Lizards in the garden

The Press | January 7, 2006| | Copyright

Geckos and skinks are quiet creatures that can flourish in your garden, writes SARAH MANKELOW.

W alking into her Birdlings Flat bach home, you can tell that PhD researcher Marieke Lettink loves lizards. Original art featuring jewelled geckos adorns the walls, lizard-shaped brackets are fixed above the fireplace and a beanbag lizard hangs down from the Zip cord.

Outside, her 700sq m garden is a mecca for skinks and geckos. A collection of low- lying divaricating shrubs, including the endangered Muehlenbeckia astonii, is punctuated by tussocks and small "lizard homes" made from stacked roofing ...

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