Gardening and growing plants.

The Avenue Of Achievable Gardens

One of the hits of the last few years at The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has been the Avenue Of Achievable Gardens. What people like about it is that these are gardens that we can all achieve, unlike some of the showgardens which are only like dreams to the everday homeowner. The other thing I like about it is that the gardens are created by TAFE students who get the chance of a lifetime to show their designs to the world.

Thanks goes to Debco for sponsoring the Avenue Of Achievable Gardens.

Below are some photos I took of the particular gardens that I liked. I will try and chase up who did them and re-post it here - but for now, enjoy their hard work.

The Great Victorian Hanging Basket Competition.

Every year many participents take part in the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show hanging basket competiton. The competition is run by The Royal Horticultural Society Of Victoria and entrants can pick up their baskets from nurseries, including Gardenworld. Thanks also goes to Debco and Scotsburn Nurseries two of our nursery suppliers.

This year the competition was once again of a high standard and below is a few photos of some of the ones I liked.

Rodney Noonan's pansy & celosia combo

 

While the cat's away...

by James Wall - Gardenworld Nursery

the mice did play. Yes, today Rob Pelletier and I took over am radio station 3AW's The Big Backyard while Jane Edmonson and Darren James were away. I was actually only there for the second hour but we had a good ol' yarn, there were plenty of tomato growing stories and we discussed some of the more popular plants currently being sold at the nursey. One of those I mentioned was the Coprosma Tequila Sunrise. This succulent like plant has awesome coloured foliage and is a low water user. It gets up to waist height but can be trimmed back to keep neat. The foliage colour actually varies throughout the year and you will need to protect young plants from frost. The boys were also impressed by our genovese basil grown in biodegradable pots made from miscanthus grass bound with natural vegetable gums. You simply crack the pot and plant it in the ground. It composts away and comes with no label and no price sticker. This pot is perfect for quick crops like herbs. We are selling hundreds of them which shows that this is what people want to see.

Anyway, its late, and the nursery is open again tomorrow and I'd better not be late ! Tune in to 3AW next Saturday to hear our fruit tree expert Dennis talking after nine. He works at the nursery every Saturday.