Prune 'n' bloom azaleas

12 February, 2025  |  Words: Graham Ross | Images: mages: Brent Wilson, Graham Ross

Nothing signals spring like vibrant Kurume azaleas, and summer pruning is the secret to their stunning floral show.

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Private screening in your own backyard

30 January, 2025  |  Words: Roger Fox | Images: Shutterstock

Having nice neighbours is great, butt hat doesn’t mean you want to see themevery time you step outside. Privacy and enclosure are such an important part of creating a garden, helping to transform your outdoor space into a private retreat from the world.

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Squeeze the day

30 January, 2025  |  Words: Sandra Ross | Images: Brent Wilson & Shutterstock

Brighten your space and enjoy fresh, home grown citrus with a potted lemon tree grown by you – perfect for any garden or your balcony! Growing a lemon tree has never been easier. Dwarf varieties, specially bred for pots, produce full-size fruit and flourish with just sunlight, water, food and minimal care. A potted lemon tree brings fresh citrus right to your doorstep, rewarding you with a plentiful harvest season after season.

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Spring Herb and Goats’ Cheese Soufflé

22 September, 2024  |  Angela Clutton

Seasoning by Angela Clutton, spans the four seasons of the year, with insights into over 50 vegetables and fruits. 

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Wonderful Wicking Beds

22 September, 2024  |  Words and images: Aleisha Lynch | Illustration: Karina Work

How to boost sustainability, enhance plant health, and increase productivity while slashing water consumption in your garden, writes horticulturist Aleisha Lynch.

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Back to basics: How to Make Compost

17 September, 2024  |  Graham Ross What’s the answer to good soil? Compost. Read More

Strawberry and rhubarb jam

21 July, 2024  |  Tammy Huynh

Rhubarb and strawberries are perfect partners – in pies, crumbles, and in this jam. Here, Robin Powell shares her strawberry and rhubarb jam recipe with us.

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Pretty tasty

21 July, 2024  |  Tammy Huynh

Rhubarb is one of the few perennial vegetables. A clump will produce tangy, juicy stems season after season with almost no effort from the gardener.

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Sweet potato and chickpea curry

21 July, 2024  |  Tammy Huynh

Comfort food of the first order – warming, satisfying and dead-simple.

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How sweet it is

21 July, 2024  |  Tammy Huynh

This delicious tuber is one of the least-demanding veggies in the patch. All it wants is sun and room to grow.

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Back to Basic: Hardwood Cuttings

03 June, 2024  |  Graham Ross

Here’s an easy, reliable, cheap way to grow more plants.

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The root cause

11 March, 2024  |  Angie Thomas It’s time to sow and grow these buried treasures, writes Angie Thomas Read More

Flavour Bomb

11 March, 2024  |  Tammy Huynh

April is garlic-planting time and it’s easier than you think to grow a year’s supply for your family.

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Back to Basics

11 March, 2024  |  Graham Ross

Are you a new gardener? This is for you; tips for autumn planting success.

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A new beginning

05 March, 2024  |  Angie Thomas

The arrival of autumn brings new opportunities to grow your own fresh vegies and herbs.

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Vine and dine

30 November, 2023  |  Tammy Huynh

Passionfruit are among the most productive of backyard crops. Here’s everything you need to know about growing them successfully.

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Tart & tasty

30 November, 2023  |  Angie Thomas

Tamarillos reward you with juicy, sweet, tangy and vitamin-rich fruit during the cooler months.

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Some like it Hot

07 September, 2023  |  Tammy Huynh

Spice up your life with the aroma and piquancy of chilli. Measured on a rating from one to over two million, there is a chilli to suit all taste buds.

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Dahlia Problems

07 September, 2023  |  Graeme Davis

Dahlias are rewarding plants to grow; they give you cut flowers for months through summer and autumn. President of the Dahlia Society of NSW & ACT, Graeme Davis shares common problems with solutions to fix them. Once you know these four common problems, your dahlias will be happy and healthy.

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Purple Reign

07 September, 2023  |  Graham Ross In full bloom, it’s a glorious sight. Graham Ross explains how to grow, train and prune wisteria. Read More

Cool Factor

06 June, 2023  | 

Despite the cold, there are many herbs and vegies you can grow now to enjoy throughout the chilly season.

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How To: Style Indoor Plants

06 June, 2023  |  Craig Miller-Randle Designing and displaying your plant collection willbring you a new appreciation of your plant family, sofollow me on the road to plant-styling perfection. Read More

Seasonal Splendor

05 May, 2023  |  Bec Shelley

Autumn has arrived! Online store owner and cut-flower enthusiast, Bec Shelley shares her favourite blooms to sow now.

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Squeeze The Day

05 May, 2023  |  Angie Thomas

A pinch of sour and a dash of sweet, calamondin is a versatile and easy-to-grow member of the citrus family.

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One Pot Wonder

13 April, 2023  |  Words: Sandra Ross | Images: Brent Wilson

Sandra offers three container ideas for colour and cheer throughout the season.

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Striking beauty

03 April, 2023  |  Words & Images: Jac Semmler

Horticulturist, educator and author, Jac Semmler shares how easy it is to fill your garden with more of your beloved plants.

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Autumn's abundance

30 March, 2023  |  Words & Images: Lee Sullivan

Lee Sullivan shares her tips to growing her top five winter vegetables to keep your family fed through the winter.

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Juicy Fruit

16 March, 2023  |  Words: Sandra Ross

Do you have an open sunny spot to grow a fruit tree? Late autumn and winter is the best time to plant a stone fruit tree.

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Seasonal Stars

16 March, 2023  |  Words: Paul Urquhart

Autumn is summer’s last hurrah with many plants providing a stunning finale before winter’s subdued moodiness.

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Meet: Richard Walsh

28 February, 2023  |  Interview: Sandra Ross | Images: Richard Walsh

Richard fell for roses when he bought his first home in 1967. He joined the Rose Society in 1972, and that was the start of his long journey with roses.

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Bloom on

16 February, 2023  |  Words & Images: Bec Shelley

Once summer draws to an end, you might be thinking about what flowers to sow to keep the colour blooming into autumn. Owner of online store Veggie Garden Seeds, Bec Shelley shares her favourites.

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Flat out

16 February, 2023  |  Words: Angie Tohmas | Images: Shutterstock

Espaliering trees helps make the most of garden spaces and creates an artistic feature, writes horticulturist Angie Thomas.

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How to: attract bees

01 February, 2023  |  Image: Shutterstock

Bees are at the heart of the grow-your-own-game.No bees, no pollination, no fruit

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Fabulous figs

16 January, 2023  | 

Figs are delicious, expensive and hard to transport – three excellent reasons to grow one in your garden.

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Small space: big ideas

16 January, 2023  | 

Courtyard and balcony gardens are less forgiving than suburban gardens. A big garden can ramble a bit, drawing you past a bit of a dead patch with the lure of the something great glimpsed just around the corner. But in a small garden everything is on show, all the time.

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Summer: an abundant season

09 December, 2022  |  WORDS: PAUL URQUHART

Summer is the season of generosity, spreading its largessewith bountiful colour, shade and perfume. Horticulturist and Ross tour leader, Paul Urquhart shares his top five.

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Crunch time

25 August, 2022  | 

Salad greens are so easy and quick to grow you’d be mad not to discard store-bought bags and grow your own!

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Tomato Troubleshooting

25 August, 2022  |  WORDS: ANGIE THOMAS | IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK

Tomatoes are warmweather lovers, so spring is the perfect time to plant seedlings or sow seeds into a vegie patch or pots. There are several pests and diseases that find tomatoes just as appetising as we do, but don’t despair, as we’ve put together this simple troubleshooting guide to help you on your tomato growing journey.

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Cutting Garden - Summer sizzlers to plant now

24 August, 2022  | 

Continuing our series on cutting flowers; now is time to plant flowers for summer vases. We have chosen cleome, dahlia, cosmos, rudbeckia and zinnia.

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Balcony Bliss

24 August, 2022  |  WORDS: ANGIE THOMAS | IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK

Balconies provide wonderful opportunities to grow perfectly pint-sized gardens. Author and self-confessed crazy plant lady, Angie Thomas explains how to get started.

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