Gardens

Things You\’ll Need Protective clothingBee veilLiquid insecticideDust insecticidePyrethrin natural insecticide

Last year, my husband and I planted our first container garden. While we loved the concept, we realized we really needed

Some people are just born plant people. Jac Semmler, Ornamental Category Manager at The Digger’s Club is one of them! After spending years experimenting in the gardens of various rental homes, Jac finally has a place to really let her plant-freak flag fly: in the garden of her own home in Frankston, where the outside space is almost as big as the house itself! It’s the perfect place for experimentation.

Georgina Reid of The Planthunter chats with Jac about her ‘botanical laboratory’: getting it wrong, getting it right, and embracing the art of the process.

The stalwart characteristics of the Australian dream present an outdated concept for new architectural prospects. A terrace, two car garage and pool for a suburban nuclear family doesn’t fit the bill for cutting-edge residential design these days.

And yet a collaboration between Kieron Gait Architects and Dan Young Landscape Architect delivered a complete innovation of that brief, complete with one of the best pools we’ve seen in a while.

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\”Recycling\” carrot clippings by tossing them into the compost bin is beneficial for your garden and the environment, but

Incorporating building debris into a garden plan is an unusual brief for a landscape designer, but one that Grant Boyle of Fig Landscapes embraced wholeheartedly.

This outdoor space in Woolooware, NSW was designed with a strong consideration of the architecture already existing on the property, and intended to be thoughtful, engaging and in synchrony with the native surrounds.

Things You\’ll Need Cardboard containerRulerDecorative pots or shallow containers with drainage holesFlat-blade sho