I’ve got a feeling that this page will become more and more important as time goes by. If you’re not following the news, Australia is breaking all sorts of records as the country burns through the hottest weather ever, anywhere. We’ve tipped 49 degrees Celsius on garden thermometers here in Gawler and other parts of Oz are feeling it too.

At Ligaya Garden, we’ve taken on quite a few passive and low energy approaches to keeping our garden and house cool and ourselves healthy in the heat. We’ll keep updating this page as we learn more.

Every leaf is an air-conditioner

Here are three arbitrary categories of cooling, the links will take you to pages dedicated to their topic where you’ll find much more information –