21 June 2025 | Australian Natives, Biodiversity, Climate change
Juvenile Foliage What’s the point of different juvenile foliage? Walk through any patch of bushland Melbourne and you might notice that some young plants look surprisingly different from their mature counterparts. This is especially noticeable in eucalypts and...
24 March 2025 | Australian Natives
Why autumn is the best time to plant indigenous species It’s been a long dry summer. According to the Bureau of Meterology, during December, January and February Viewbanks’s mean temperature was 2.1 degrees above average and rainfall was about 80%. And March has...
29 July 2023 | Australian Natives, Biodiversity
Tasty bushtucker treats around our streets Walking around my Macleod neighbourhood the other day, I came across a street tree absolutely covered in fruit. While there are definitely lots of olive trees on our streets, that’s not the tree I’m talking about. I’m talking...
20 November 2022 | Australian Natives
Midyim berry – an easy to grow Australian edible native Midyim berry (Austromyrtus dulcis) is a perennial, native to eastern coastal regions from northern NSW to south-east Queensland, and is a member of the myrtle family. It is a low growing, spreading bush...
