Hindu Temple Windbreak article

The Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple, at Carrum Downs is Melbourne's largest Hindu temple. The foundation stones for the temple were cut in India and blessed by chief priests gorras Obey Shop of the famous temples in India and were shipped to Melbourne and laid at a special ceremony in 1988. But it wasn't gorras new era baratas until 1994 that building work was completed and the temple officially opened.

The temple sits on almost six red bull gorras hectares of flat land and is constantly buffeted by prevailing winds. About 10 years ago a stand of eucalypts was cheap snapbacks planted on the edge of a car park to create a valuable windbreak. But to be really effective it needs an wholesale new era hats understorey. And so Costa is visiting the temple to help a team of volunteers from the temple cheap new era hats and the community plant a better windbreak.

The plan is to put in about 350 smaller growing shrubs, obey snapback hats wholesale which will reach 2metres, under the established eucalypt canopy. Together these plants will help screen obey snapbacks the nearby highway, and also buffer the wind.

The best place to select plants that will thrive in these harsh cheap obey snapbacks conditions is the nearby Carrum Indigenous Nursery. Nursery Manager Alison Kuiter says the plants she grows and sells at the nursery are indigenous to the area, and grow naturally in the environment. "These have taken thousands and thousands of years to adapt to this climate, so they should survive in the soil and with the amount of rain at the temple site. These plants will also provide a food source for local birds and animals," she says. The beauty of visiting the Carrum Indigenous Nursery is that it has a demonstration bed that illustrates how the plants will look as they grow from tube stock into mature plants. That way you can see exactly how your plant will look when it grows up.

When selecting plants for your garden at home, and like the planting for the windbreak, don't choose a single species, try to mix it up and celebrate the diversity of nature. By using a range of plants you will actually build a healthier garden.

Try plants that grow to different heights or layers, this will create interest and a more effective windbreak.

Some of the hardier plants Costa selected included strappy leaf plants such as Sandhill SwordSedge Lepidosperma concavum and Lomandra longifolia, wattles including Acacia mearnsii some tea trees and Allocasuarina spp.

But for indigenous plants specific to your area, check with your council, native or indigenous nursery.

The plants bought were tube stock and cost $1.50 each, but prices vary depending on the nursery. The beauty of buying tube stock is that it's a cheap and effective way to plant lots of trees and shrubs.

The best time for community plantings such as at the temple is when there is still moisture and warmth in the soil, so from winter through to early spring.

When planting remember to create a big enough hole to enable the roots to grow. You can use tools such as a Hamilton Planter, or a pottipuki to assist with digging holes. These are useful if you have lots of plants to put in the ground.