Each plant has a role to play but it’s only when you put them together do they create a beautiful and functioning garden. Here is a short video on why the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Tweet

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On my last trip to Hobart I paid a return visit to a favourite spot in the Tasmanian Botanic Gardens. It’s a garden called “Pete’s vegie patch” that was started by Peter Cundall, the now retired host of the popular ABC program “Gardening Australia”. The patch is a working example of a productive garden and [...]

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Is a lack of noise in your workplace decreasing employee engagement? Tweet

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  If you don’t prepare the soil then you will struggle to get things growing   Sometimes unexpected plants grow in the least likely places   Gardens can’t thrive without attention   Seeing the end result of your efforts is always rewarding   If you have any other examples of why a work team is [...]

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Did you know that 21 June is the shortest day of sunlight this year. It is what’s known as the Winter Solstice and there is a corresponding Summer Solstice in December. The day varies slightly (20th, 21st or 22nd) depending on the calendar. Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but [...]

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