Sue Torlach (Dip.Hort.Dip.Landsc.) is a
horticulturalist and landscape designer with
Wild About Gardens. An accredited Watercorp waterwise landscaper
and a member of LIAWA (Landscape Industry Assoc. of WA) Sue is
passionate about promoting Australian plants and sustainable gardening
– using minimal water, labour, fertilizer and chemical inputs.
Several of her designs have won awards in the waterwise categories
of local council garden competitions and her design for the Zanthorrea
Display at Garden Week in 2004 won best Landscape Display in show.
If you would like help creating a colourful, waterwise, low maintenance
garden contact Sue to discuss your needs. Services range from
an on site consultation and sketch to full scale plans. You can
implement the design yourself or Sue can recommend landscapers
to install the garden for you.
Contact Sue @ Wild About gardens on:
(08) 9344 2585
0402 789 886
storlachyahoo.com.au
Garden Week 2004
The efforts of Sue, ably assisted by
Alec and the team, resulted in Zanthorrea taking off three awards
at the
recent ‘Garden Week’ – “Best Landscaped Display”, “2nd ‘Best
Display’, and “Most Educational Informative Display”.
Sue Torlach's Garden
(featured in theWinter
2003 Bush Telegraph)
"My garden is now two years old, apart from
a gorgeous ‘King’s Park Special’ bottlebrush.
The garden was previously an oversized sandpit - so a combination
of plenty of soil improver in the planting hole and very deep mulch
(obtained cheaply from a tree lopper) was essential. I’m
a water miser, so the garden has to survive with a touch of hand
watering when I remember. It got a lot to get it started, but once
those roots were down, they were on their own!
A gravel path leads to a small pond, which is the central feature
of the garden - the edges are softened by grassy lomandras, isolepsis
and conostylis species. Three small trees will add shade as they
grow - Eucalyptus microtheca, E. erythrycorys and E. woodwardii.
Several banksias have done well and flowered at a young age, especially
the Banksia ashbyi.
The standout colour is from the ‘Big Red’ and ‘Yellow
Gem’ kangaroo paws and the ground cover Scaevola ‘Purple
Fanfare’. The paws are amazing, I give many of them away
as cut flowers. Other plants used include: Olearia axillaris
for its grey foliage, Helichrysum ramossisimum ‘Yellow
Buttons’, Westringia ‘Wynyabbie Gem’, Acacia
lasiocarpa, Hibbertia racemosa, Calothamnus quadrifidus, Melaleuca ‘Little
Nessie’. All very adaptable plants for coastal or hills
planting." – Sue
Zanthorrea Nursery Display Gardens
Our very own display gardens, showing a
variety of garden styles such as formal, traditional bush and
water gardens.
Zanthorrea Nursery :: 155 Watsonia Road, Maida
Vale, Western Australia 6057 :: Ph (08) 9454 6260 :: Login
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