Author Archives: Jen @ Eco Outdoor

looking for free landscape or pool design advice?

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free landscape design advice in-store at nunawading on sat 26th nov As spring morphs into summer we start to use our outdoor spaces more and more. Now’s the time to get cracking and make the most out of our courtyards or backyards or whatever space you have to enjoy outside. On Saturday the 26th November [...]
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eco qld wins gold at the awards

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On Saturday 5th November we attended the Landscape QLD award night which recognised and celebrated the best of the best in landscape construction. What a night. Congratulations to all the winners especially  Eureka Landscapes – WINNER of the 2011 Queensland Landscape Construction of the Year for their Gainsborough Green Recreation Hub Project.  A big congratulations [...]
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calling all SA design hunters

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South Australians are gearing up for their very first Saturday at Design happening tomorrow Saturday 5th November. For those of you familiar with local design events, this one is being hosted by the Design Institute of Australia [ SA chapter] and is bound to be a cracker. Called ‘Designers’ Saturday’ it will run from 10am [...]
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deep green landscaping in-store this sat

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For those of you kicking around the western side of this great land we’ve got two fantastic Spring Experts in-store at our Osborne Park showroom this Saturday. Julian Rose and Stewart Windsor of Deep Green Landscaping are our experts on hand to answer any of your landscape design or gardening questions. If you haven’t met [...]
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unpackaged > new eco retail

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Less outdoor but definitely eco, this is a gorgeous little store I found in Clerkenwell, London called Unpackaged. It’s run by a clever little lady named Catherine Conway who started it as an eco-friendly low-fi approach to grocery shopping. Catherine Conway, founder of Unpackaged, says ‘Unnecessary packaging is a waste of resources and a waste [...]
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Quietly looking for another job?

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Are you quietly looking for another job? Not wanting to make a splash this close to Christmas but secretly hoping that you stumble across the perfect gig that will allow you to throw in the towel and get moving onto a new career path or maybe you’re just looking for somewhere new to plant your [...]
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introducing the selby

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For those of you looking to pack a little bedazzler into your Friday afternoon brain drain; here’s a little something to tickle your fancy – the selby. It’s choc full of interesting interiors by Todd Selby but beware, you could lose hours loafing about in here…. .jwsharethis a {margin: 0 10px 0 0; text-shadow: 0 [...]
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cheers to you perth

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Last night we officially launched our latest Eco Outdoor showroom in Perth with around 300 of our newest friends. Our Perth owners Pam and Pete put on an amazing show and it was undoubtedly one of the best launches we’ve had thus far. Don, Darcy and the whole Panorama food crew put on a cracking [...]
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books as planters . . what the?

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Gartenkultur of Italy drilled holes in hardback books, puts in some mesh, and paints the pages with an insulating layer so that the pages won’t get wet, fills up the hole with soil and plops in a plant. It’s a bit meta, since, of course, books are made from trees, and now trees are growing [...]
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handmade italian cotto > slow flooring

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For those of you traditionally considering natural stone outdoors, here’s a little something to wrap your peepers around. Handmade Italian Cotto is one of our more specialty products. We source it from an old school Italian cotto factory where each piece is carefully crafted by hand and left to dry out naturally in the sun. [...]
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