https://www.naturescapescanberra.com/resources daily 0.75 2025-03-27 https://www.naturescapescanberra.com/resources/a-gardeners-emotional-toolbox monthly 0.5 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/7981710c-d8c1-4127-9d48-8914000bb846/wahlenbergia.jpg Resources - A Gardener’s Emotional Toolbox - Make it stand out Native bluebells (Wahlenbergia sp.) forming a sea of purple in my garden. They are loved by local insects, including tiny native bees who can occasionally be spotted sleeping inside the blossoms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/b6eec3ec-ff91-4d83-b778-6db9c4062972/PXL_20240216_225904795+%281%29.MP.jpg Resources - A Gardener’s Emotional Toolbox - Make it stand out A summer harvest of cucumbers, zucchinis, peppers, tomatoes, sunflowers and salvias taking up allllllll the bench space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/069e4f6f-9b81-4972-8c85-3614b0db390c/PXL_20250102_024357492.jpg Resources - A Gardener’s Emotional Toolbox - Make it stand out Roadside Ammonium alatum near Braidwood NSW providing naturalistic planting inspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/cbfd3352-981b-485d-ba18-b811b500a0e0/PXL_20240127_084702197.jpg Resources - A Gardener’s Emotional Toolbox - Make it stand out Paying my Dad in sunflowers for help around the house - before the rosellas munched them all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/52f13862-adda-40e5-b912-0c0d3b83ef0e/PXL_20250204_233113000.jpg Resources - A Gardener’s Emotional Toolbox - Make it stand out Xerochrysum viscosum and Brachyscome ‘Pacific Cloud’ tangling nicely in the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/06bd9939-1369-4cf2-b6a0-769685c85402/PXL_20231229_073509871.jpg Resources - A Gardener’s Emotional Toolbox - Make it stand out My husband Aidan and my best friend Em sharing a cuppa and planting out lettuces. Both once non-gardens, now passionate gardeners. https://www.naturescapescanberra.com/resources/gardens-for-biodiversity-insects monthly 0.5 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/fe6fb494-0a9f-400d-894e-5a0a7d94db20/PXL_20250130_013708696.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Insects - Make it stand out A Blue Banded Bee in my kitchen garden visiting the bright blue flowers of Salvia ulignosa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/73e6bee9-d261-490b-a4f9-66e6beb66506/DSCN4407.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Insects - Make it stand out A dragonfly resting on a warm rock in my pond. There are 325 species of dragonfly and damselfly in Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/0846a694-a150-439c-a0a2-dc8f0cd3789b/Oudolf.png Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Insects - Make it stand out Piet Oudolf’s garden, Oudolf Hummelo, in Autumn. Source: https://oudolf.com/garden/oudolf-hummelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/5a687ff5-7ea0-41a1-b4e1-b878362e2594/PXL_20250121_231254761.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Insects - Make it stand out Plants in the Asteraceae family, such as this Xerochrysum viscosum, are a magnet for a range of insect species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/d32255ef-bd5d-492b-b44b-f29a84b3deaa/Oudolf+2.png Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Insects - Make it stand out Oudolf Hummelo in winter. This soft, textural look is able to be achieved using some of our Australian plants. 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Gardens for Biodiversity: Insects - Make it stand out The Wahlenbergia in my garden are visited by many local insects, including tiny native bees. https://www.naturescapescanberra.com/resources/blog-post-title-one-ef5ns monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/5a333443-dea8-4402-8e24-3a1f96ba662d/Rosella1.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Birds - Make it stand out A Crimson Rosella feasts on seeds of Bursaria spinosa in Cam’s garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/39361d15-1111-4bea-98dd-bde4c9163f8e/PXL_20241022_233943483.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Birds - Make it stand out Young flower spikes of Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Orange’ emerging amongst NZ native Phormium ‘Bronze Warrior’, and Poa labillardierei in Cam’s front garden in early spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/c8372e0e-03e6-425d-8ee4-0941090ac4af/PXL_20241015_075514238.MP.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Birds - Make it stand out My good-natured pup Lottie, who luckily is a very poor hunter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/31c6ec25-6ba8-4b25-957d-b8e97a19e8dd/DSCN4400.jpg Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Birds - Make it stand out An Eastern Spinebill hovering to drink nectar from Grevillea ‘Lady O’ in a sheltered spot in my garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/43b3a418-393a-4770-9f8d-e88a1ea38876/Birds.png Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/08c56522-29bd-4db3-a265-6c166be32232/Bird+types.png Resources - Gardens for Biodiversity: Birds - Make it stand out Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8fe6ebf7de138f46878d3/69691e8e-3cf2-40a0-a0f4-a6cdb76f1557/pond+and+birds.jpg Resources - 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