July
Court ruling rejecting weedkiller link to cancer welcomed by farmers
Federal Court rejects class action linking Australia’s most widely used farm chemical, glyphosate, to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
- Brad Thompson
April
Mastering the little things: How bonsai got so big
Stressed? The ancient Japanese practice of cultivating miniature trees is finding followers globally as an excellent way to unwind.
- Stephen Todd
August 2023
A first look at Paul Bangay’s dream English cottage garden
The landscape designer created one of Australia’s most famous enclosures, then moved on. Now, he opens the gate on his latest passion project.
- Hans van Leeuwen
July 2023
This designer has 300 indoor plants (but there’s one he can’t grow)
David Flack of Flack Studio has filled his office with greenery. So at the end of days, you’ll find him there – with a watering can in hand.
- Lucy Dean
March 2023
Why Princess Diana’s hairdresser loves gardening (but not hedges)
Sam McKnight famously chopped off the royal’s Sloane Ranger bob for a slicked-back ’90s cut. These days he’s cutting a different path.
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- Lauren Sams
November 2022
‘I’m obsessed with beauty’: why Paul Bangay is selling Stonefields
Australia’s pre-eminent garden designer opens up about selling one of the country’s best gardens – and why he’s never moving back to Melbourne.
- Bonnie Campbell
May 2022
The green movement arrives in urban backyards
Is it possible to ‘rewild’ our neighbourhoods without demolishing a single house? Three of this year’s Houses Awards nominees show how it can be done.
- Dan F. Stapleton
November 2021
After the fires: The glorious colours of the Blue Mountains gardens
After photographing the devastating summer bushfires in the Blue Mountains in 2019/2020 for The Sydney Morning Herald, Wolter Peeters joined a springtime tour.
- Wolter Peeters
April 2021
The ambitious (and expensive) plan to insure Australia’s flora
From little things, a big thing is growing – that is, a plan to preserve the country’s botanical treasures. But the challenge is how to pay for the project.
- Luke Slattery
December 2020
- Exclusive
- IPO
Australia's biggest flower company eyes ASX
Lynch Group has a workforce of 1200 in Australia and China, and has been making strong headway supplying Coles and Woolworths.
- Simon Evans
September 2020
Time to stop and smell the flowers
Many of Australia's spring flower festivals are adapting to the COVID-19 climate and finding ways to bring onlookers in safely.
- Ute Junker
August 2020
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Gone to ground in iso? Then why not grow dinner?
A new book shows how to create your own edible garden, no matter how small your space. Here's what happened when I put it to the test.
- Wayne Heeley
Bleak city lives up to its name
As curfew falls and entire industries are closed, life in Melbourne gets increasingly weird.
- James Frost
April 2020
Gardening is like a drug, says photographer Bill Henson
Bill Henson applies the same artistry to his suburban Melbourne garden as he does to his photography.
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- Philippa Coates
Five design books worth staying home for
As well as cooking and exercising online, start designing your post-isolation future with these books.
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- Stephen Todd
How the pandemic will change the future of interior design
As we all spend more time in our own homes, three interior designers sound off on how isolation will change their profession.
- Stephen Todd
2020 Houses Awards shortlist reveals new state of domestic bliss
A showcase of the best architect-designed homes in the country, this year's awards highlight an unusual but welcome change.
- Stephen Todd
November 2019
Does your office roof garden look like this?
A London chef has turned the narrow spaces above the Queen’s private bank into his own private Eden.
- Hans van Leeuwen