Gardening
How to make the most of the bare root plant season
An affordable and adaptable option, these plants can unfurl into a powerhouse of produce.
- by Megan Backhouse
Latest
How gardening can improve your mental wellbeing and friendships
Gardening may not only help connect us to nature, but with other humans.
- by Richard Sima
Houseplants need different care during winter. Here’s how to look after yours
For indoor gardens to thrive during the cooler months, you need to get your lighting and watering right.
- by Megan Backhouse
Train stations and car parks: The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere
After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens, Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.
- by Megan Backhouse
Opinion
Millennials
I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden
I’m not sure if having the answers would have saved my nasturtiums, but not knowing didn’t help me either. Somehow, my fantasy didn’t bring peace or protection.
- by Wendy Syfret
The biggest horticultural event in the southern hemisphere has fresh ideas for your garden
This year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show was packed with inspiration for all gardeners.
- by Megan Backhouse
Forget smoothies, candles and retreats. For the ultimate wellness hack, get gardening
With some comparing it to a “nourishing therapy session”, pottering around with plants is blooming lovely – even as our backyards shrink.
- by Amanda Hooton
It’s not too late to add autumn colour to your garden. Here’s how
From bright bonsai to ornamental grasses, there’s no limit to the seasonal shades you can add to your patch in an instant.
- by Megan Backhouse
Not just a pretty place: What garden exhibitions really teach us
Gardeners and artists are putting plants in galleries and expanding our notions of what horticulture can be.
- by Megan Backhouse
Push to turf flower show from World Heritage gardens over damage claims
Conservation and heritage groups want the flower and garden show shifted from the World Heritage-listed Carlton Gardens because of claims of damage to the grass and trees.
- by Cara Waters