Garden Design & DIY

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How To Make A Pallet Garden In 5 Steps

Making a pallet garden bed is really quick and easy. You’ll use old wooden pallets, which provide a readymade wooden framework, so there’s little to construct, and the materials can usually be found...

Christian Jenkin's Award-Winning Composition Garden Melb Flower Show

How To Recreate Christian Jenkin's Award-Winning Garden at Home

Bring Christian Jenkin's award-winning garden, Composition to life in your very own backyard! See here for expert tips...

6 Ways to Upcycle Household Objects for your Garden

Can’t figure out what to do with the knick-knacks lying around the house? How about upcycling them, and incorporating...

Top Plant & Garden Trends from Melb Flower Show

6 Melbourne Flower Show 2023 Plant & Garden Trends To Try At Home

Take inspiration from the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, where the biggest names in garden design compete...

What to do in your garden in April

Growing fruit and vegetables in pots and containers

Even if you only have a small garden or just a balcony or small courtyard, you can still grow your own tasty fruit and...

Easiest Flowers and Vegetables to Plant for Beginner Gardeners

Beautiful weather and lots of sun are usually enough to entice most of us outside, even in the middle of winter...

Top 10 Easiest Vegetables to Grow at Home

The ‘grow your own’ trend continues unabated. It’s easy to produce your own nutritious and flavoursome fruit and...

Grow a fruit and vegetable balcony garden

If you live in an apartment or town house you may have to think outside the box if you want to join the 'grow your own'...

Discover the things to do in your garden every month

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Top 5 Autumn Foliage Trees

Paint the garden with these blazing Top 5 autumn foliage trees in a kaleidoscope of shades from flame reds to deep plums...

Garden party ideas this summer

7 Tips And Ideas For A Beautiful Balcony

Top 5 Indoor Plant Trends for 2023

Indoor plants have well and truly earned a place in our homes, both as an interior design tool and for their health and...

Brighten Up Your Home With These Colourful Indoor Plants

Introducing colour to your home using plants is an easy and quick way to change the atmosphere of a room. Vibrancy can...

6 Health Benefits Of Eating Purple Vegetables And Fruits

Besides looking pretty in the garden, purple vegetables are great for our health too. They’re a fantastic source of...

5 Hydrangea Varieties That’ll Add Some Colour To Your Garden

Hydrangeas look great in any garden, with a range of colours, sizes and shapes available. The huge variation means they...

10 Cut Flower Garden Ideas

Flowers picked fresh from the garden bring vibrancy and life into the home! A cut flower garden not only looks beautiful...

15 Shade Loving Plants That’ll Brighten Up Your Garden

All gardens have their tricky spots, whether too dry, too hot, too shady, or too damp. Shady areas can be due to...

Top 5 Australian Native Plants

Did you know that Australia has around 10% of the world's biodiversity? Not only are Australian Native plants low...

Melissa King’s Bulb Planting Guide

Nothing says Spring quite like drifts of flowering Daffodils or big bold Tulips and what would Summer and Autumn be...

Melissa King’s Top 5 Ways to Display Bulbs

By Melissa King With so many varieties of bulbs out there, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or carried away! To help get you...