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Helen YoungLifestyle Columnist

KIDS can test drive state-of-the-art cubby houses at the Melbourne garden show this week.

OUR gardening expert answers your questions about garlic as a pest deterrent, wisterias, grasshoppers and borers.

ALBERTINE, near Victoria’s Macedon Ranges, is an English-style garden set among a backdrop of good old Aussie gum trees.

YOUR questions answered about rhododendrons, tuberoses, cicadas and Mediterranean shallots.

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SHIRLEY country garden, located in the dry Monaro Plains of NSW, is an oasis situated on rich basalt soils.

AN expansive property in the Sunshine Coast hinterland took time to reveal its secrets beneath an abundance of lantana.

A COTTAGE garden in Tasmania is a rose-filled romantic haven with a wild side.

BEES love a cottage garden, and you will too.

QUESTIONS answered regarding Wollemi pines, pinkeye potatoes, potted poinsettias and mulch’s attraction to termites.

NOEL and Gail Tesch’s garden is tropical style, with a Bali pavilion as the centrepiece, surrounded by water features.