Blog virginity gone!

Hey there! I’m Mon, a uni student from Melbourne University’s Burnley campus, where I am doing an associate degree in environmental horticulture. I hope to end up with additional friends; a job involving creativity alongside horticulture and myself becoming filthy, filthy rich. 

My interest in this field started with the garden at home. After years and years of neglect, and a collection of poor design choices (sorry mum and dad, but the truth hurts ok?) I decided to do a little renovating, kind of, sort of, it involved me ripping out bin-fulls of retched Kikuyu grass which decided that it wanted more in life than to be just grass. Other things I did included trying to make the garden look harmonious… I respect and admire Australia’s take on multiculturalism, but in the garden, a bright yellow European fountain with a Buddha statue underneath chilling with 3 of the seven dwarfs, and a cactus plant just doesn’t look right. 

Now imagine all 3 of these things sitting together....

Thus concludes my story of why I appreciate neat/creative garden design and loathe Kikuyu grass. I’m planning to have fun re-designing the ridiculously huge garden and beating the guy next door (at garden design, not beating in an abusive way).

Plans for the garden’s future:

-A section with a blue and silver colour theme eg Lobelias and Lavender

Blue flowers are actually not that rare, just under appreciated and under used.

- An oriental section with a patio pond

There’s already a Maple Tree at this spot, and I’m sure Buddha would be more comfortable underneath the shade.

-Re-doing the backyard so I’ll have an edible garden

I’ve already propagated a bunch of herbs and collected berry plants from the market; I just need them to look harmonious together now…