About The Banksia is named in the honour of the famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks, the man who was on the first voyage with Captain Cook to our beautiful coasts back in the day. On this voyage Sir Joseph discovered the banksia and aren't we all glad that he did. Banksias are indeed one of my favourite Australian plants to use, with their beautiful flower spikes to the plethora of native fauna they attract, these truly are a great plant for any garden. The huge quantity of nect

So another year has past since my first appearance at the flower and garden show in Melbourne, and this year i would be making an appearance again. Although i did not actually present a design this year i did work on a show garden helping out the legend that is Christian Jenkins. The 9 days it took us to complete the garden were some of the most intense but enjoyable in my career. The ups and downs of show gardens are intense and fill you with inspiration and ideas for the fu