Plants (flowers) favoured by Native Stingless Bees – Tetragonula carbonaria in Sydney

Have you noticed the deep dark purple tree Tibouchina in flower right now? ...

24 June, 2021

The 20th TREENET Symposium Conference – Soil Volumes and Soil Design for Arborists

Soils are fundamental in tree development, health and longevity, so why is soil design not often addressed in tree report...

31 July, 2019

‘Mad About Dirt’

'Mad about Dirt' With horticulture experts Angus Stewart and Tino Carnevale (from Gardening Australia) and Elke Haege, (co-author of 'Soils for...

09 May, 2019

Soils Workshop. Launch of Landscape Soils Handbook. Leake and Haege 2017

WORKSHOP ON EMERGING TRENDS IN LANDSCAPE SOIL DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS Come along on the 10th June 2017 to an event...

10 June, 2017

The Tree Infrastructure Economy

There are so many benefits of trees (particularly large trees) in urban environments and we've listed just a few below. But...

09 May, 2017

Sanctuary Magazine. Gardening up High

I was asked to put an article on Green Roofs in this seasons Sanctuary Magazine. here is the published piece that gives...

01 March, 2017

What Flower Colours are Bees attracted to?

Many flowers have "ultraviolet nectar guides" on them that are invisible to humans but tell bees where to find nectar...

16 November, 2016

Emerging Voices in Landscape Architecture

I am thrilled to be named as one of the 10 emerging voices of Landscape Architecture by AILA - Australian Institute...

04 November, 2016

Review of Tim Heard Native Stingless Bee workshop

Finding Tetragonula hockingsi. Elke organised for a free workshop on native stingless bees with Tim Heard as part of a combined...

21 March, 2016

Hives of activity: Keeping native bees can improve your garden’s productivity

I was recently approached by Bettter Homes and Gardens presenter, Jason Hodges who wanted to write an article on keeping...

01 March, 2016