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WATER FEATURES.
Garden centres and retail nurseries sell a lot more than plants, pots and planters, fertilizers, outdoor lighting and with many garden centres water features are also a standard item. Specialist Water Feature suppliers provide an even greater range. So what is it about water features that are so appealing to gardeners.

Garden designer Jill Weatherhead gives us an insight into water features and their place in the garden.

WATER FEATURES IN THE GARDEN
Jill Weatherhead

In our hot climate, water features are becoming very popular in our gardens. They refresh and cool us, give us visual and sound interest, and remind us of an oasis. The early Persian and Moorish gardens followed the ancient Egyptian style where a garden was quartered by two canals and trees were planted to provide shade. Larger gardens contained many intersecting canals.

Persian gardens had water rills which were in straight lines as these were easier to make. They were lined with colourful tiles; and formed the basis for the formal garden style to follow for so many centuries. These walled gardens contained pavilions and had a brief season of a wealth of spring flowers, but with the heat of summer, visual interest was provided by the colorful tiles and fowl such as peacocks.
Today's courtyards and gardens may be enriched with a water feature. These range from the latest water walls and classical fountains, spouting pipes which pour water into a small reservoir, to the rarer shallow rill which can fascinate children and adults alike. Pools may have stepping stones - informal rocks as in Gordon Ford's naturalistic garden to formal square pavers in straight lines. Crossing a pool like this brings out the child in us.

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Time to plant.

 Consider preparing the soil before purchasing new plants, dig in lots of well rotted compost and manure, make sure you have some mulch on hand, we always use a seaweed fertilizer to water in new plants, seaweed fertilizers seems to promote root growth and help plants esatblish themselves more quickly.

Have you installed an irrigation system? Considered gray water recycling? Now is the time to act, before the heat of summer,.

Do a little research into growth habits of what you intent to plant, make sure you are planting in the right spot for a particular plant.

Now you are well armed to go to your local nursery, purchase what you need and go home ready to plant. Ask for expert advice, your local nursery should know a lot about local conditions.

The Vegetable Garden

Yes its spring, and what a great time to plan out your vegetable garden. With a little work you can have a productive vegetable garden even in the smallest courtyard. Consider container growing using the WET POT irrigation system available from SAGE HORTICULTURAL. Hydroponic systems are also very popular, again Sage Horticultural can provide you with a simple system that will provide you with great salad greens and tomatoes in a limited space. We are growing Yacon or 'Peruvian Ground Apple' this year for the first time. Stay tuned for some photographs as well as an evaluation of this interesting plant.

FEATURED RETAIL NURSERIES
In Queensland make sure you visit Brindabella Gardens, a fantastic selection of roses suited to the warmer climates.

In Perth, we have found a great little nursery that has amongst other things a fantastic range of fruit trees and roses. LENA NURSERY 384 Wanneroo Rd Wangara Phone: ( 08) 9409 9899 Fax: (08) 94096729 Opening Hours: 8.00am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm Weekends & Public Holidays.

In Sydney try EPLANTS
eplants is an online nursery with a great range of plants and accessories.

If you are in Tasmania check out LIFE STYLE GARDENS this one is both retail and online, Pat and crew have put together a great range of products, including hydrocell, a new water saving product that we will be trialling this summer.









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