SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, PRODUCTIVE

 
 

A rectangle of Grass in late 2003.

Soil like cement that broke a rotary hoe.


Now a productive garden that makes good use of every drop of water and provides plenty of fresh food all year.


An ornamental garden that uses nothing but rain and, barring cyclones, should cope with whatever the climate is likely to throw at us over the next fifty years.

 

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A PASSING GLANCE


BLOCK SIZE:

810 m2

Officially - 32 perches
(quaint or what?)


PRODUCTIVE GARDEN:

Approx 400m2

Eight beds for crop rotation plus a herb bed.


Perimeter borders grow fruit trees, pineapples, bananas, spices and bamboo.


ORNAMENTAL GARDEN:

80m2

Plants are watered six times to establish, then fend for themselves.


PEST & DISEASE CONTROL

All Organic, crop rotation


GARDENING SONGS

  1. 1.‘Under the Bamboo Tree’ - Kid Ory

  2. 2.‘I’m tired of Fattening Frogs for Snakes’ - Rosetta Crawford

Welcome to the Garden

Bellis Garden Design and Setup

Whole of Site Water Managementwater_management.html
Water Management System GallerySetup_Galleries/Pages/Water_Management.html
Main Garden Development GallerySetup_Galleries/Pages/Productive_Garden_Development.html
Front Garden Development GallerySetup_Galleries/Pages/Ornamental_Garden_Development.html

Practical Sustainable Gardening

Defeat Brisbane’s Killer Winds!Killer_winds.html