Australian Native Plants

Learn how to identify them, how they have adapted to our environment and why they’re the perfect low maintenance plants for sun or shade, to create privacy, attract birds, provide fragrance, act as fire retardants and even eat.

Comprehensive course notes are provided and places are limited.

This is an interactive classroom with plenty of time for all questions to be answered.

Please Bring

• Notepad & Pen

About the Trainer

Judith Sleijpen graduated from Ryde School of Horticulture with distinction in Urban Horticulture and gained experience in the retail nursery industry for several years. As a Member of the Horticultural Media Association, Judith writes a monthly gardening column for “Peninsula Living” and has also published articles in “Landscape Contractor and Manager”, “Better Homes and Gardens”, ”Gardens and Outdoor Living” and “The Garden Gurus”.Passionate about plants, gardens and bees, she is a Member of the Australian Institute of Horticulture, a former Committee Member of the Sydney Executive Committee of Open Gardens Australia and a former member of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Apart from conducting her garden design and horticultural consultancy business, “Gardens, Balconies and Beyond”, Judith is a tour leader for the David Jones Flower Show and judges garden competitions in Ryde, Camden, Campbelltown, Bayside and Randwick.

This course is delivered in one session.

Program

• Introduction to the Course
• Origins of Australian Native Plants
• Identification
• Adaptations
• Sun/Shade
• Coastal/Frost Tolerant
• Bird Attracting
• Screening
• Fragrant Flowers/Aromatic Foliage
• Fire Retardant
• Edible
• Special Features
• Cultivation in Suburban Gardens and Balconies
• Pest and Disease Control
• Course Review