Services

Naturelovers offers the following services:

– Garden consultation & design

Naturelovers specialises in custom gardens for all purposes including kitchen gardens, sensory gardens (also for special needs), indigenous landscapes and wildlife attracting habitats.

Yooralla daycare sensory garden

Varying surface design, textures and levels for sensory perception

Autistic clients love the bridge

All plants are fragrant and nontoxic

Sensory structures for added enrichment

Combining texture and foliage colour for interest in this water wise garden

Ideas for maximising garden space with pots and vertical structures

How to have a productive garden in a tiny courtyard

Pots and bonsai tips

Sustainable gardening using upcycled sandpits for planting containers

Fairy gardens to bring magic

We offer garden consultations to individuals, families, schools and kindergartens, and community organisations.

An initial 60 minute consultation is $100 meeting face-to-face at your site and is suited to those who would like a DIY garden but need advice. This includes:

• Site analysis
• Liaison with client, listening to your needs, likes and dislikes
• Horticultural advice, recommended materials, plant selection and requirements
• After the consultation we send you a planting list with recommendations on planting and after care

For a garden design we offer a 90minute initial consultation at $250, which covers all the above, but also includes a concept plan design of the garden based on our initial consultation.

For additional charges ($55/hr) we can also help with the soft landscape installation (planting, composting and mulching), or plant selection and placement. We can also quote costings of plants, materials and labour if you would like us to help with the installation.

– Teacher PD training

Life cycle of an elm leaf beetle

How do we know what we know?

Leaf rubbing and leaf identification

Studying food chains in the garden

Where does food come from inquiry into wheat and flour making

Looking at plants through microscope

Looking for wildlife in the gardem

Biology and creature identification

Learning how to care for plants

Responsibility and looking after a school garden

Combining physics, mindfulness and creativity with stone stacking

Learning about geology with soil testing

Let Naturelovers come and inspire your teachers to use available garden or outdoor areas for engaging student learning and inquiry. Suits general studies or specialist teachers, PYP schools and kitchen garden facilitators.

– Facilitation of educational incursions/excursions

Life cycle of worms

Biodiversity walk at Gardiners creek

Leaf rubbing and leaf identification

Learning what birds eye view is and mapmaking

Map making

Learning about form and observational drawing using feathers

Learning about the needs of plants

Naturelovers visits Schools, Kindergartens, Playgroups and Childcare Centres with various engaging programs designed to teach children about gardening, mindfulness, natural sciences, sustainability and wildlife conservation through exploration, nature-based play and craft activities. Naturelovers also facilitates class excursions to local parks and reserves to better connect children to their own natural environment. We explore local biodiversity and the ways in which children can better connect with and contribute to these special places.

– Children’s parties

Fairy party

Nature craft to take home

Nature sculptures

‘Fossil’ making

Nature craft

Mini worlds – Terrariums

Perfume bags

Hire Naturelovers to entertain at your children’s party – we will get dirty, grow our own plants, and create wonderful nature arts and crafts to treasure forever (beats a lolly bag and balloon hands down! ). Your child and guests will remember this nature-inspired party forever! Book now