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 ...
Landcorp Demonstration Garden Seville Grove
The Great Gardens team gets the opportunity show them how it's really done. Revolution Road, Seville Grove is Landcoprs latest sustainable subdivion showcasing some of the finest, energy efficent designed buildings. The Great Gardens team takes center stage at the main entrance with a sustainable West Australian native garden. Over several weeks two ordinary house blocks were converted to showcase as an example of a sustainable garden. One of the concepts that it made a point of was the use of native plants and ground covers as an alternative to lawn particularly on verges. Although, lawn has been used in both ...
Waterwise rebates
Sustainable Outdoors has been endorsed by the Water Corporation to provide high quality, industry standard irrigation systems eligible for the Waterwise rebate scheme. A rebate of $300 or 50% of the installation cost is available on Waterwise irrigation systems. To meet the Waterwise standard, the system must include a rain or soil moisture sensor, a programmable controller that can meet watering rosters and be installed by a qualified person that meets specific design criteria. So you can be assured your getting the best value for money. Subsurface drip irrigation tubing is also eligible for a rebate of up to $100 for a ...
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 effective way to attract frogs and are an attractive addition to your garden. Combined with vegetation and a moist environment, they provide excellent breeding areas 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 permanently wet area) and ...
Verge gardens
Native gardens are getting the edge over lawn on many verges across Perth. The dry climate and open minded people have made native 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 costs and attract local wildlife into your garden.
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