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

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 days are lengthening and the plants are responding. This season of change brings out the drama queens in the garden. There

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

Waring season, June, the days have certainly been colder and frosty, a nightmare for those tender plants in the garden. Click on this link to discover how you can protect your plants, and a few steps you can take if

Waring or wombat season is still in play, but the promised rains are yet to fall. The mornings are misty but the temperatures are still summer like. Despite the warm weather, the deciduous trees are slowly turning to deep reds,

Waring or wombat season is upon us. Mornings are misty and nights are longer. Wombats emerge from their burrows and eagles (Bunjil) are building their nests. Possums are mating and male lyrebirds are showing off their mounds with beautiful song.

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. Have you heard the Currawongs? They are heralding Poorneet – the aboriginal season for tadpoles and the awakening of the lizards. Poorneet – when it