Native Garden Retreat in Moruya
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House Notes – Native Garden Retreat in Moruya
What started as an urgent need to provide shelter from strong winds and blistering sun has evolved into a garden with a framework inspired by lowland grassy woodlands. It is designed to encourage exploration in search of the little treats and surprises provided by Australian plants, along with a sense of peace and reflection. Our natural inclination to collect, and a strong sense of the need to protect and nurture native species, has driven our desire to build small collections of certain genera.
Situated on a gentle slope at Glendeuart and looking south over the small town of Moruya on the Far Southeast Coast of NSW, the garden is about 8kms inland from the ocean. We live in a coastal valley adjacent to a Lowlands Grassy Woodland EEC. A five-minute drive to the west finds you in a series of National Parks and State Forest reserves.
Sustainability Features
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above-ground rainwater storage
Blackwater system
Greywater system
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 2 x 20,000L tanks for all household needs
- Water harvesting and saving
- All stormwater runoff is directed through swales into our dam (approx. 946,000L) for use in outside maintenance and the gardens
- Sustainable materials:
- We have recently used permeable paving linking the house into the garden. The idea comes from a book on concrete, which mentions problems of impermeable sealing of the hard landscape and how it robs the environment of groundwater.
- All-Electric Home?
- No
- Number of bedrooms
- 1
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- We recycle all of our considerable prunings through domestic heating, mulching for the gardens and through our outdoor brick oven
- Garden / Outdoors
- Composting
Edible garden
Native plants
Water-wise plants
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- Garden Only
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