bring
to life your lifestyle with a quality approach that satisfies both your practical needs and personal aspirations.
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Landscapes
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Natural Elements
Landscapes
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Construct
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Constructed by Paul Glover, Natural Elements Landscapes
Our aim at Natural Elements Landscapes is to create unique outdoor spaces to suit your lifestyle. We
accomplish this by listening carefully to all your ideas, expectations and dreams.
Presented by the Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT (NGINA)
D i r t y I d e a s f o r Ev
Forget about size!
If you have air and light, you too can be a gardener and
enhance your life.
‘Dirty Ideas for Everyday Gardens’ was developed with the
idea that any space has the potential to be a garden.
Inspired by recent trends in upcycling, container and creative
gardening, the team at NGINA set about creating minigardens for the most unlikely places. This includes such unique
combinations as: converting a casserole dish into a herb
garden; growing a tea plant in a teapot, or using an old bath for
veggies or flowers. Don’t stop here - when you get home think
about turning an old wardrobe into a vertical garden, hanging flowers on the washing line or
make an old barbecue into superb herb garden...
...the possibilities are endless!
Structurally the garden consists of three
main components:
1. Front of House
There’s a warm, homely and friendly
welcome to anyone venturing through the
front gate. As they walk up the path and
across the veranda they are wondering what
goes on behind the front door. For anyone
watching it’s hard to describe the surprise on
peoples’ faces as they step through that door!
2. Food, Foliage and Leisure
You’ll be blown away by the inspirational planting in an old
bath tub. Look for the unlikely combination of globe artichoke,
fox glove, frothy everlastings and alyssum surrounded by
kangaroo paws. Then there’s time to relax, time to garden and
even some time to rest under a tree as the journey continues
across a backyard with colour, seclusion, life and vibrancy for
all to share. Note the tomatoes, strawberries and herbs.
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3. Walls, Smalls and Talls
Make sure every conceivable space has something that is eye
catching, edible, exciting or entertaining. Keep an eye out for
the vertical espaliered citrus and olive trees, the upcycled long
unused iron stove, a ladder on its last legs and feature trees
lining the exit.
Above all, the objective
of this garden is to
demonstrate how
achievable, beneficial
and fun a garden can be
for people of all ages.
Plants used inlcude:
Calibrachoa
assorted Calibrichoa
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Camellia sinensis Tea plant
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Casuarina glauca
‘Cousin It’ - Cousin
It
Acacia cognata
‘Limelight’ - Acacia
cognata
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Alyssum light pink
& white - Alyssum
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Kangaroo paw
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Aquilegia vulgaris Granny’s bonnet
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Argyranthemum
assorted Everlasting daisies
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Bellis perennis pink
& white
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Blechnum ‘Silver
Lady’ - Silver lady
fern
Buxus topiary
Pyramid - English
box
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Buxus topiary Spiral
- English box
Caffea arabica
Hardenbergia
‘Sea of Purple’ Hardenbergia
Herbs assorted
including thyme,
sage, mint, parsley
‘Moon Bay’
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Olive Espalier
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Ophiopogon
japonicus
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Orange ‘Valencia’
Espalier
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Osteospermum
assorted
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Pansy assorted
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Pelargonium
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Impatiens New
Guinea
Coronidia ‘Sunny
Side Up’ - Paper
daisy
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Laurus nobilis
standard - Standard
bay tree
Cordyline ‘Torbay
Dazzler’ - Variegated
cabbage tree
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Linaria
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Petunia assorted
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Liriope muscari
‘Evergreen Giant’
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Philodendron
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Cyclamen -
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Dichondra ‘Silver
Falls’ - Dichondra
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Loropetalum
chinensis ‘Plum
Georgeous’
Poa labillardieri
‘Eskdale’
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Poa poiformis
‘Kingsdale’
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Digitalis assorted
- Foxglove
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Magnolia ‘Teddy
Bear’
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Polyanthus assorted
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Eriostemon
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Geranium ‘Big Red’
- Geranium
Mandevilla assorted
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Prunus cerasifera
‘Nigra’
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Pyrus ‘Chanticlear’
Nandina domestica
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Spathiphyllum
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Independant garden centres near you...
ACT & Sth West
Heritage Nursery
T. 02 6281 7373
Banks Street, Weston Park
Yarralumla
Peard’s Borella Road
Nursery
T. 02 6041 3346
119 Borella Road, Albury
Pialligo Plant Farm
T. 02 6247 5752
12 Beltana Road, Pialligo
Provincial Plants and
Landscapes
T. 02 6262 6456
2 Beltana Rd (Cnr Pialligo &
Fairbairn Ave), Pialligo
Riverina Nursery
T. 02 6962 1135
160 Mackay Avenue, Yoogali
Rodney’s Plant Plus
T. 02 6248 9633
24 Beltana Road, Pialligo
Tumut Valley Violets
T. 02 6947 2432
www.valleyviolets.com.au
Yarralumla Nursery
T. 02 6207 2447
Banks Street, Yarralumla
C Coast Hunter
Bromeliads Australia
T. 02 4359 3356
49 Ruttley’s Road, Wyee Point
Burbank Nurseries
T. 02 4353 1137
266 Pacific Highway, Kangy Angy
Composting Cannon
T. 0411 763 933
www.compostingcannon.com.au
Fernas Garden Centre
T. 02 4351 2295
370 Pacific Highway, Wyong
North
Gale Citrus
T. 02 4372 1408
1265 Wisemans Ferry Rd,
Somersby
Heemskerk’s Nursery
T. 02 67 664 518
415-425 Armidale Road,
Tamworth
Heritage Gardens Nursery
T. 02 4966 5233
New England Highway, East
Maitland
Hunter Valley Gardens
T. 02 4998 4000
Broke Road, Pokolbin
Illawarra Native Nursery /
Country Elegance Gardens &
Gifts
T. 02 4995 9272
Chichester Dam Road, Dusodie
Via Dungog
140 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay
The Laurels Nursery
T. 02 6636 4225
RMB 164, Summerland Way, Old
Grevillia
South Coast
Back to Front Garden Centre
T. 02 6494 1700
352 Old Wallagoot Road, Kalaru
Gehl Wholesale Nursery
T. 02 4821 5853
70 Fitzroy Street, Goulburn
Poppy’s on Oakdale Road
T. 02 4947 8255
83 Oakdale Road, Gateshead
Ngulla-Dulla Garden Centre
T. 02 4454 4166
Lot 381 Green Street, Ulladulla
Scone Potting Shed
T. 02 6545 9998
51 Main St, Scone
Shepherd’s Hill Nursery
T. 02 4841 1404
321 George Street, Marulan
Wyee Nursery
T. 02 4357 1335
103 Wyee Road, Wyee
Sunrise Nurseries
T. 02 4294 1307
193 Princes Highway,
Helensburgh
Mid North Coast
Bonny Hills Garden Centre
and Garden Cafe
T. 02 6585 5764
1055 Ocean Drive, Bonny Hills
Ken Woodward Building &
Garden Centre
T. 02 4997 0733
12 Winta Road, Tea Gardens
Nature’s Care Nursery
T. 02 6552 8848
Cnr Muldoon & Whitbread
Streets, Taree
Total Gardens
T. 02 6651 2002
5 Nelson Street, Coffs Harbour
Vanderley Nursery
T. 02 6585 1935
274 Rawdon Island Road, Sancrox
Northern Rivers
Best Tree Tenders
T. 02 6722 4200
Lot 1 Warialda Road, Inverell
Daley’s Fruit Tree Nursery
T. 02 9034 4626
36 Daleys Lane, Geneva Via
Kyogle
Eden at Byron
T. 02 6685 6874
Wariapendi Farm Nursery
T. 02 4889 4327
33 - 35 Church Avenue, Colo Vale
Welby Garden Centre
T. 02 4872 1244
Cnr Old Hume Hwy & Bendooley
Street, Welby
Sydney
Altra Nursery Plants Plus
T. 02 9153 5176
5 Depot Road, Peakhurst
Arborglen
T. 02 9652 2327
35 Boronia Road, Glenorie
Ausplants Nursery
T. 02 9524 5532
51 Bunarba Road, Gymea
Bonnyrigg Garden Centre
T. 02 9610 5366
Cnr Elizabeth Drive & Wilson
Road, Bonnyrigg
Bonsai Environment
T. 02 9627 6688
70 O’Connell Street, Vineyard
Bravo Nursery
T. 02 9627 6161
9b, Townson Road, Marsden Park
Camellia Grove Nursery
T. 02 9652 1200
8 Cattai Ridge Road, Glenorie
Huntingwood
T. 02 6366 3131
73 Eves Lane, Millthorpe
Canley Vale Nursery
T. 02 9723 2688
62-68 Canley Vale Road, Canley
Vale
Randwick City Council
Nursery
T. 02 9662 6225
2B Barker Street (cnr Day Lane),
Kingsford
Newtown Garden Market
T. 02 9516 4044
538 King Street, Newtown
St Ives Village Nursery
T. 02 9144 4435
405 Mona Vale Road, St Ives
Thomsons Garden Centre
Orange
T. 02 6362 3191
213 McLachlan Street, Orange
Eco Gardens Bondi Pty Ltd
T. 1300 470 878
Cnr. 28 Curlewis Street & Cnr. Blair
Str., Bondi Beach
Swane’s Nurseries Australia
T. 02 9651 1777
490 Galston Road, Dural
Totally Wild Glass Garden
T. 02 6847 0940
3 Castlereagh St, Gilgandra
Sydney Wildflower Nursery
T. 02 9548 2818
9 Veno Street, Heathcote
Wombine Wholesale and
Retail Nursery
T. 02 6342 4010
Young Road, Cowra
Eden Gardens
T. 02 9491 9900
Cnr Lane Cove & Fontenoy Roads,
North Ryde
Elegant Outdoors
T. 02 9449 1987
2 Rohini Street, Turramurra
Flora Nursery
T. 02 9498 7878
3 Lofberg Road, West Pymble
Forestry Corporation
T. 02 9871 3001
95 Castle Hill Road, West Pennant
Hills
Harvest Seeds & Native Plants
T. 02 9450 2699
281 Mona Vale Road, Terrey Hills
Honeysuckle Garden Centre
T. 02 9387 8786
93 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction
Parkers of Turramurra
T. 02 9487 3888
45-47 Tennyson Avenue,
Turramurra
Plants Plus
T. 02 9839 0711
15 Huntingwood Drive,
Tahmoor Garden Centre
T. 02 4684 2000
3070 Rememberance Drive, Bargo/
Tahmoor
Old Ganarrin Garden Centre
T. 02 6884 5157
8L Gilgandra Road, Dubbo
The North Rocks Greenery
T. 02 9872 6481
371 North Rocks Road, North Rocks
Tim’s Garden Centre
T. 02 4626 7022
2 Queen Street, Campbelltown
Weber’s Nursery Mount Boyce
T. 02 4787 5133
355 Great Western Highway,
Blackheath
Wirreanda Nursery
T. 02 9450 1400
7 Wirreanda Road North, Ingleside
Western
Edgerton Nursery
T. 02 6889 1187
40 Dandaloo Street, Narromine
Greenparkes Garden Centre
T. 02 6862 4191
33-35 Forbes Road, Parkes
Millthorpe Garden Nursery
This feature garden would not be possible without the generous help of many
businesses. Special thanks to:
Burbank
Nursery
Green Toes
Nursery
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Strawberry
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Syzigium ‘Resilience’
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Vaccynium x corymbusm ‘Nellie Kelly
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Vegetable assorted including: artichoke, silver beet (red and green), sweet corn, tomato (cherry and
tall), egg plant, chilli, kale,
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Viburnum odorotissimum ‘Dense Fence’
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Viola hederacea
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Waterhousea florabunda
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Zoysia lawn ‘Nara’
Check www.ngina.com.au for a complete plant list.
About the Green Wall
In addition to the ‘Dirty Ideas for Every
Day Gardens’ feature garden, make sure
to see the amazing vertical garden which
is part of the Embracing the Landscape
Feature. It contains in excess of 2,500 plants
and has been put together by Greenwalls
Australia with most of the plants supplied by
Andreasens Green supplemented with herbs
from Oasis Horticulture.