Achievable Gardens Melbourne Flower Show DIY

Here are some photos of the winner of this do-it-yourself category at the 2006 Show. Designed for a budget cost of around $2000 for a small patio or courtyard garden in Melbourne. And other ideas for small courtyard gardens

A weird garden at the Melbourne Garden Show

A large expanse of timber, the Aussie area with the hub caps & red car seat, an Aboriginal or native hut and a tent? Bad photos - dappled ligh & bad collage.

My favourite garden at the Melbourne Flower and Garden Show 2006

Telephone marketing pests cold calling phone calls - can be stopped!

I thought you might be interested to know that I have found a way that has worked to stop all those very annoying, harrasing telephone calls that are not from friends around dinner time @#$%$%%%. When the phone rings and I say hello and there is either dead silence or someone asks who it is speaking I know it is not a friend - so I just say "wait a minute" and put the phone on a table nearby without ending the call... This wastes their time and now I get NO COLD CALLS! from about 3 an evening every day of the week and at weekends!! Of course after about 5 minutes it is a good idea to remember to press the button to end the call. If I want to change an account, buy something or make a donation etc., I will initiate the call . I sure will not act on any cold calls.

Melbourne Flower and Garden Show 2006 Prize winners - mostly

This years Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2006 at the Royal Exhibition Gardens and Building in Carlton on the edge of the downtown high rise towers of Melbourne is truly fabulous. The setting alone is worth the trouble to visit... large European trees that are about a hundred years old, flowers for sale, garden designs that are awarded coveted prizes and sculptures. This attracts entries from world class landscape designers such as Jim Fogarty and Jamie Durie. This year a new innovation is the excellent series of small "do-able" gardens that can be done for under $2000 with a printed plan that shows the design, plants and materials used for do-it-yourself construction. Also there is the indoor cut flower displays in the refurbished heritage Exhibition Building. Most fantastic are the Floral Fashion displays by RMIT Fashion Students and the crazy Barry Humphries stamps and "glasses". The official web site here.