Urban Jungle
How to grow a fruit and vegetable food forest on an average suburban block. Words & photos Jana…
Life of Plants: What you need to know to create a planting profile for your garden (video)
Anybody can jot down a list of plants, but not everybody knows what those plants need to flourish. Chris Slaughter explains what you need for the perfect planting profile.
How to grow Ginkgo Biloba
Few plants can claim to improve your memory, help prevent Alzheimer's disease and live for a millenium, but as we discover, there is more to Ginkgo Biloba than meets the eye
Winter-flowering plants: add colour to your garden
Add visual warmth and brightness to your garden with winter-flowering plants - we'll show you how, even as winter creeps into your outdoor space.
Your February Garden Calendar
Don’t waste the bounty of late summer in February. What can’t be eaten fresh can be preserved, dried or frozen to enjoy over the cooler months ahead.
LillyPilly Farm: Inside this productive organic garden
In Youngtown, on the outskirts of Launceston in northern Tasmania, husband-and-wife team Doris Rosenkranz and Chris Beaver have created a large, productive organic garden called LillyPilly Farm.
Easy-Care Plants
The most critical step in establishing a low-maintenance garden is selecting the right plants.
Australian style native plants
There has been a renewed interest of late in Australian native plants as drought conditions continue and gardeners and garden designers alike look for indigenous trees, shrubs and flowering plants tha ...
Growing Magnificent Magnolias
Just when winter gardens plummet into the depths of their colourless dormancy, deciduous magnolias light up the sky with a breathtaking display of radiant blooms.
Choosing Plants
Plant selection may be the fun part of gardening, but you need to choose well to avoid later disappointment.
Growing Up
Call it a green wall, call it a vertical garden ... growing plants on walls is the way to go.
Renovate for a Growing Family
When you consider renovating for a growing family, there are many factors to look at before embarking on such a task. Melanie Smaill explores what you need to keep in mind.
The easy secrets to growing orchids
It’s a common myth that growing orchids is difficult. It’s a myth that they need lots of attention…
Growing Australian native trees
There is nothing more iconic than a soaring Australian Gum tree, or the fluffy, bright yellow of the…
Companion planting in your home
Companion planting is generally viewed as the practice of pairing various plants together, in hopes that they will…