Bromeliads for Christmas
Bromeliads make wonderful gifts and are perfect house plants to decorate your home for Christmas, as many of the bromeliads currently flowering. Your last opportunity before Christmas to buy beautiful bromeliads direct from local growers will be on Saturday, 14th December at The Bromeliad Society of Australia’s final meeting of the year. Plant sales to […]
Latest from Langlands Landscape Supplies
At Langlands Landscape Supplies, As spring will come to a close at the end of the month, it is very important to get nutrients into your existing gardens. With the use of soil conditioner, cow manure and mushroom compost added to these gardens your plants will love the boost as we enter a hot summer. […]
Hidden in the Hills: Prickly Moses
BY LACHLAN TURNER Several of the wattle family have an extended flowering period commencing in mid autumn through to near the end of spring. One such plant is Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia), which, as its name implies, has rigid narrow “leaves” with a sharp spike at the end. It has been observed that the spiky […]
Hidden in the Hills: Rock Formations
By Lachlan Turner As you descend into bushland valleys along the many walking tracks in the Hills region, the presence of large rock formations becomes quite obvious. Grey weathered sandstone bluffs are interspersed with wind eroded hollows resembling small caves. Water too has a defining influence on the sculpturing of these rocky overhangs. The continual breaking down […]
Bromeliad Bulletin
Bromeliad Bulletin: The next meeting of the Bromeliad Society of Australia will be held at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, Castle Hill on Saturday, 2nd of November with sales to the public from 10am and the meeting commencing at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be Nina Woodcock who is a passionate gardener that […]
Hidden in the Hills: Observing the Grey Fantail
By Lachlan Turner Having a widespread distribution across most of Australia, the Grey Fantail is frequently observed feeding on flying insects, which it catches as it twists and turns in its agile aerial acrobatics, pursuing them from the edges of foliage trees at all levels above the ground. Its nest is built in a thin […]
Galston Garden Club Open Garden Weekend
Galston Garden Club Open Garden Weekend: 18th-20th October 2024 The Galston Garden Club is proud to present eight outstanding acreage gardens in Galston, Dural and Arcadia which will delight and inspire any visitor. You will find a host of plants of all shapes and sizes, spectacular flowering shrubs, wonderful specimen trees, water features, garden architecture […]
Gardeners, Register Now!
The Sydney Hills Garden Competition is on again in 2024. Steeped in history and intricately linked to the Hills Shire, this year marks 65 years since the first competition ran as the brainchild of Councillor Eric Mobbs. It became the forerunner of the Orange Blossom Festival, so has a significant place in the cultural history […]
Hidden in the Hills – Heath Banksia
As you might expect during winter months, there are not as many wildflowers in bloom in our bushland reserves. However, there is a particular Banksia that displays its brilliant colour alongside some of the region’s walking tracks during this time of the year. The Heath Banksia (Banksia ericifolia) can grow to around 5m tall. Its […]
Hidden In The Hills: Colourful Fungi
By Lachlan Turner Dramatic colours, unusual shapes and interesting patterns. This can describe a whole type of fungi that may be found in some of the damp areas of creekside bushland. It is easy to overlook many fungi as most prefer spaces where there is no, or, next to no sunlight. They are often seen […]
