2014 Camellias: 2014

Thursday, 29 May 2014

CAMELLIA SASQUANA

Juni, 2004, Camellia sasanqua, photograph, Flickr, post reviewed 21 November 2006, accessed 22 May 2014, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jam343/2048138/ , licensed cc-by-2.0.

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

TIMELINE FOR ESTABLISHING A NEW CAMELLIA GARDEN


Activity	Step by Step
Redesign Garden

	Look at magazines
	Talk to local garden supplier Consult a specialist garden designer
	Choose garden design and plant growth form
Prepare Ground
	Establish garden layout
	Remove unwanted plants
	Turn over soil and make acidic with good aeration and organic matter
	Add mature compost/Camellia food (Trehane 2007, p54)
Prepare Compost
	Options: Collect manure (allow to mature for 12 months before use)
	Collect vegetable waste (allow to mature before use)
	Consider commercial Camellia food or compost (Trehane 2007, p 90)
Select Plants
	Look at Australian Originated Camellias (Camellias Australia, 2012) and Camellias Australia Albums
	Look in garden centres
	Talk to local community
	Choose plants

Planting
	Plant in Spring Mulch Protect from direct sun Protect from Winter cold (How to plant Camellias, 2014)

Camellias Australia, 2012, Australian Originated Camellias, photographs, Flickr, accessed 3 May 2014, https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=australian%20originated%20camellias, copyright all rights reserved

Camellias Australia, 2012, Camellias Australia, photographs, Flickr, accessed 10 June 2014,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camelliasaustralia/sets, copyright all rights reserved

Trehane, J., 2007, Camellias The Gardener’s Encyclopedia, Timber Press Inc, Oregon USA

Camellias Australia is the authoritative group for information about Camellias. Their photostream includes 28 albums.
How to plant Camellias is an article within a digital magazine called Southern Living. It is three images presented in a click-to-view style. There are advertisements for the household and cooking.
Camellias The Gardener's Encyclopedia includes everything you need to know about growing Camellias. There are colour photographs and an easy to understand writing style.

CAMELLIAS IN THE RAIN

Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association,2012, Camellia Gardens in the Rain, posted 4 November 2012, accessed 17 April 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFCd6nSUz8 License Standard YouTube Licence

This video gives an indication of how Camellias can be combined with other plants to create a peaceful relaxed setting. The combination of fallen flowers and paths form a visually pleasing location.

GARDENING AUSTRALIA

Gardening Australia, a family program on ABC1 television. The web site provides information about plants, pests and diseases, gardening techniques, community, resources, videos, fact sheets, Organic Gardener magazine and a subscription to email newsletter. The subscription is equivalent to a RSS feed and appears within your email.
ABC, 2014, Gardening Australia, ABC, accessed 15 May 2014, http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/ Copyright ©2014, All Rights Reserved

A search for Camellia Fact Sheets resulted in over 70 articles listed within Gardening Australia.
accessed 15 May 2014, posted 2014
http://search.abc.net.au/search/search.cgi?form=simple&meta_v=gardening&num_ranks=10&collection=tv&num_tiers=1&query=Camellia+%2B+Fact+Sheet+%2B+Fact+Sheet

Gardening Australia covers a range of climatic zones and Tasmania is in the cool zone. It is possible to connect to the web page via facebook, twitter and instagram. There are useful links to garden societies and an online forum. ABC produces this program. There is an email contact option to gain further information.

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

SMALL GARDEN DESIGN

There are many books available on garden design and establishing organic vegetable systems. I found lots of ideas which would be suitable. This online video shows the transformation of an inner courtyard garden. "The Small Garden" is a company which provides advice, products and builders to help redesign a small garden. View the Design tab to get a break down of steps needed and consulation fee. Some charming images of their past projects are on view in their Gallery.
http://thesmallgarden.com.au/gallery/

Their Blog post gives images before and after the redesign. Read the older posts to see a variety of their work.

Before and After

Carolynn Brooks, 2011, The Small Garden: Before and After - Inner City Toowong, on Vimeo.,online video, 3 April, accessed 27 May 2014,
http://thesmallgarden.com.au/blog/ All rights reserved.

This video was produced by the owners of "The Small Garden". One way to minimize the amount of garden maintanence is to include paths and seating as a permanent feature.

Monday, 26 May 2014

RSS FEED

My clients want to grow Camellias in Tasmania. There are useful books, magazines and prints available to guide their learning and gardening experience. Tasmania's State Library has a RSS feed with each individual search. My search for "camellias" resulted in 62 records. Refining the search by topic: camellias resulted in 23 useful records. The RSS symbol appears at the top of the screen next to the search results. An option is available to subscribe to this feed.

Department of Education, 2014, LINC Talis plus, State Government of Tasmania, Hobart, accessed 27 May 2014, http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/find/?q=CAMELLIAS&topic=Camellias

Tasmania's State Library is available to everyone free of charge. New items are regularly added to the collection.

REFERENCES

Books:

Mason, J., 2000, Trees and Shrubs for Small Gardens, Kangaroo Press, East Roseville, NSW

Trehane, J., 2007, Camellias The Gardener’s Encyclopedia, Timber Press Inc, Oregon USA

Young, J., 2003, Classic Camellias for Australian Gardens, Mallon Publishing Pty Ltd, Clifton Hill, Victoria.

Article:

Crook, N., 2014, Espalier pretty and productive, Your Garden, vol. Autumn 2014, pp. 40-46.

Magazine:

Editor Geoffrey Burnie, 2014 Autumn, Your Garden, Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd, Eveleigh, NSW

Youtube:

Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, 2012, Camellia Gardens in the Rain, posted 4 November 2012, accessed 17 April 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFCd6nSUz8 License Standard YouTube Licence

Carolynn Brooks, 2011, The Small Garden: Before and After - Inner City Toowong, on Vimeo.,online video, 3 April, accessed 27 May 2014,
http://thesmallgarden.com.au/blog/ All rights reserved.

Image/Still Picture:

Image used in title heading:
junichiroaoyama, 2004, Camellia sasanqua, photograph, Wikimedia Commons, accessed 4 May 2014, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Camellia_sasanqua1JAM343.jpg, licensed cc-by-2.0

Juni, 2004, Camellia sasanqua, photograph, Flickr, post reviewed 21 November 2006, accessed 22 May 2014, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jam343/2048138/ , licensed cc-by-2.0.

Photostream:

Camellias Australia, 2012, Australian Originated Camellias, photographs, Flickr, accessed 3 May 2014, https://www.flickr.com/photos/camelliasaustralia/sets/72157632503967169/https://www.flickr.com/photos/camelliasaustralia/sets/72157632503967169/ copyright all rights reserved

Website:

ABC, 2014, Gardening Australia, ABC, accessed 22 May 2014, http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/ Copyright ©2014, All Rights Reserved

Brooks, T. & C., 2011, The Small Garden, Gallery, The Small Garden, http://thesmallgarden.com.au/gallery/ All Rights Reserved

Camellias Australia Incorporated, 2014, Camellias Australia, Camellias Australia Incorporated accessed 6 May 2014, www.camelliasaustralia.com.au Copyright © 2012 – 2013

RSS Feed:

Department of Education, 2014, LINC Talis plus, State Government of Tasmania, Hobart, accessed 27 May 2014, http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/find/?q=CAMELLIAS&topic=Camellias

Blog with RSS:

Bender, S., 2014, Camellia Planting Guide, Southern Living, accessed 4 April 2014, http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/camellias

Southern Living, 2014, How to plant a Camellia, Southern Living, accessed 4 April 2014, http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/how-to-plant-camellias/step-2_5 Copyright ©2014 Time Inc. Lifestyle Group. All Rights Reserved

RSS Content Feeds, 2014, Southern Living, accessed 4 April 2014, http://www.southernliving.com/general/rss

Social Media:

Camellias Australia, 2014, Camellias Australia Community Organization, Facebook, 28 June 2014, https://www.facebook.com/camelliasaustralia

Stoneman’s Garden Centre, 2014, Stoneman’s Garden Centre, Facebook, 28 June 2014, https://www.facebook.com/stonemansgc

ANNOTATED CITATIONS

Camellias Australia, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/camelliasaustralia/timeline

·         Authority-Link to Camellias Australia which is a community organisation aimed at promoting friendship and knowledge through growing camellias. I consider this to be a high authority source.
·         Currency-Photos added every day and shared comments.
·         Relevance-Provides contacts to others who grow camellias. Plenty of photographs to view.

Stoneman’s Garden Centre, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stonemansgc

· Authority- State Winner of the 2014 Best Lifestyle Garden Centre Award. Contact details given including phone number, address, email and website. Established since 1988. I consider this to be a high authority source of garden supply information.

· Currency-Posts and comments made daily.

· Relevance-topics include seasonal vegetables, fruit trees, garden design for a small area. All of this is relevant to my clients who are redesigning a small garden.

Camellias Australia www.camelliasaustralia.com.au

· Authority – Contact details are given for the president, secretary, membership and web site design of Camellias Australia.

· Currency – Copyright © 2012 - 2013 Camellias Australia Incorporated. All rights reserved. All material on www.camelliasaustralia.com.au and the Camellias Australia Gallery is the property of Camellias Australia unless otherwise acknowledged. Non-commercial use is permitted provided an acknowledgement to the site is given. For proposed commercial use contact the Camellias Australia secretary for further information.

· Relevance – This site links to Flickr photo galleries. One album displays Camellias which have originated in Australia and the other displays Camellias which can be grown in Australia. There as several plant nurseries indicated in each Australian state.

LINC Talis plus:

· Authority – Tasmania’s State Library comes under the umbrella organisation known as LINC, which is supported by the Tasmanian Department of Education. I consider this to be a high authority source of information.

· Currency – As new items are added to the library catalogue the RSS feed will make my clients aware of them.

· Relevance – Tasmania’s State Library is available to everyone free of charge. Members may borrow selected items. The collection includes more than 200,000 items in various formats; books, maps, magazines, microfilms and audio visual material. This source is useful to my clients who prefer written material compared to digital.

How To Plant Camellias:

· Authority – This slide share is published in an electronic magazine called Southern Living. This magazine includes advertisements and other articles not related to gardening, such as travel and home decoration. I consider this source to be low authority since there is no reference for the information.

· Currency – Published 2014, suitable to be viewed by all ages

· Relevance – The technique of planting a camellia is the same throughout time. The soil must be prepared before planting and mulch applied afterwards.

Camellia Planting Guide:

· Authority – This electronic article is written by Steve Bender, who features in several articles and youtubes on the topic of domestic gardening. I consider this to be a medium authority since it is possible to follow links to other relevant information. Advertisments break up the flow of information.

· Currency – Published 2014, discusses several aspects of plant care..

· Relevance – Although it is located within southern America the details of plant care are similar. Some diseases and plant pests might not be relevant to Australia.

Camellias in the Rain:

· Authority – The authors are a senior citizen group who created this video out of a shared interest in gardens. The location is E.G. Waterhouse National Camellia Gardens, Caringbah NSW.

·Currency – It was made in 2012.

·Relevance – This video gives an idea of how Camellias can help to create a peaceful setting suitable for middle aged people. Paths help to divide the garden beds and maintain a feeling of privacy.

Classic Camellias for Australian Gardens:

· Authority – The author has worked as an editor and book designer, a garden photographer and writer. Acknowledgements are given to the Camellia Grove Nursery in Sydney, Rhodoglen nursery, Secret Gardens of Sydney and several owners of private gardens.

· Currency – This book was published in 2003 so it is 11 years old but it is still a useful reference.

· Relevance – This book has beautiful colour photographs and has easy to read text. There is a brief description of each variety and its growing habit. In particular I recommend the following pages, pages 17-18 Camellias in Australia; page 18 Camellia Flowering Times within Capital Cities; page 18 Gardening Advice; page 20 Planting a New Camellia; page 21 Mulching; page 23 Espaliers; page 24 Hedges and Standards; page 26 Containers; page 31 Classic Camellias.

Your Garden:

· Authority – Editor Geoffrey Burnie. Phone number, fax and email given for the editorial section. Pacific Magazines are the publishers. They have a phone number, a street address in Eveleigh NSW and an ABN.

· Currency - This magazine is produced quarterly during the year.

· Relevance – Apart from the articles that are relevant to Australian gardening there are interesting advertisements, eg The Diggers Club which propagates Australian heirloom seeds and plants. The regular features are Gardening, Plants, Edibles, Gardens and Lifestyle.

Espalier Pretty and Productive:

· Authority – This article was published in Your Garden which is a quarterly Australian magazine. They have a phone number, a street address in Eveleigh NSW and an ABN.

· Currency – This magazine is produced quarterly during the year.

· Relevance – The Espalier technique is explained and illustrated. This article is easy to read, view and understand. The photos are excellent.

Trees and Shrubs for Small Gardens:

· Authority – The author acknowledges help from the Editorial and research assistants from the Australian Correspondence Schools; advice from Flemings Nursery, Silvan Victoria and the National Herbarium, South Yarra, Victoria. Twelve other books were published by the same author on related topics. There is a street address, phone and fax numbers, PO Box address, websites and email addresses. So the author is willing to be contacted.

· Currency – The book was published in 2000 and is 14 years old yet the plant classification details stay the same.

· Relevance – This book is relevant to the topic. One drawback is the small writing text which is hard to read even with glasses. There is useful information on plant habitat and requirements. Part 1 is most useful as a practical guide for training plant growth, landscaping, selection of plants, care of plants, control of pests and diseases, and plants for specific purposes.

Camellia sasanqua1JAM343.jpg

· Authority – This image was posted on Flickr by junichiroaoyama from Kyoto, Japan, on 20 December 2004, 13:12. It’s called Camellia sasanqua. This image is licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence. We have permission to share, to remix and to acknowledge the author of the original image.

· Currency – Although the image is 10 years old it is an example of today’s Camellias.

· Relevance – Camellias are abundant flowering green shrubs. This image is a good example of the density of the plant and the brilliance of colour.