Introduction to Ecological Gardens

About

This is the worldview session. We look at what an ecological garden actually is, not a messy wilderness, not a native garden only and how to begin thinking about your own space through place, ecology, structure and time.

• What is an ecological garden?
• Start where you stand — reading sun, shade, wind and water
• Structure before planting
• Indigenous first, exotic with intention
• Habitat, soil and water
• The garden as a long conversation
• Take home: Printed notes, plant list, ecological garden checklist. Tea and coffee included.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Small by design

Each session is deliberately capped at eight people. The conversation stays close and the learning stays practical.

Studio setting

Held at our Hawthorn studio, surrounded by the plants, objects and reference material we use in our own design work.

Printed take-homes

Every workshop includes printed notes, worksheets or plant lists to carry the thinking forward.

Led by practitioners

Not instructors. The people who lead these sessions design ecological gardens for a living.