Member profile for Bernieh

Gardening since 2009
I'm a teacher, wife, mother, and grandmother whose interest in gardening has been rekindled after many busy years filled with work and family. My garden is located in a dry tropics region of north Queensland and the climate and weather conditions here can be quite challenging! But I'm whole-heartedly enjoying getting out there and having a go!
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Downunder Dry Tropics Courtyard Garden Townsville, Queensland, Australia

I garden in a dry tropics zone in north-eastern Australia which is characterized by a very long dry spell over autumn to spring (around nine months of the year) followed by a short wet spell during summer (if it's not a year of drought!) Conditions are comparable... » more
  • Last updated: June 17, 2012
  • Garden type: drought-tolerant

My Downunder Dry Tropics Shadehouse Garden Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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  • Last updated: June 18, 2012
  • Garden type: shade

My Downunder Garden in a Dry Tropics Zone Townsville, Australia

Here’s a nice long ramble about my garden:My place is situated on a property that is located on the side of a rocky hill. Half of the property is bushland and there is bushland on either side of our place as well.Most of the plants on the property have to be quite... » more
  • Last updated: July 18, 2011
  • Garden type: back yard

Australian Bush Garden Ourimbah, Australia

by AustralianBushGarden
A garden of exclusively Australian ornamental and food plants designed to attract wildlife and be colourful all year round.

Jamie and Pam's garden Australia

by JamieinSydney
We have a small garden (9m x 7.5m) in inner-city Sydney in Australia, and we pack in a lot of plants, herbs, vegies and flowers. My blog is called Garden Amateur.

A Labor of Love in Alberta Canada central Alberta, Canada

by Tootsie

Lisa's Perennials Nashville, TN

by BloomWhereYouGrow
I started with a blank slate. The former owner had removed all trees and graveled the backyard for heavy equipment. He'd brought in a load of clay and thrown out seed and straw to sell the house. What a mess! I started...

Oh What A Beautiful Garden - Chicagoland Elk Grove Village, IL

by OhWhatABeautifulGarden-chicagoland
Our garden finally looks like something special.  It only took 10 years.   Only.  One half acre that I just had to have.  It even came with a small house.  We've been working on that for 10 years too.  Wonderful...

Garden of Verdure Winter Springs, FL

by Betty
My front yard is sunny and somewhat like an English garden. One side-yard is sunny and is all plants (roses, flower, herbs) and mulch. The other side and backyard is mostly shade with appropriate shade plants.

Chiz Gardens Monroe, MI

by Liz
Our old farmhouse sits on an acre and a half of gardens with an old barn as its background. The house has many window boxes with a variety of flowers. There is a large pond with a waterfall designed by my husband. The...

The Bunny Bungalow of Veggies 2010 Washington, DC

by Kindlekat
A self-built unique container garden, using all self-watering containers, homemade rain barrel and composter, and lots of bunny manure from two adorable house rabbits. I try to stay as organic as possible, and think...

My little Paradise Alberta, Canada

by Onie

A Central Florida Garden Loughman, FL

by jhammond
I am currently interested in container veggie gardening, fruit trees, creating a tea & herb garden, and maintaining my daughters flower cutting garden.  Everything else is just an experiment.

Creative Country Mom's Garden Petersburg, IN

by CreativeCountryMom

The garden of my family Terni, Italy

by Silvia

Hilltop rock garden Duluth, MN

by hilltopgardener
This will be my first season with our garden.  Tom Kubera designed the hardscape for it. The photos I have are from our last yard.  Some are from our cabin where I also garden or photograph some of God's ubiquitous...

Hummingbird Haven Flossmoor, IL

by ssgardengirl

Friendship Garden Norwalk, CA

by Yvonne

Gail's gardens Fort Saskatchewan, Canada

by gailsgarden
My garden is always evolving and this year I am almost starting from scratch. When we sold our old house I split some of my perrenials and took them with me. As our new house was not ready until this year, I planted...

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

by The-Busy-Bee
YourGardenShow.com - the social network for gardeners, by gardeners

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    • lfin replied almost 2 years ago
    		Hi Bernie, Hope all is well and look forward to seeing your season unfold, By chance, do you keep bees?  You seem to have most of the other important garden pollinator processes in motion!  I am on the hunt to find photos of the critters quick.  We are redoing  the homepage of the site with pollinators in honor of the US Department of Agriculture's Pollinator week - and taking it forward to Facebook and beyond (with full attribution of course, and we can link to your blog/glog).  We are also going to be in Washington DC at the USDA Pollinator summit.  Again, looking for any bee photos by Monday and hope you might help out! Best wishes for a great winter Down Under.
    Yvonne replied about 2 years ago
    		Hi Bernie, Betty told me that you were in Australia and I found you. I love your garden. I lived in Brisbane for several months so I know the climate there. I am surprised everything is so green  in your garden. I do not have a camera at present so am unable to send any pictures. Also I am having a little trouble figuring out how this web site works but keep trying. I love to work in my little garden. I am crazy about flowers. I have gazania and geraniums blooming right now and they are a picture.Thanks for sharing-Yvonne
    Bernieh replied about 2 years ago
    		@Yvonne:G'day Yvonne.  I lived in Brisbane too for a short time and that's where my sons and grandchildren are living now.  I've got a soft spot for Brissie.  It's very unusual for my garden to be green ... you are right.  But we had an extraordinarily... wet 'dry' season last year and then a very heavy 'wet' season this year.  This area hasn't looked green all year round in at least the 30 or so years that I've lived here.  It makes a lovely change.I too am crazy about flowers and it's almost time to pot up the annuals for this year.  Rather later than usual, but as I said, we had a 'wet' like no other so it's taken a while for me to get seedlings started.  I'm afraid I lost all the Gazanias and Geraniums, which I also love, during the wet season so I have to start all over again with those.I'll be looking forward to seeing lots of your flower photos and garden shots.
    Betty replied about 2 years ago
    		I am so sorry you received extensive damage by the storm! I know how that must have made you feel! I know you will get it back together again.
    Betty replied over 2 years ago
    		Thank you for the compliments on my garden journal.  No, I am not an artist, but love using other people's artwork.  I used lots of drawings from calendars in this book along with some other things. The entries have really slowed down this winter  because the garden activity... has slowed in our unusually cold winter! 
    Betty replied over 2 years ago
    		Thank you for all your comments. We must share a similar climate. Our rain really is almost none existant in the winter but, have a lot of rain in the summer. Here in central Florida we can go for years without freezing temperatures and no killing frost but, sadly we have had three years in a row of freezing weather.  I will have some replanting to do about the last of next month. 
    Bernieh replied over 2 years ago
    		@Betty:It does sound like we have a similar climate.  Here we usually have a very long 'dry' season from Autumn through to early Summer, and then a short 'wet' season.  2010 was a little different though.  It was an unseasonably wet 'dry' season and we received lots of rain over the nine months when we usually get little or none.My state of Queensland had its wettest year on record with dire consequences when the 'wet' season finally arrived in early December.  It seems like there's definitely a change to the old patterns of weather.I have had to do some re-thinking as well.  I have loads of sun, heat and drought tolerant plants that can make it through a short 'wet', but they don't like rain all year long and grey overcast skies.  We'll have to see what 2011 holds in store!