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Queenslander gardens, plants for their second century : gardenworthy plants for the garden restorer plant collector and modern gardener, Kyleigh and Michael Simpson

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Queenslander gardens

Kyleigh and Michael Simpson

plants for their second century : gardenworthy plants for the garden restorer plant collector and modern gardener

What is the Queenslander garden? The "Queenslander garden" refers here to the type of plants and gardens which would have been associated with a traditional Queensland home, from settlement of the colony in Brisbane to our own grandparents' gardens. If you're restoring an old Queenslander, you might like to consider restoring the garden in a way that's appropriate to your house and suburb. Or, you may have a modern home built in a colonial or Queenslander style, and want to recreate the ambiance of the Queenslander lifestyle. A Cottage Garden would also be be very compatible with a Queenslander home, but what tends to be considered a modern cottage garden style (with a predominance of flowering perennials) is heavily influenced by Northern hemisphere gardens and contemporary gardening magazines. On the other hand, you might just be interested in finding plants that are reliable and easy to grow in this climate. Most old-fashioned plants would have been passed around from neighbour to neighbour and from one generation to the next. These plants would have to be easy to propagate, and easy to keep alive in the days before irrigation systems or even mains water (although they may have had more rain in those days!)

Queenslander gardens, Their second century