Gardening
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.
- by Megan Backhouse
Latest
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.
- by Megan Backhouse
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.
- by Megan Backhouse
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.
- by Stephen Crafti
Opinion
Opinion
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.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
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.
- by Benjamin Law
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.
- by Megan Backhouse
Opinion
Millennials
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.
- by Wendy Syfret
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.
- by Megan Backhouse
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.
- by Amanda Hooton
Jamie Durie’s $11m purchase of Paul Bangay’s Stonefields falls through
The extraordinary private garden was set to become a luxury accommodation venture. Instead, options will be explored to find a new buyer.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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