Put a Ring on It
Poor soil? No space for a garden? Raised weathered steel planters are the perfect solution. How do you…
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.
Your August garden calendar
August is a changeable time of the year. In some areas, spring has already sprung. In other regions…
Curry leaves: spice up your garden
Add some flavour to your dishes with curry leaves Murraya koenigii, better known as the curry leaf tree,…
9 handy garden hints for July
Winter in Australia can be anything from cool to downright cold, but July always comes with things to…
“Hot Potato”: your complete growing guide
There’s hardly a crop more ubiquitous in our diets, and in our cooking, than the potato The part…
3 garden must-do’s for June
The cool sunny days of June are a great time to begin projects and to plant dormant trees, shrubs…
Back to nature: a commercial farm’s change to sustainable
When conventional agriculture led to lower productivity and poor soil, this farming family made some simple, sustainable changes,…
Small but mighty: an experimental garden
In this small, experimental garden in Sydney’s inner west, half the fun of gardening is trying something new…
All Hail Kale: Good Organic Gardening
Superfood status has made Kale, an old-fashioned favourite, a must for every winter garden Kale has risen from relative…
Seeing red: incorporating colour into your garden
As a colour, red has a serious fan club. Red shoes (to die for), red cars (go faster),…
Feijoa: discover the “pineapple guava”
Looking for a different fruit to grow? This South American native is a compact evergreen tree that can…