It’s no secret we are huge fans of local plant purveyors Charlie Lawler and Wona Bae of Loose Leaf. Charlie and Wona have been our go-to resource for all things green ever since they set up their wonderful store and studio in Collingwood in 2014, offering urban Melburnians an incredible range of indoor plant life, as well as an endless calendar of workshops and events inspired by all things botanical.

Loose Leaf is the name of Wona and Charlie’s brand new book, out now through all good booksellers!

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As one of Australia’s most renowned garden designers, Edna Walling was a trailblazer. She built a career designing, building and maintaining gardens, at a time where women were not encouraged to forge careers, let alone outdoorsy ones.

One of Edna Walling’s greatest feats was designing Bickleigh Vale; a unique 10-hectare housing development she created in the 1920s. Today the Vardy family are custodians of Walling’s old garden and home, continuing the legacy of this grand garden, and breathing new life into it.

Our gardens columnist, Georgina Reid of The Planthunter, introduces us to this very special Melbourne garden.

Cooking from scratch has been garnering a lot of interest lately. If you love cooking from scratch, you’ll love these homemade broth and stock recipes—they couldn’t be easier. And you can put them to

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