Enjoy Your Garden

It is estimated that 25 per cent of household water is used in the garden, which makes the garden a great place to start gradually introducing more water conservation practices.

Step 4: Enjoy Your Garden

By following each step from understanding your soil, to choosing the right plants and being more water efficient, you’ll benefit your local environment and most of all, enjoy your garden!

 Over time, your water wise garden will:

• save you money
• become low maintenance
• benefit the environment.

Whether it’s a small space on a balcony in the Docklands, a patio or small inner city courtyard in Collingwood or a backyard in Caroline Springs, you can have a green garden during dry times. And the tougher your garden is, the less time you’ll spend working on it – which means more time to enjoy it!

 

City West Water offers gardening workshops that cover practical how-to information. To register your interest in attending please email conservation@citywestwater.com.au.

Sustainable Gardening Australia is a City West Water partner and has a wealth of information on its website, www.sgaonline.org.au.

• How do you make compost?

  1. Place your compost bin or heap on soil, not concrete, so it drains well and the worms and bacteria can enter the bin to decompose the waste.

  2. All compost bins or heaps need a balance of materials that:

  • are high in nitrogen, such as blood and bone or chicken manure
  • contain carbon, such as dried leaves or shredded newspapers
  • contain both carbon and nitrogen, such as kitchen scraps, pea straw and green garden prunings.

  3. To maintain your compost:

  • add water, but only enough so that the contents are moist but not wet
  • regularly turn the compost to add oxygen
  • put it in a sunny place to keep it warm.