Commercial Horticulture magazine October/November 2014 by Trish Hosking
Food Forests are a Growing Trend in Landscaping
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Commercial Horticulture magazine October/November 2014 by Trish Hosking
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
This dunedin family has a long term vision for their small city garden: to set in place strong foundations for a abundant and enjoyable landscape that is long lasting and resilient.
The resulting design that we completed in 2013 for the whole section (both hard landscaping and a planting plan) includes a native garden for birds, a courtyard surrounded by herbs, a sturdy glasshouse and vegetable gardens integrated with fruit trees.
This project is a good example of the benefits of a staged installation where instead of having to get everything done at once we have been able to:
Winter 2014 we started intstallation of the garden. To enhance a narrow and neglected but sunny side of the house we created a wide spaced pergola that will support three varieties of grapes. Also enclosing the narrow walk are summer and autumn raspberries. A central path and glass house went in first as good access was needed to the back section and these also act to define the garden spaces around them.
In spring 2016 we installed terraces on the sunny side of the main house for kitchen herbs and vegetables. We installed a retractable clothes line with recycled paving from on-site. Areas infested with couch weed were mulched with a biodegradable weed barrier (newspaper) and composted and mulched. We planted what we could at this time, more will be planted in winter.
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
Planted in 2010 as part of the Dunedin Fringe festival events this living tree sculpture can be experienced during opening hours of Gallery on Blueskin in Waitati, be in quick, it will never be the same again.
In November 2014 at the Waitati Market the trees were successfully woven, we look forward to what happens next.
Thanks to Eveline Mimpen and others who spontaneously joined in the weaving