Grass Tree installation
The true Australian bush! Planting a Grass tree is fun, inspiring and dead easy, but there are a few thing you should know about Grass trees before you start swinging the banjo. 1. The best time to transplant one is undoubtably during Winter, but can be done either side with good results. In Winter the soil is slightly damp and tends to hold around the roots better when dug up, this keeps the vital hair like connect between the soil microbes in tack, which will save the tree much unneeded stress. 2. Selecting the new location - Grass trees are an understory species and will ...
Frog Ponds
Creating a frog friendly environment around your garden can be extremely rewarding. Frogs need plenty of moisture, shelter and food. This means planting native trees, shrubs and ground cover, using mulch on garden beds and providing rocks, logs, and water. Frog ponds are an wonderful way to bring frogs into your garden and simply look fantastic. Combined with native plants and sedges as well as a damp environment they provide excellent breeding ground for frogs. We have designed a fantastic system that can be purchased from us or have us install. The frog pond consists of two areas, the pond part (a ...
Verge gardens
Native gardens are getting the edge over lawn on many verges across Perth. Perth's dry climate and an amazing array of Western Australian plants have made verge gardens more practical than ever before. Verge gardens make an excellent water saving alternative to grass, and most people would agree that it looks far better anyway. There's a huge diversity of native plants available that will make you verge look outstanding, increase the value of your property, education others, use less water, reduce maintenance and attract local wildlife into your garden. Sustainable Outdoors can help you create yours today, see our contact details.
Mulch, mulch, mulch
Mulching is one of the most important aspects of gardening in Western Australia, without it your wasting your time. Just imagine how hard it would be to live in baking hot desiccated sand, just like running over the hot sand to the beach without shoes. The surface temperature can be quite extreme, which is just sucking the moisture and life out of your garden. Mulch serves two purposes, the first to provide an insulating layer over the soil and secondly, to feed the soil. The top 50% of the mulch provides the insulation and the lower will become a humid area that ...
Free Great Gardens Workshops
FREE Great Gardens workshops, focused on saving water, fertiliser and having a great time, these workshop are a winner when it comes to gardening in Western Australia. Find out the recipes of what will improving the look and the functionality of your garden, how to save time and money, enhance the environment and the local wildlife. These workshops are jam packed with useful knowledge even for the most experienced. The Great Gardens team also run several other workshops that focus on "Energy Efficiency" in the home, how to grow "Great Fruit Gardens" and "Heavenly Hectares" a workshop directed towards people with properties ...
Hulbert Street Sustainability Fiesta
"Art work by Tim Darby" The Hulbert Street Sustainability Fiesta has been another huge success this year attracting many thousand people to this truly amazing community organised event. The organisers Shani Graham and Tim Darby from The Painted Fish have brought together the residents of Hulbert street, sustainably focussed businesses, demonstrations and fun activities with a spice of local food and music. The Fiesta is a celebration of sustainable living and community, the street boasts over 60% of its residents growing organic food at home and 25% produce their own energy from solar power. The Painted Fish was open as part of ...
Our services
Sustainable Outdoors environmental consultation, design and service. We specialise in Native West Australian Landscaping in the Perth metro area and revegetation and landcare service to the broader Western Australian region. Our clients are from residential, commercial and government sectors. We have access to the widest range of native plants and seeds, machinery and experience to tailor a solution to your project.
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