Recently I attended a talk by Adjunct Professor Margaret Burchett from the University of Technology, Sydney.  She was presenting the findings of her 3 year study “Greening the Great Indoors for Human Health and Wellbeing”.  Okay so the title is pretty naff but the findings were not!

Sansevieria low res

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Really, can you ever have enough terrariums?  Naturally Mike thinks YES but well I just can’t help myself…  Read the rest of this entry »

Hart's Tongue Fern Terrarium

Hart's Tongue Fern Terrarium

Depending on your age you might just cringe at the thought of going down this gardening path but bear with me as I think it has merit. If you’re in the younger Gen Y category then you’ll probably be discovering terrariums for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve recently rediscovered this great plant.  You may know them as Cape Primrose but I know them as Streptocarpus hybrids - the results of plant breeders crossing various species to develop a better  plant. About 5 years ago I discovered this plant for the first time and loved it at first sight.  The story of its demise is explained later on but when I came across it again more recently I simply had to buy one straightaway.

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