ppppppppeeeeeeeeepppppppppppooooooooo nnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwsssssssssWelcome to the 2010 winter newsletter - we are happy celebrate the Pepo Newsletters fi rst birthday!It is wet Winter and I am sure that will mean a beautiful Spring, it has also meant the maintenance crew have been working in the rain to try to keep up with the program. Please let us know if you feel your garden needs some Winter attention. I have just come back from a week staying in the north of the state. The ArtsCape Biennial was on in Byron Bay. Much like our Sculpture by the Sea the outdoor exhibition showed a range of local, regional and overseas artists. I was thrilled to see our client Mark McClelland, who won Sculpture by the Sea with ‘she thought’ in 2008, with a beautiful timber boat sculpture titled ‘Having a lovely time going nowhere’. The other artists I will be looking out for are Bronwyn Berman from Bowral, Samantha Collyer from Mullumbimby and Mike McGregor from Carwoola NSW. While on holidays we visited the Djanbung Gardens which is a permaculture education centre and demonstration farm. I had visited the farm 10 years ago so it was great to see the way it had developed. They have beautiful lotus ponds, Blackwater reedbed treatment and dams for gravity irrigation. There were clumps of bamboo, tropical food forests and citrus trees overfl owing with fruit (so much so, we grabbed a couple of lemons to make a lemon delicious pudding - see the winter recipe). The gardens were abundant with food and function but I must say I was a little disappointed with the maintenance and the visual elements of the garden. With all our adventures we missed the opening to the opening of My Italian Friend exhibition at Mary Place Gallery in Paddington. Curated by Lucio Galletto, it features Pio Carlone, Mirianne Cara and our favourite blacksmith sculptor Francesco Petrolo. We called in on our return, and it is defi antly worth spending some time there if you have a chance. Exhibition closes on the 18th of July. We are very excited to announce one of your gardens has been selected as a fi nalist in the AILDM (Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers) awards. We will let you know the results in our Spring newsletter. Thank you to all the garden owners who have allowed us to enter your gardens in the competition.I hope you enjoy the Pepo Newsletter, see you soon. Bronwyn Berman, ‘Spindrift’

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Paul Johnston - Maintenance manager

- be planting peas and snow pea seeds, spinach, lettuce and onion seedlings and cloves of garlic- be killing off African Black Beetle. August is the perfect time to do so as the beetle larvae or ‘Curl Grubs’ are at the most vulnerable stage of their life cycle. African Black Beetle chew the roots of the grass and cause brown patches in the lawn.- be cleaning paths with a high pressure gurney at the end of our wet Winter that have become slippery

Paul Johnston - Maintenance manager

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In April, we attended designEX, a showcase of the latest products for Interior Designers and Architects. This year we would love to share with you a couple of our favourite products that you may like for your own garden.

Lemon Delicious

3 eggs, separated1/2 cup caster sugar30g butter, melted1 cup milk2 teaspoons grated lemon rind1/3 cup lemon juice1/2 cup self raising fl our1 tablespoon bush honey

In a good sized bowl beat egg yolks and sugar within an inch of their life, or until thick and creamy. Stir in butter, milk, rind, juice and sifted fl our. In another bowl, thrash those wicked egg whites until soft peaks form, add honey gradually until dissolved. Fold into lemon mixture. Pour into 6 lightly greased ramekins. Place in a baking dish with enough hot water to come halfway up the side of each dish. Bake in a moderate oven for about 40 mins or until pudding is set. Serve with fresh passion fruit on top, and or a dollop of double cream.

James Perkin - Construction supervisor

1 9 Quadrant Garden, Kif and Katast. Available from Kif and Katast www.kifandkatast.com.au

2 Cyl Outdoor Fireplace. Available from EcoSmart Fire, www.ecosmartfi re.com

Living with limited outdoor space doesn’t mean you can’t join the band wagon and grow your own fresh produce. Kif and Katast, a Melbourne based design company have brought us a fl at packed garden made from ‘double-walled, geotextile fabric’ allowing water to escape without taking the soil with it. It is UV stabilised, permeable, frost, sun resistant and 100% recyclable!

Winter doesn’t usually lend itself to the idea of alfresco dining. However, with EcoSmart’s Cyl fi replace, you can still enjoy the alfresco experience - and your garden - during the cooler months. Constructed from glass and stainless steel, the powerful and compact Cyl fi replace holds 5 litres of denatured ethanol an environmentally friendly energy source that can give you at least 5 hours of warmth.Eve Valensise - Landscape Architect

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Franco grew up in a small village in the south of Italy where he says you either became a priest or a criminal. Somehow, he found the art of being a blacksmith - and we are grateful that’s what he chose. He believes that being

a blacksmith is at the core of his being and even describes the iron itself as an extension of his own body. The organically formed ironwork and sculpture he creates exudes the qualities he sees intrinsic to iron. “A dark metal with

mystery” Nicola Cameron - Director