I aim to provide friendly and supportive side-by-side gardening or bushland regeneration assistance to people within their gardens or properties.
Core Principles
Vision: To be a trusted local business providing exceptional skills and practical knowledge in the field of gardening through one-on-one support to landholders.
Mission: To provide locals with authentic and respectful tailored support in their own gardens and natural landscapes.
Values: Honesty, Integrity, Courage, Accountability, Trust (HICAT)
Services provided
I provide a unique combination of relevant skills, knowledge and expertise, primarily in edible gardening, including the ability to design, grow and nurture plants, alongside clients, in their own gardens.
Design: garden design consultancy;
Grow: sell selective plants and seeds;
Nurture: therapeutic gardening, educational workshops
Services can be provided in both a theoretical or education-based setting, or in a learning-by-doing/therapeutic horticulture setting. I provide these types of support services in the clients’ own garden or on their own property.
In the Aged Care sector, specifically through the Support at Home Program and Home Care Packages, I offer services in the area of Light Gardening at the Clients’ home or property, to assist them doing tasks that they can no longer undertake independently, through a side-by-side/one-on-one delivery method to make their gardens safer and more liveable.
Qualifications & Safegaurds:
Current Provider of support at Home & CHSP Light Gardening Support;
Current Working with Children Card (Blue Card);
Current NDIS Worker Screening Card (Yellow Card);
Undertaken Permaculture Design Course (2019);
Completed Certificate II in Horticulture (1998);
I provide tailored bush regeneration management, from site assessments, devising a staged management plan, to side-by-side physical bush regeneration support to clients on their own larger properties containing natural bushland areas.
Behind the logo
My logo has a special meaning and relevance to me, which I thought I would share:
The line drawing of the leaf is a tracing around a dried leaf off a Flame tree that my late Dad grew from seed. I've always had an affinity to Flame trees, and the beautiful shape of their leaves are quite distinctive to those that know them.
It directly relates to me and the business on a number of levels:
My love of Flame trees (Brachychiton);
The fact that the leaf drawing is straight from a tree that my Dad grew from seed, collected by us together;
My Dad, and the journey he had in the Aged Care and palliative care system was, from what I have heard, quite good - which is the exception and not the norm unfortunately;
I want to provide a service to older locals that gives them a positive experience in the Aged Care system, and allows them to continue to undertake the joy of gardening/bush regeneration on their properties in some capacity, with me working directly alongside them.
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FAQs
My Mum lives on her own, and she loves her garden, however she is not as steady on her feet anymore. She loves getting out to appreciate the garden and do little bits and pieces, but she needs help with things like repotting, trimming of spent flowers or weeding her patio pot plants. Can you help?
This is what I love doing. I really get joy out of assisting people continue to enjoy and actively participate in gardening at all life stages. I work with Aged Care clients that enjoy the social support and physical assistance I can provide alongside them in their gardens.
Can you help design a veggie garden for our family?
Absolutely. I can provide site visits, assess your site, get a better understanding of what you want to grow (and of course like to eat), and provide advice on where, how and what to grow for your local conditions and requirements.
I don't know the first thing about native plants, but I want to plant more natives for the wildlife. Is this something you do?
For sure. By visiting you property and establishing what kind of wildlife you want to attract, understand the soil type and local conditions, I can advise on options of native species that will provide nectar, shelter areas or even nesting habitat best suited to your specific requirements.
I have a patch of bushland on my property. I would like to try to remove the weeds but I have no idea where to start. Can you assist with something like this?
Yes. With many decades in bush regeneration, weed identification and removal, I can definitely help with this type of work. From the initial site assessment and plant identification surveys, to producing a staged management plan of priority weeds or areas to tackle, to assisting in the side by side practical help of removing weeds and restoring your bushland area for wildlife.
I would like to spend time in my garden and learn about how to better look after it. I have old fruit trees that where here when I moved in but I don't know how or when to prune them. Is this a service you can provide?
Yes, I have knowledge and expertise in pruning a variety of fruit trees and can assist you in pruning your fruit trees with you, and teach you along the way so you gain confidence in doing it next season.