Before and After Down Under

Progress in an Australian garden

Brian Mazzer sent in these image of his garden today and what it looked like when he first bought it .

I buy my star sign in the suburbia of Holland Park in Brisbane , Australia , in 2006 . It was a challenge at times , but perseverance won the battle . Over the long time the design of the garden continually change until it reached its present state . Getting here tortuous trying many different shrubs and other type of industrial plant that either enjoy their new home or curled up their toe !

As we all know , our gardens are industrial plant in advance and are never really terminate .

The filth in the yard has been amend to a beautiful , rich growing medium thanks to access to moo-cow manure and homemade compost from all the clipping that follow from lawn and hedging trimmings . A mango tree tree and a native macadamia nut tree offer honest tad over the dry garden , where not a lot would grow . discover more about fertilizing with manure here .

The mansion as it looked when Brian first buy it — somewhat much a white slate .

The backyard as it was when he first moved in . Other than a property to dry out clothes , it offer little .

The panorama today from the back corner of the garden .

The dry garden where nothing did well except the bromeliads . Bromeliads like this are often grown as houseplant in cold climates , but in a fond space like Brisbane , they can be grown outside . But even a gardener in a snowy northern area could recreate this look by imbed the bromeliads out for the summer like annuals and fetch them within when frost imperil .

Looking out at the garden from the shade of the Mangifera indica tree . Here are 10 groovy pee - wise industrial plant for hot , juiceless orbit .

An overall view of the yard after some late rain green things up .

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