Warwick gardener battles hungry kangaroos
WEATHER is not the only threat to preserving a beautiful garden for Warwick couple Barbara and Raymond Dingley.
Kangaroos are a constant threat to a growing garden.
The marsupials' appetite for roses keeps them coming back for more.
Mrs Dingley said she had to erect barriers around her rose bushes to keep the wild animals from stealing her prized plants.
"We didn't enter the garden competition last year because the kangaroos ate everything," Mrs Dingley said.
"They especially like the roses which they seem to find very palatable."
The Dingley's have been regular entrants in the Warwick Horticultural Society Garden Competition.
The couple built their house on Bracker Rd more than 40 years ago.
Over the years they have built an impressive garden display which has been a regular entrant in the garden competition.
"I think we've only missed a couple of years," Mrs Dingley said.
"It is a lot of effort, but once you have it all set up you have to keep it looking good."
This year the couple are competing in the Large Home Garden category of the garden competition.
