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Plants, Trees & Flowers

Preparing for planting and caring for plants is a vital component of healthy plant maintenance. Whether you're creating a new garden or maintaining an existing one, we’ve got you covered with our tips & advice.

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Colourful Indoor Plants For Your Home

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 come from foliage as well as flowers, and of course, you can add to the effect...

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5 Best Australian Native Plants To Grow

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...

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15 Shade Loving Plants That’ll Brighten Up Your Garden

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...

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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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What to do in your garden in June

Winter vegetable patch

A Planting Guide for Winter Vegetables

Winter vegetables - Australia "Winter" means different things to different people - it all depends on where you live...

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Veggie Stir Fry

Homegrown Winter Vegetable Stir Fry

Winter is one of the best times to make a vegetable stir fry with a variety of vegetables available straight from your...

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Perfect lawn

How to Care for your Lawn in Winter, Summer, Autumn & Spring

Your lawn, just like many of your garden plants, behaves and grows differently across each of the four seasons...

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Why To Put Your Indoor Plants In The Rain

Should I Put Indoor Plants in the Rain?

Have you noticed that after rainfall plants seem greener, cleaner and lusher? That's because rainwater has benefits for...

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Cacti and Succulents

The Essential Guide to Cacti and Succulents

With an endless range of colours, shapes, textures and sizes, Cacti and Succulents effortlessly complement any space...

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Bulb Planting Guide

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...

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Flowering Bulb Garden Design

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...

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Why To Put Your Indoor Plants In The Rain

Should I Put Indoor Plants in the Rain?

Have you noticed that after rainfall plants seem greener, cleaner and lusher? That's because rainwater has benefits for...

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Tips For Growing Healthy Plants & Veggies

Garden Smarter, Not Harder with Melissa King

Follow Melissa King’s Top 6 Tips for having healthy plants and a bumper crop in the veggie patch! 1. Healthy Soil =...

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Growing indoor plants

The Essential Guide To Indoor Plants

Indoor plants bring life to our indoor areas. Not only do they add a bit of nature that is sometimes lacking in our...

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Pet-Friendly Indoor Plants

The Best Pet-Friendly Indoor Plants

Are you a proud plant and pet parent? Did you know that not all indoor plants are safe for our four legged, furry...

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Gardenia

Gardenia FAQs by Melissa King

Gardenias can be a little fussy, but they're worth the effort for their fragrant blooms and glossy green foliage. Better...

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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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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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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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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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