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Garden Design & DIY

Big gardens, small gardens - every space can be designed into something beautiful.

If you're short on garden design ideas or looking for fun & sustainable DIY activities, discover all of our top tips here!

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diy pallet garden

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...

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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...

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Upcycled Kitchen Pot Planter

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...

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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...

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What to do in your garden in July

Winter flowers

Discover The Top 5 Winter Flower Favourites

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Homegrown Soul Food

Create Soul Food from the Garden

There’s nothing better than creating soul food straight from the garden. Growing your own food takes time and hard work...

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garden planter box

Monthly Planting Calendar (downloadable)

Growing your own vegetables and fruits is rewarding, but it takes quite a bit of experience and know-how to do it...

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Image for July

Discover the things to do in your garden every month

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Printable Nature Journal For Kids

Printable Nature Journal For Kids

Get the kids outside and excited with a nature journal! Nature journaling is a great way to connect with the outdoors...

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Christmas Succulent Wreath

DIY Christmas Succulent Wreath

Check out our guide to creating a succulent wreath to find out how you can include a special touch of nature in your...

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Cactus in a can

Grow Your Own Cactus In A Can

Turn your tinnies into a can planter for your cactus. It's a sustainable, fun and easy DIY activity - plus you can use...

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Backyard Boredom Busters

Our Top 5 Backyard Activities for Kids

Keeping the kids active and outside doesn’t have to be a chore. Make the most of what you’ve got at home with these...

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Teacup succulent planter

Create Your Own Succulent Teacup Planter

Our favourite things about cacti and succulents are their unique shapes, colours, textures and most of all, their...

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Succulent Christmas tree

Create your own succulent Christmas tree

Bring the outside in, with a hand-made Living Christmas Tree, made from succulents you can easily propagate directly...

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Christmas centrepiece

Create your own living plant Christmas Centrepiece

Bring the festive season to life this year with your very own living Christmas centrepiece! As sustainable living...

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Gardening Trends according to Instagram

Gardening Trends according to Instagram 

When we want or need to know what the next ‘big thing’ will be, where do we turn? To the world of social media of course...

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Fragrant indoor plants

Indoor plants that will bring fragrance into your home

Many of the most common indoor plants we choose for our homes are foliage plants – they’re grown for the beauty of their...

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Balcony plants

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'...

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balcony garden

Gardenless gardens - 6 looks to reinvent your balcony or home today

It’s a proven fact that mental and physical wellbeing can be greatly enhanced by spending time outdoors in green spaces...

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Growing Beautiful Roses at Home

The Experts Guide to Growing Beautiful Roses at Home

Ever walked past a public garden and noticed how beautiful their rose arrangements looked? Or have you ever glanced over...

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