Australian native violets under a flowering gum sapling. #smallbackyards #australiannatives

Plenty of native groundcovers that are great in gardens - here’s a couple for dry areas pinatoro & piripiri - note the piripiri/bidibid was ⁦@nzhymenoptera⁩ choice not mine! @urbanbiodiversity #smallbackyards #lockdownvideos

Here’s one for conservation week - no need to mow! A lush native Leptinella lawn & some Fuchsia procumbens! #smallbackyards #maximisingbiodiversity #urbanbiodiversity #lockdownvideos #conservationweek ⁦@docgovtnz⁩

Time to think about layers in urban gardens! Birds & bugs hang out & feed in different layers - so create fabulous structure! Ground cover up to trees & vines. It can all be done in a small space to maximise the biodiversity! #urbanbiodiversity #smallbackyards #lockdownvideos

The weekend’s coming up - enough scrap materials lying around to repurpose into a bug box? Keep it simple or create a penthouse for the ecosystem powerhouses! #backyardbiodiversity #smallbackyards #lockdownvideos

Don’t underrate tī kōuka- cabbage trees - the all rounder of urban gardens! #urbanbiodiversity #smallbackyards #lockdownvideos #scicomm