Episode 9 | No Dig Gardening |Nobelius – Nurseryman to a nation | Alfred Nicholas & Pirianda Gardens |

Posted on | April 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

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• ‘No Dig’ Garden Special – The Ultimate Guide
• Nobelius – Nurseryman to a nation & Puffing Billy; the Garden connection.
• Reviews : Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden, Pirianda Gardens & The Melbourne International Flower and Garden show
• What’s up in the Dig It Garden
• Vegetable Garden Report
• This months gift for mailing list subscribers : How to put together the Dig It Down Under worm farm using common garden bits and pieces.

Carl Axel Nobelius
(1851 – 1921)
and the Nobelius Nursey

Nobelius Nursery originally used the business name of Gembrook Nurseries, chosen because it was in the parish of Gembrook.
All photos reproduced courtesy the “Emerald Museum Collection”.

Nobelius Heritage Museum is located at Nobelius Heritage Park, Crichton Road. Emerald VIC 3782

Opening hours Wednesday 10am to 12pm, Sundays 1.30pm to 4pm

Closed July and August and on days of total fire ban.

You can purchase Jo Jenkinson’s book at the Museum.

Puffing Billy also known as Gemmy was a hard working train in the days when it was transporting logs, fruit, passengers and Nobelius nursery produce to Ferntree Gully where it was then taken to Melbourne city for export to other Australian states and to many parts of the world.

Reproduced with the permission of Puffing Billy Railway.

Website:  www.puffingbilly.com.au

No Dig Gardening Sources:

Esther Deans’ Gardening Book – Growing without Digging – Harper and Row

No Dig Gardening by Allen Gilbert – ABC Books

Step one of my no dig garden http://digitdownunder.com/vegetable-gardening/?cat=4

Links mentioned in the podcast:

Stawberry Wall http://digitdownunder.com/whatsup/?p=193

Pirianda Garden  http://digitdownunder.com/walkabout/?cat=22

Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden http://digitdownunder.com/walkabout/?cat=15

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show  http://digitdownunder.com/walkabout/?p=108

Daffodil Catalogue : J H Hancock  http://www.daffodilbulbs.com.au/

Rock Dust http://digitdownunder.com/whatsup/?p=174

The Bloke picks my Godzilla Zucchini by mistake  http://digitdownunder.com/whatsup/?p=158

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