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Gardening On A Budget: 20 Ways To Save Money In The Garden

24 April 2026

Recycling plastic bottles by using them as planting containers

How To Grow Garlic In Australia: From Planting To Harvest

20 April 2026

Whole garlic and garlic gloves on a wooden table

How to Attract Bees to Your Garden (And Keep Them Coming Back)

4 April 2026

Australian Blue Banded Bee on yellow flowers

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nurturing and feeding lawn in August

A Year in the Garden

August Gardening Jobs

Acanthus mollis - Oyster Plant

Perennials

Acanthus mollis – Oyster Plant

Blue flowered Hydrangea

How To

How to grow Hydrangeas from hardwood cuttings

Sooty Mould on plant leaf

Pests & Diseases

Sooty Mould

Eleocarpus reticulatus - Blueberry Ash

Australian Natives

Elaeocarpus reticulatus – Blueberry Ash

White Wax Scale

Pests & Diseases

White Wax Scale

Justicia brandegeeana - Shrimp Plant

Shrubs

Justicia brandegeeana – Shrimp Plant

Helichrysum petiolare - Licorice Plant

Shrubs

Helichrysum petiolare – Licorice Plant

Pachystachys lutea - Golden Candles

Shrubs

Pachystachys lutea – Golden Candles

Spodoptera litura, otherwise known as the tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm

Pests & Diseases

Cotton Leafworm / Tobacco Cutworm

Backhousia citridora - Lemon Scented Myrtle

Australian Natives

Backhousia citriodora – Lemon Scented Myrtle

Grevillea species

Australian Natives

Grevillea species