Can you imagine experiencing the sweet, sour, and spicy taste of exotic fruits, the smells and colors of delicious flowers, and the sound of tropical, colorful birds all in a huge beautiful garden? This is the world that the Brinsmead family has been toiling to create for over forty years on the site of largest […]
New Zealand
Kea Ora: greetings from New Zealand! What a wonderful country with such a unique set of plants! You are probably familiar with some of their great garden plants: the New Zealand flax (phormium) and New Zealand tea tree (leptospermum) are pretty commonly grown in our area. It is fun to see them in their native […]
Koala, Platypuses, and Wombats…Oh My!
M. and G. Fanning, text and photos Down under things do seem upside down from time to time. A mammal that lays eggs, likes to swim a lot of the time, and has a bill like a duck. A bear that is not a bear. And a prey that can turn into the hunter, when […]