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Kirsty Kendall and Emily Simpson have worked to amplify the mood that they first found in the garden.

Do the wild thing: The garden trends we’ll be seeing in 2025

From untamed backyards to seasonal scents, here is what the next year has in store in our backyards.

  • Megan Backhouse

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In their book ‘Secrets from the Flower Farm’ (Thames & Hudson, $59.99), Rebecca Starling and Christine McCabe speak about the ‘serious rose revival’ in floristry

Roses are on-trend once again. Here’s how to help them flourish in your garden

From which blooms to choose to what to plant around them, gardening experts have some helpful advice.

  • Megan Backhouse
This Melbourne front garden designed by Emmaline Bowman includes a multitude of layers to support a diverse range of wildlife

How to create a native garden that birds and people will love

Even if your outdoor area is small – or confined to a balcony – it’s possible to design a space that’s welcoming to pollinators and passersby.

  • Megan Backhouse
River House’s interiors were redesigned by architect Susi Leeton and the garden by landscape architect Myles Baldwin.

Homes from the ’80s scream for attention, but this river gem is different

A 40-odd-year-old home overlooking inner Melbourne’s Yarra couldn’t be more at odds with the ‘greed is good’ reputation of the 1980s.

  • Stephen Crafti
I discovered the 20-metre tree in our yard is a Paulownia, which is described as “your worst garden nightmare”.

Our favourite tree turned out to be my ‘worst garden nightmare’. We had to get rid of it

It was already 20 metres and the tree would keep growing like nobody’s business, sucking up other plants’ sunlight, water and nutrients. We called in the arborists.

  • Kate Halfpenny
“If sex is an entire immersion that gives us release, gardening – therapeutically – is the ultimate release.”

Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis: Exactly how old is that beard?

The TV presenter, landscape architect and environmental educator on his famous facial hair, being single and what’s sexy (and what’s not) about gardening.

  • Benjamin Law
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The wild effects Kurt Wilkinson has created in his Adelaide Hills garden are entirely singular

Train stations and car parks: The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere

After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens, Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.

  • Megan Backhouse
A cabbage butterfly.

I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden

I’m not sure if having the answers would have saved my nasturtiums, but not knowing didn’t help me either. Somehow, my fantasy didn’t bring peace or protection.

  • Wendy Syfret
Ellen Freeman forged her own way with her gold-winning, solar-eclipse-inspired garden.

The biggest horticultural event in the southern hemisphere has fresh ideas for your garden

This year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show was packed with inspiration for all gardeners.

  • Megan Backhouse
The colourful charm of Lambley Gardens & Nursery near Ballarat.

Forget smoothies, candles and retreats. For the ultimate wellness hack, get gardening

With some comparing it to a “nourishing therapy session”, pottering around with plants is blooming lovely – even as our backyards shrink.

  • Amanda Hooton

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