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The Wall Garden

On September 17, 2023   /   Blog   /   5 Comments
Tags: Blackheath, Garden design, Gardening, Harleyford Manor, Lavender, Sandstone wall, Skinks, Wooly Yarrow
The Wall Garden

I’ve always wanted a walled garden, with espaliered fruit trees and roses growing  against old bricks.  Unfortunately this is completely out of my reach. For many years my husband and I owned a holiday lodge on an old estate at Marlow in the UK called Harleyford. Only

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SKINK FAMILY’S HOUSE & GARDEN

On November 27, 2022   /   Blue Mountains   /   1 Comment
Tags: Australian native fauna, Blue Mountains, Eastern Water Skinks, Gardens, Reptiles, Skinks, Wildlife in gardens
SKINK FAMILY'S HOUSE & GARDEN

  A sweet, Eastern Water Skink family have lived inside an old stone wall in our Blue Mountains garden for years. When we were building a new house on the site we had to dismantle part of the wall. My lovely partner Rob decided it was only

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EDITOR DES AND THE SKINK FAMILY

On February 1, 2021   /   Blog   /   1 Comment
Tags: Blue Mountains, Editor Des, Gardens, Nature, Skinks, Water skinks
EDITOR DES AND THE SKINK FAMILY

How beautiful Australia’s Eastern Water Skinks are, with their gorgeous, coppery colouring. My associate Editor Des has made friends with the family that live in our stone walling and under our old cement terrace, here at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. There are actually two branches of

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