Kate Wall Blog
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Enjoy some great gardening advice and articles by me in these blog posts. I am a gardening professional based in Brisbane. I have been a subtropical gardener since I was 7 years old, but my career changed from environmental science (with scientific qualifications in Biology) to professional gardening after the 2011 floods in which my local community was severely affected.
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6d ago
One of the most important things I have learned in my lifetime of gardening is that bad weather, even prolonged bad weather, is something we all have to deal with at some stage. And that it is so much easier to deal with ..read more
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5M ago
Gardening is easy if you have green thumbs. Sure, but no one is born with green thumbs. Yes, we all have natural aptitudes, but they are usually based around something we WANT to know about, something we LIKE. When we WA ..read more
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1y ago
There are a couple of very common, and easily overlooked plants that I want to champion. I want to shout from the rooftops – “cherish these powerful plants, they are an incredible blessing from nature ..read more
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1y ago
I recall crying whilst receiving a humanitarian award in 2011, as the horror of having lived through a natural disaster, the sort of thing that happens to other people on TV, hit me. Now we are rolling up our sleeves aga ..read more
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1y ago
Earth repair gardening, both as a book and a concept is about the soil our plants grow in, the ground we walk on and the world around us. As an ecologist by training, I see the interconnectedness of all things. Gardening ..read more
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1y ago
Sarah’s garden is not just hers alone. Four friends purchased a set of four units, with a shared garden. So often in shared garden spaces there becomes less ownership and the garden gets less attention than a standard pr ..read more
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1y ago
There is a surprising and unique little place nestled into remnant bushland here in Brisbane that is something of an Aladdin’s cave of unrealised discoveries ..read more
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1y ago
Many times when walking in nature people have commented to me about the way I notice the little things, the detail around me. I have found delicate ground orchids growing by the side of the path on numerous occasions and ..read more
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1y ago
I’ve always thought of my garden as rather perfect. I love the fact that it is growing like crazy in this hot wet summer. I feel very little compulsion to cut it back and tame the jungle. When a child visiting a few year ..read more
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1y ago
Great gardens evolve over time. There is nothing great about a garden that is created in one big expensive project - although this can lead to impressive results short term, it will still need love and care over time to ..read more