Author: Bulleen Art & Garden

December is Garrawang in the local indigenous language. Garrawang is characterised by stormy weather, Bunjil (Eagle) is breeding, and the kangaroo apple and cherry ballart are fruiting. Cherry ballarts (Exocarpos cupressiformis) are an interesting example of how plants have adapted

This is Buarth Gurru or grass season – when all the grasses (Kangaroo, Wallaby, Spear and Tussock) are flowering. These are certainly valuable plants to have in a garden – apart from their food potential, they provide colour, movement, and

Optimism is in the air, and plants are loving the warming soil. It is still tadpole and orchid season (Pareip) in Naarm, Melbourne. The Japanese maples are looking extra special, clothed in their delicate new leaves. Kangaroo paws are starting

August is the season for change. In Aboriginal seasons, this is Guling – when orchids start to bloom. The season of change brings out the drama queens in the garden. You have the purple and gold of the Hardenbergia and

In July we are at the end of Waring or Wombat season. This is the time for the lowest temperatures and highest rainfall. A time when the wombats come out to catch the sun’s rays, and the male lyrebirds are

June, when the days are short and cold and the branches are bare. The Grevilleas are putting on a brave display – entertaining us all and feeding the birds and the bees. The Correas too may well continue for a

Autumn foliage is at its most stunning. The cold days and nights bring out the deep reds, oranges and buttery yellows in our wonderful deciduous trees. It is not just the eyes which can feast, the Katsura tree throws off

March is Luk or eel season in the local language. Particularly significant here in Bulleen due to the Bolin Bolin Billabong which was the site of large corroborees celebrating this sacred, spiritual protector. As the Eel travels downstream it wallows

February, still the hot dry season of Biderap. The ornamental grasses have turned straw coloured. Gardening in the hot and the dry is not much fun. Best just to water, and make plans for when the autumn rains begin to

January, Biderap – The hot dry season in the local indigenous language. A time for the common brown butterfly and dry tussock grass. A time to harvest tomatoes, beans, zucchini and late apricots. A time for Kangaroo paw to put

September marks the official start to spring when days and nights are of equal length. On the Aboriginal calendar it is Poorneet or tadpole season, when it is warm enough for tadpoles, but it is raining still. The scent of