November 8, 2017November 5, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening - Natives

Grevillea Venusta

As you can see, this Grevillea Venusta is stunning and it’s currently flowering at Booyong. This Grevillea is commonly known as […]

November 6, 2017April 1, 2018Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard

Pomegranate Tree

W are so excited, our pomegranate tree at Booyong is flowering! The flowers caught my eye in the orchard when I […]

October 9, 2017October 8, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Gardening, Orchard, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

An exceptionally dry Winter at Booyong

Being a rural property that is dependent upon rain water, Booyong has certainly felt the impact of our dry winter. […]

October 2, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Projects, Recycling and Going Green, Vegetable Garden

Herb Garden

We love to recycle what we can and used an old water tank to create a herb garden for our […]

August 30, 2017August 29, 2017Accomodation, Birds, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation

Grey Fantail

The little Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) has been fanning its tail and flittering on the edge of the rainforest eluding […]

July 19, 2017July 15, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Conservation, Gardening - Natives, Lizards, Trees

Hoop Pine Tree

We have a magnificent Hoop Pine tree (Araucaria cunninghamii) growing in what we call the cabin circle at Booyong. It’s […]

July 17, 2017July 15, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening - Natives

Grevillea Lollypops and the Monarch Butterfly

We were amazed last week when we discovered our Grevillea Lollypops covered in beautiful Monarch Butterflies. We planted a variety […]

July 16, 2017July 15, 2017Accomodation, Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden

There’s no place I’d rather be ……

Laying in the sun with a good book at Booyong over the weekend! There’s no place I’d rather be!

June 19, 2017November 28, 2018Booyong Conservation Retreat, Cabin Garden, Gardening, Orchard, Vegetable Garden

Lemon and Lime Tree

My brother Andrew and his wife Kelly gifted me this Lemon and Lime grafted tree a few years ago and […]

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017Booyong Conservation Retreat, Conservation, Projects

Wood Pile Burn at Booyong

You may have noticed over summer the piling of fallen down trees on rural properties. At Booyong as we’ve been […]