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Branat Designs

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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25.01.2022 Today is R U OK Day. Here sre some tips to assit with someone you know who are going through a difficult stage at present: The scientific benefits of having plants in the home are well documented, cleaning the air and improving wellbeing after all, we made an app based on it!... In recognition of R U OK? Day on Thursday 10 September, we want to remind you about the wonderful mental health benefits of plants and how they can be used to check in on your mates. 1. Give them a plant Its a simple gesture. Invite yourself over to a friends place for a cup of tea and bring a low-maintenance plant to give them. Chances are, if their mood is a bit low, a few extra plants in the house The scientific benefits of having plants in the home are well documented, cleaning the air and improving wellbeing after all, we made an app based on it! 1. Give them a plant Its a simple gesture. Invite yourself over to a friends place for a cup of tea and bring a low-maintenance plant to give them. Chances are, if their mood is a bit low, a few extra plants in the house will make them feel better. Find your nearest PLB-accredited nursery to help you out. Make sure you ask R U OK? while youre there. 2. Share a stroll through the park On R U OK? Day, invite a friend, colleague or family member for a stroll through a park or take them on a bushwalk. This creates a private and relaxed moment for them to open up. You can start the conversation by telling them about the Japanese practice of Forest Bathing. 3. Go for lunch Weve sussed out the best cafés and restaurants with the Invite your friend out to lunch at one of them and ask them R U OK? 4. Ask them for help in the garden Its springtime and our gardens are beginning to bloom. Therapeutic horticulture might sound complicated, but we know that a sense of purpose and feeling of pride we get from a good day of gardening. Invite a friend over to help out and ask them R U OK? while you do work. 5. Share an one of the articles from Plant Life Balance Share one of our articles, like Gardening as Therapy or Self Care Sunday, with a friend and tell them about how plants help you feel better. Let them know you are there for gardening advice AND life advice if they need it. R U OK? Day is a national day of action to remind everyone that any day is the day to ask, Are you ok? and support those struggling with lifes ups and downs. More plants, more happiness, we say. Check our nursery finder to find your closest Plant Life Balance-accredited nursery.

24.01.2022 More orchids blooming in our garden to brighten up winter. #wintergardening#orchids#branatdesigns

24.01.2022 Double seed pod of a frangipani which is a very rare event. Well take the seeds shortly & hopefully propagate. See how they go.#branatdesigns#wintergardening#frangipani#landscaping

24.01.2022 A bit of flower magic happening whilst out and about.

23.01.2022 Once again, in one of my favourite gardens doing maintenance. Pop of colour brightens your day.

23.01.2022 https://myplantlifebalance.com.au/no-backyard-no-worries/

23.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//indoor-plant-myths-busted/12718644

22.01.2022 Outdoor shower for a property at Cannon Hill. Shower with hot & cold facilities, all plumbing in by qualified plumber. Timber work by Branat Designs. Watch this space for updates on the finale of the completion over the next few weeks.

22.01.2022 The 2020 theme for the International Day of Peace is Shaping Peace Together. Celebrate the day by spreading compassion, kindness and hope in the face of the pandemic. Stand together with the UN against attempts to use the virus to promote discrimination or hatred.

21.01.2022 Using Eco Outdoor Coolum cladding for this project at Albany Creek. The water features will be next. #branatdesigns#wintergardeningptojects#stonecladding

19.01.2022 Enjoying our own garden in Bardon. 90% of the plants where from cuttings from other peoples garden. The semi mature trees where from Nova Gardens when they where open. #branatdesigns #tropicalgardens #gardenmaintenance

18.01.2022 https://theplanthunter.com.au/howto/drying-medicinal-herbs/

18.01.2022 Project we did in The Gap around 2015 rustic acreage style fencing.

17.01.2022 https://www.birdlife.org.au/get-involved/whats-on/bird-week Bird play a very important role within our environment. As an activity for the whole family join in the counting of birds in your backyard, park, beach where ever you are from 19-25 October 2020.

17.01.2022 As of this week I’m now doing an 8 week garden maintenance program which I offer to customers once the installation has been carried out. It’s like an extra pair of horticultural hands nurturing & monitoring these babies. I try to get the customer to be involved along the way, with tips and regimes of plants after the installation. I found that most of my customers are really keen to be involved with this as they appreciate you assisting them like a handover but becoming enthusiastic and appreciating their new garden. It’s a good opportunity for me to see it acclimatise & mature. Of course you may have a mishap with 1 or 2 that have gone to the Plant Gods. However, you do get a kick when it’s coming together. So Haopy Gardening everyone.

17.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/NationalTreeDay/#!/NationalTreeDay/photos/a.10150620287789858/10157567936904858/?type=3&source=44

16.01.2022 What does reconciliation mean? The actual word is a noun - an act of reconciling as when former enemies agree to an amicable truce. The state of being reconciled as when someone becomes resigned to something not desired. The process of making consistent or compatible. As in the context of accounting its the process of ensuring that two sets of records (usually the balances of two accounts) are in agreement. ... So that's it in a nutshell so to speak. National Reconciliation Week is a time when all of us in Australia that can or wish to learn about shared histories, cultures and other achievements that have slowly taken place over the past few decades. Areas to explore how each of us as a community could make a contribution to achieving reconciliation towards the first peoples of this wonderful country of Australia. This is a chance for us as individuals or groups to strive towards goals of building a relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians to make a fair and equal society. We are slowly getting there but still a long way to go. If each of us could pave the way to educate ourselves by taking action and fight racism in its many forms. My education during primary school and beyond so very limited as the resources that where provided only dealt with mainly about explorers of our oceans surrounding our shores to the First Settlement in NSW. Subjects like Social Sciences and the like where only brushed over about the first peoples of this land. I remember doing projects on how they hunted and gathered. What tools and weapons the Aboriginals used to source their food. Nothing at all really unless I was not paying attention about their wonderful art, culture, so many languages, storytelling, how they cared for the land. I'm normally a quiet person but I do feel strongly and deeply of what the word 'reconciliation means' and how not just me but all of us can and one day will embrace National Reconciliation Week further. thanks all Natalie

15.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//indoor-plants-that-are-n/12049214

14.01.2022 Morphing into a wonderful garden space at Cannon Hill

13.01.2022 Once again, we have orchid magic happening at our place. This time its one of Mums cuttings thats just about to flower. #orchids#branatdesigns#autumncolour @ Bardon

13.01.2022 Went for a walk up at Mt Glorious yesterday. Beautiful crisp mornings walk.

10.01.2022 https://myplantlifebalance.com.au/three-diy-cleaning-produ/#

10.01.2022 NAIDOC Week 2020 I read this article really fascinating and had learnt so much from it. I’ve attached the ABC’ Life’s article here for anyone to read.... https://www.abc.net.au//how-to-follow-indigenous/12769688

10.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au///making-a-homemade-hanger/12030048

08.01.2022 Happy Birthday Brad Watts

08.01.2022 Doing my weekly maintenance at one of my favourite gardens.

08.01.2022 Finalised new daybed for our customer in Bardon. Letting it bleed out for a while. Once its dried out a bit more it will have a silver patina to it. Because of its significant versatility and durability you will find Spotted Gum used in a wide variety of applications. From building and construction, including structural components, flooring, cladding, and decking, right through to furniture (indoor and outdoor), landscaping, boat building, poles, beams, the list goes on. ...Widely used for power poles, bridge timbers and general construction, Spotted Gum is one of the most widely available recycled timbers in Australia today. In the future this species will become more readily available from Australian hardwood plantations as a result of its growing popularity.

06.01.2022 Back again in one of my favourite gardens.

06.01.2022 To this! Suitable planting for a northerly aspect. Low maintenance too!

06.01.2022 As we all know that the Ekka will not be opening its door this year. However, the Ekka is going live online with various events. Happy Gardening all! https://www.ekkaonline.com/green-thumbs

05.01.2022 Monday, 23rd November 1999 we created Branat Designs. 21 years later we are going from strength to strength. Thank you all from years ago, current & new customers.

04.01.2022 Glorious sunset tonight

03.01.2022 Enjoying the crisp cool air & walking Winston. Exploring our near by parks. Also I think thats a chinook helicopter up above going passed.

03.01.2022 World Bee Day The main purpose of the events is to spread awareness of the significance of bees and other pollinators for our survival. We must realise that simply proclaiming World Bee Day does not do much for bees and other pollinators; the main work aiming towards their preservation still needs to be undertaken and World Bee Day is an excellent opportunity in this regard. Beekeepers and nature conservationists would like to ask everybody to help improve the conditions for ...bees, thus improving conditions for the survival of people. No major steps are needed; what counts is each and every action that facilitates the existence of bees. What can we do? Here are a few some practical suggestions to help bees survive. Bee-attracting plants Grow bee attracting plants, both in or around your veggie garden and elsewhere such as on the nature strip. Bees seem to particularly be attracted to purple and blue flowers such as salvias, lavender and rosemary. They will also enjoy calendulas, cosmos and daisies. Stop using products that contain substances harmful to bees. One of the most harmful categories of chemicals for bees, and responsible for much of the die-off of bee colonies is the neonicotinoid family. These chemicals are found in many garden products, and Bunnings has recently removed such products from their stores. Because we apply organic methods, we probably havent used such products, but many cat and dog flea prevention treatments contain neonicotinoids check the label for a chemical called Imidacloprid, and look for an alternative product there are some out there. Happy Bee Day all!