Formal courtyard gardens emphasise symmetry with clearly defined borders, often using pavers with an edge. Formal Courtyard Designed ThemeĪ formal style suits courtyards and small garden areas as the emphasis is on structure and balance with a simple and uncluttered feel. Landscaping native gardens across Adelaide to achieve a natural cottage garden is easy with local native plants and as many species flower during winter, once established, you can achieve and enjoy your colourful garden makeover constantly all year round. Adding garden features like bird-baths, hollow logs and nesting boxes will attract and support local wildlife such as birds. Utilise curved paths with a mulch or pebble base and decorate along the way with rustic wooden furniture. To achieve natural cottage looking native gardens it’s a good idea to mimic the flow and mix of plant species in nature.Īllow plants to cascade over clay brick paved paths and flow through one another. Natural Cottage Garden ThemeĪdelaide native garden designs are relaxed and flowing, a wonderful place for attracting local wildlife. Master Landscaper Martyn Hand (MLSA) has over 35 years, built up an encyclopaedic like horticultural knowledge bank, knowing what plants to place where, so if you’d like to decide what garden theme you’re after having created with all the elements and features you’d like included, Martyn can help you with what plants will look great, especially in the years to come, once fully grown. Regardless of the space, style or theme you’re wanting to create with your garden makeover, native plants can be potted for small courtyards, planted in a relaxed design to suit country or cottage gardens or planted for a modern, structured or very formal landscape design. All of these can attract native birds and butterflies, adding tranquil sights and sounds to native gardens you won’t experience with fake lawn properties adorned with plastic screens, decking, even fencing.
Ideal for all areas of the garden, there are native plants that are suitable as ground covers, low shrubs, formal hedges, creepers that can act as a natural privacy screen, featured garden trees and even screening trees that provide a natural barrier, hiding an unattractive boundary fence. With clever selection, perhaps the best advantage of landscaping a native garden will be the colour you’ll see all year round. Apart from requiring far less water, saving you money, regular fertilising and the use of pesticides will be a chore of the past.
It shouldn’t be a surprise to find out the reason many lawns and plants don’t survive a very hot summer is because they’re not native to Adelaide SA, often coming from tropical or much cooler countries that have far milder conditions with plenty of rain.ĭiscovering Adelaide’s local native plants that have adapted to survive harsh conditions such as prolonged Sun exposure, nutrient-deprived soils, and limited water availability actually has more upside than just your plants surviving. This guide will hopefully give you a starting point if you’d like to have a low maintenance garden makeover that will flourish, even when things get dry and hot. Guide For Landscaping Native Gardens (Adelaide SA) With Native Landscape Design.Īdelaide is well known for long, hot dry summers with periods of water restrictions due to droughts not uncommon.Īdopting a landscape design using local native plants is best way to have a lush, attractive garden that requires little to no water and will thrive while other gardens wilt away under Adelaide’s hot Sun.įollowing native garden design principals & incorporating natural materials such as rocks, hardwood timbers and steel, Hand Made Gardens have over 35 years experience landscaping native gardens Adelaide residents request for their dream garden.
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