Gardens

Trisodium phosphate and water can be used to clean and disinfect garden pots. Trisodium phosphate, more commo

Some logging equipment can be made instead of bought. Removing overgrown brush and trees from your property i

Bisset\’s bamboo\’s leaves are dark green and the culms olive-green. Native to China, Bisset\’s bamboo (Phyllost

Artist and garden designer Lily Langham tells Georgina Reid she was ‘was born in a garden’. Not literally, but figuratively. Her life began with plants, under the wing of her garden-mad mother, and continues today, in an incredible botanical wonderland embraced by 100 acres of bushland near the Victorian town of Daylesford.

Today, Lily and Georgina guide us through this bountiful, sprawling wonderland, that Lily has intuitively transformed with an artist’s eye over the past 13 years.

Date palms are highly susceptible to false smut. False smut, also known as graphiola leaf spot, is caused by

See if milk jugs will keep Farfo from messing up your lawn. Many people believe that milk jugs, glass or othe

‘Think the world is ending? Grab a shovel, not a shopping trolley.’ That was the headline of  Adam Liaw’s recent Guardian op-ed that inspired the TDF office to spring into gardening action. (Clearly we weren’t the only ones, with multiple online seed stores reporting an overwhelming number of orders in recent days!)

If growing your own produce at home is new to you, we’ve compiled the following advice from those in the know to get you started. The one tip they all share? Start now – it’s easier than you think!

Like almost every major event scheduled for the year, the 2020 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has been cancelled. It’s a devastating blow to the stallholders and designers involved – so much time, effort and resources are put into the show every year, with some concepts in development for more than 12 months prior.

Inevitably, our Instagram feeds were flooded with heartbroken retailers (including a particular post from Red Earth Bulb Farm and their entire flower crop) that wouldn’t be on display. In lieu of its cancellation, we reached out to some of the key exhibitors due to install their show gardens this week, to ask them what they had planned, what the show means to them, and who they were looking forward to seeing!