Make the most of

A COASTAL SITE

PLANT A SHELTERBELT OF DECIDUOUS SPECIES – BARE LEAFLESS BRANCHES ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINTER STORM DAMAGE.

LEAVE STRATEGICALLY PLACED ‘WINDOWS’ IN THE SHELTERBELT TO CATCH SEA OR ESTUARY VIEWS.

ECHO NATIVE SPECIES THAT GROW WILD ON YOUR MARGINS WITH MORE CULTIVATED VERSIONS OF THE SAME PLANTS IN THE MORE GARDENED AREAS.

SLOW DOWN DESICCATION OF THE SOIL FROM SEA BREEZES BY MULCHING PLANTED AREAS.

USE GRASSES THAT SWAY IN THE WIND TO CELEBRATE THE EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS.

CHOOSE PLANTS WITH INTERESTING SHAPES WHEN ON A SLOPING SITE, EG SUCCULENTS, WHICH LOOK GOOD FROM ABOVE.

PLANT RESILIENT CAREX SEDGES

– ‘ICE DANCE’ AS AN EDGER AND ‘SILVER SCEPTRE’ – TO FORM SLOW-SPREADING MOUNDS.