CARLA PERRY ORBIS

Melbourne Polytechnic

Firstly, you are invited to embrace the cyclic seasonal variation in gardens and the different forms a plant can take throughout the year. This is seen in the meadow which includes local native grasses, which have yellowed and dried and herbs that have been left to go to seed. My second aim is for people to think about the life cycle of their hardscaping materials. The Mediterranean inspired courtyard features a recycled office chair come recliner and vine covered trellis made from salvaged metal. This is surrounded by a retaining wall of broken cement pavers.

SPONSORS Antique Perenials

• Ferny Acres

I find the weathered look of recycled materials soft and inviting.

Finally, the grove of Allocasarina verticulata with an underplanting of Indigenous and native groundcovers was created to provide habitat for wildlife with the inclusion of mounds of small rocks, sourced from an excavation job and three microbat boxes hung on the fence. With the addition of a fountain to provide clean drinking water for the native wildlife that will hopefully make this garden their home.

• Specialty Trees

• Old Queenstown Metal

KEYBOTANICAL NAMECOMMON NAME

Ar Aphanopetalum resinosum Gum Vine

Av Allocasurina verticulata Drooping Sheoak

Ca Correa alba prostrate Native Fuschia

Cc Carex commans ‘Frosted Curls’Carpet Sedge

Cs Coriandrum sativum Coriander

Da Doodia australis Raspberry Fern

Dr Dichondra repens Kidney Weed

El Echeveria ‘Lime Green’Mexican Rosettes

Fn Ficinia nodosa Knobby Club Rush

Hm Xerochrysum monstrosum Scarlet Everlasting ‘Scarlet’ Strawflower

Pc Petroselinum crispum Italian Parsley var. neapolitanum

PgPunica granatum Pomegranate

Pl Poa labillardierei ‘Eskdale'Blue Tussock Grass

Pp Pratia pedunculata Trailing Pratia

Rf Rytidosperma fulvum Copper-awned Wallaby Grass

Rs Raphanus sativus ssp. sativa Radish

Sb Scleranthus biflorus Cushion Bush

Sr Salvia rosmarinus Creeping Rosemary

Tt Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass

Tv Thymus vulgaris Common Thyme