The garden works as an ecological micro-system, fostering biodiversity, supporting pollinators, creating habitat and aiding urban cooling. Every element, from plants and stonework to furniture, has been sourced through local partners. We’re measuring canopy coverage, pollination support and heat reduction to show that even a modest green space can deliver real environmental gains. 

Suppliers

Thank you to our show garden partners for bringing We the Wild to life:

Stewart Build Co, FormBoss Metal Edging, The Balcony Garden, Cosh Living, Gardens at Night, Kuranga Native Nursery, Proven Winners, Fern Acres Nursery, Surf Coast Palms, Specialty Trees, Coolabah Turf, Rocks Plus, Dingley Woodshed, Repurpose It 

Full planting list:

• Cootamundra Wattle – Acacia baileyana ‘Purpurea’
• Woolly Bush – Adenanthos sericeus
• Kangaroo Paw – Anigozanthos ‘Landscape Gold’
• Kangaroo Paw – Anigozanthos ‘Velvet’
• Native Rush – Baloskion pallens ‘Didgery Sticks’
• Birthday Candles – Banksia spinulosa ‘Birthday Candles’
• Cherry Candles – Banksia spinulosa ‘Cherry Candles’
• Coastal Cushion – Banksia spinulosa ‘Coastal Cushion’
• Hinchinbrook Island Banksia – Banksia plagiocarpa
• Bare Twig Rush – Baumea juncea
• Golden Beauty Strawflower – Bracteantha bracteata ‘Sundaze Golden Beauty’
• Totally Yellow Strawflower – Bracteantha bracteata ‘Sundaze Totally Yellow’
• Milky Beauty-Heads – Calocephalus lacteus
• Swamp She-Oak – Casuarina glauca ‘Cousin It’
• Shagpile She-Oak – Casuarina glauca ‘Shagpile’
• Common Everlasting (Broad Form) – Chrysocephalum apiculatum ‘Silver Sunburst’
• Golden Buttons – Chrysocephalum apiculatum ‘Golden Buttons’
• Desert Flame – Chrysocephalum apiculatum ‘Desert Flame’ PBR
• Clustered Everlasting – Chrysocephalum semipapposum
• Chef’s Cap Correa – Correa baeuerlenii
• Christmas in July – Correa lawrenceana
• Everlasting Daisy – Coronidium elatum ‘Sunny Side Up’
• Sticky Everlasting – Coronidium oxylepis
• Rock Orchid – Dendrobium speciosum
• Tasman Flax-Lily – Dianella tasmanica
• Giant Spear Lily – Doryanthes palmeri
• Native Grass Tree – Dracophyllum secundum
• Emu Bush – Eremophila glabra ‘Silver Ball’
• Silky Eremophila – Eremophila nivea
• Elegance – Grevillea ‘Elegance’
• Mat Rush – Lomandra confertifolia ‘Silver Grace’
• Guitar Plant – Lomatia tinctoria
• Blue Spires – Plectranthus parviflorus ‘Blue Spires’
• Tussock Grass – Poa poiformis ‘Kingsdale’
• Dinner Plain Candle Heath – Richea continentis ‘Dinner Plain’
• Stardiva™ Pink – Scaevola aemula ‘Stardiva™ Pink’
• Tasmanian Pepperberry – Tasmannia lanceolata
• Kangaroo Grass – Themeda triandra ‘True Blue’
• Austral Grass Tree – Xanthorrhoea glauca
• Paper Daisy – Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’
• Paper Daisy – Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Golden Bronze’
• Paper Daisy – Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Lemon Monarch’
• Paper Daisy – Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘Pearl White’
• Sticky Everlasting Daisy – Xerochrysum viscosum