About Me
I’m Rachel, founder of The Flat Cap Gardener.
I am a horticulturalist that loves anything involving plants and the natural world. I have started this website to talk about anything plant related that takes my interest and hopefully yours too!
Horticulture can have a positive impact on our lives, from having that quiet, private space to relax at home to the healthy food we need to thrive, just to name two.
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Banksia serrata-Old Man Banksia
This is a tree that is an emblem of Australia to me. It can be a little scruffy, but (as with many Australian natives) it has a random charm to it-the flowers look awesome and it can survive fire through the ability to reshoot from a lignotuber. The flowers are also a source of food…
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Anredera cordifolia- Madeira Vine
Madeira vine is my most disliked, but also my most loved, weed here in Sydney. I say this because it causes so much damage, grows quickly and spreads very easily, which is why I dislike it with such a passion, while I love it because I get immense pleasure out of removing it from the…
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A misconception about the work
People are often rather funny, in a slightly odd sort of way-which isn’t always about bad thing, but often doesn’t help in certain situations. For some, the idea of becoming a horticulturist is so different in their head compared to reality that when they start working it is a shock. In some ways, I can…
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A little excitement
Today, I got a little excited at work as I saw some daffodils, something that I haven’t seen since I left the England over twelve years ago. Yes, it is now winter here in Australia, with daffodils being a spring flower to me so it’s a random, but nice, surprise. From cute little yellow flowers…
- My working week
- Something comfortable
- My plans for spring
- Some reading or crafting
- A misconception about the work
- A little excitement
- Car park plantings at my local pool
- Healthy with some land
- Why I find plants interesting-part 2
- Random photos fro the week
- A change of plan!
- My trip out
- My morning at local parks
- Mexican sunflower-why it’s a weed here in Australia
- Plans for my garden
- That time of the week again!
- A rather cool find
- The start to my week
- What a difference a day makes!
- It’s a soggy one!
- Self doubt appears
- Why are plants so interesting?
- A range of random jobs
- What have I got up to today?
- A brief update on my garden
- Cooler temperatures are finally here!
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
- I’m still in a quandary!
- Flowers galore!
- Good socks are worth every penny!
- Chemical use in the garden
- Random finds of the week so far
- In my garden today
- Poor park maintenance
- A soggy week of interest
- This rain seems never ending!
- A weekend walk
- An interesting and good fun read
- A dreary day in Sydney
- Of course!
- My weekly plants
- Anything scientific or historical
- More shade please!
- A move to the other side of the world
- Exercise and reading
- My gardening this weekend
- Plants from my week
- I’d love to sit quietly in nature
- Some observations
- Out and about over the weekend
- Small acts of kindness go a long way
- Angophora costata-Sydney red gum
- Running my own show
- Small things
- Flowers of the week
- Lessons I didn’t appreciate at the time
- My garden this month
- My future
- Wet weather in Sydney
- Improve the parks in the area
- On my travels
- A walk down in Lane Cove National Park
- My garden plans for the weekend
- Not a lot!
- More efficiency but also more ignorance too!
- A lack of enthusiasm has come over me!
- Plant, rubbish paving and a bit of cuteness
- sunny but cold
- Mr Bentham
- Out and about today
- Plants from my botanic garden visits
- Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
- Remind myself of my achievements so far
- On my travels again
- A short walk out and about
- An overdue chat about my garden
- When are you having your next child?
- The first sentence
- Senna pendula var. glabrata
- Mostly!
- The exact opposite to me
- Making all my own clothes
- The ingredients for a great garden
- My February bushcare session
- Family
- My walk through the Botanic Gardens
- Flowers and wildlife on a Friday
- Spots of the week so far
- Absolutely!
- What’s been happening this week?
- Brachychiton discolor
- Today in plants
- Google Maps
- My trip into the city
- A busy morning in the garden
- My short list of interest for the week
- My little fungal problem-powdery mildew
- My garden on returning from holiday
- My visit to Port Lincoln, South Australia
- Anything crafty
The Flat Cap Gardener 
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