If you want a crop that makes you feel suspiciously competent, Garlic is a beauty. You plant one...
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Grey Water In The Garden: What’s Safe And What’s Not
Water is too precious to waste, especially in Australia where the weather can swing from soaking...
Best Plants For Narrow Side Paths And Skinny Garden Beds
Narrow side paths and skinny garden beds are the awkward little leftovers of the garden world. Too...
Plant Names We’ve All Been Pronouncing Wrong
Let’s be honest. Gardening is full of little humbling moments. You buy a plant with complete...
Top 12 Long Flowering Plants for Australian Gardens
If you want a garden that keeps pulling its weight for months instead of giving you one flashy...
Companion Planting: What to Grow Together in Your Vege Patch
If you’ve ever looked at your vege patch and thought, righto, who should be hanging out with who in...
Best Plants For New Builds (Aka Lifeless Dirt Blocks)
If you have just moved into a new build, you already know the situation. Hard-packed clay, stripped...
5 Jaw-Dropping Bulb Combinations For Pots (And How To Layer Them)
If you want a Spring display that looks like you hired a garden stylist (but you definitely did...
Chrysocephalum apiculatum – Everlasting Daisy
If you’ve been hunting for a native plant that quietly gets on with the job (and still looks great...
Ptilotus exaltatus ‘Joey’ – Mulla Mulla
If you’ve ever looked at a plant and thought, “That is 100% wearing a fluffy pink party hat”...
Ceratopetalum gummiferum – NSW Christmas Bush
This is one of those plants that quietly cruises along all year… then late spring hits, it flowers...
Top 10 Stylish Balcony Plants for Small Spaces
A stylish balcony isn’t about having more space. It’s about choosing the right plants. A small...
How to Prepare and Plant Bare-Rooted Plants
It’s bare-rooted season and if you’ve never dabbled before, now’s the time to roll up your sleeves...
July Gardening Jobs
July is that slow, thoughtful month in the garden… less rushing, more reflecting. The frost...
8 Deliciously Lolly Scented Plants
Every garden has its personalities… the show-off Wisteria, the laid-back Daisy or the Rose that...
Helleborus spp. – Hellebores / Winter Rose
Don’t let the delicate looks fool you. Hellebores are tough, shade-loving perennials that come into...
Top 12 Plants with Silver Foliage for Australian Gardens
Silver foliage plants are the quiet achievers of the garden. While they may not scream for...
Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’
A hybrid with mystery parents (more on that later), this stunning Australian native shrub is all...
