Maintaining Indigenous Gardens – Pruning and more

Australia’s unique ecology means our indigenous plants, including native grasses, sedges, and dense ground covers, are unlike any others. So, traditional gardening plant care techniques can often be ineffective or even harmful. Yet doing nothing isn't really an option either.  

In this one-hour Master Class session, you’ll learn how to properly maintain these distinctive plants. Margaret Allan will guide you through the best practices for maintaining the health of indigenous plants, offering expert insights into how their needs differ from those of traditional garden plants. Special attention will be given to grasses, sedges, and groundcovers—plants that require a different approach to care, from watering and mulching to trimming and general maintenance.  

The session will cover: 

• Removing biomass from grasses 
• Trimming groundcovers 
• Foliage care and pruning hardy indigenous shrubs 
• Watering and feeding indigenous plants

Beyond basic maintenance, you'll also explore how to recognize plant life cycles, when plants have completed their life cycle, and how to support their self-propagation. This session will help you nurture your garden in a way that promotes natural regeneration and sustainability. 

This session is part of a three part series called “Nurturing Indigenous Gardens”. Other topics include  ‘Ecological Garden Design: Lessons From the Bush’ and ‘Beyond plants - what else to include’.  Book the Series Package for discount. Friends of SGA receive a 15% discount on Master Class full price tickets. You can become a Friend of SGA here. Green Garden Professional (GGPs) receive a 30% discount.

Sessions are recorded and made available for two weeks after the session airs. You will be sent a link and password to access the recording.

Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) is a not-for-profit non-government organiation dedicated to achieving a healthy biodiverse planet.

Its driving purpose is to:

• Encourage, educate and enable home and professional gardeners to adopt sustainable gardening practices to protect or enhance the natural environment;
• Provide information, education and undertake research about the natural environment;
• Reconnect people to the natural world through gardening; and
• Ensure an understanding of the impacts that gardening decisions about chemical and resource use have on the natural environment well beyond their neighbourhood.