Welcome to 2013! I have spent the last few weeks having a very relaxing time at home. When you travel so much for business as I do the last thing you want to do is go away over the holidays! A lot of my time has been spent relaxing on my balcony where I have [...]

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I bought a 2013 gardening diary and planner produced by Gardening Australia, not because I need one but because I couldn’t resist the beautiful colour pictures on every page! However, the moment I opened it a seed of a blog post idea appeared to me on the first line of the first page. It simply [...]

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“It was once a rail yard and is now one of Australia’s greatest public gardens, almost all thanks to the vision of one man. The late Colin Campbell always knew something special could be done on the site that is now the Roma Street Parkland in Brisbane. After Saturday, every visitor to the parkland’s Spectacle [...]

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Here is a short video blog on my recent visit to the Toowoomba Carnival of flowers. Tweet

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Cultivating a culture of engagement can be achieved in a variety of ways and recently I came across an innovative method involving pot plants being used to great success by a local organisation. Here is their story. Sandra Taylor, the Development and Communication Officer from Teachers Union Health has started an “Appreciation project” that involves [...]

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