Category: Wymond House

We have in the past opened our garden, as part of the Australian Open Garden scheme. We have opened the garden three times and its been a few years since the last opening. In that time the rock landscaped gardens have been extended and matured.

Our newest venture has been to put in a system to collect all the house’s rainwater that’s then stored in several large tanks. This will significantly help with the summer watering requirements of our large green garden.

We believe that a garden and tree cover significantly contributes to the reduction of summer temperatures. We’ve chosen to plant a large number of new deciduous trees which will give us both winter sun and summer shade. We also appreciate their fire retardant strengths.

Its most important that people dont let their large trees die. Planting trees not only cools and reduces power requirements, but they soak up Carbon Dioxide as they grow. The move to smaller blocks in the city and lack of space to grow trees is doing nothing for the heat generating factor of cities themselves. We all need to cherish the plants we have and know that they are contributing in their own way to reducing climate change