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Helen YoungLifestyle Columnist

MELBOURNE designer Phillip Johnson’s billabong display has been awarded the best in show trophy at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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Melbourne-based landscape designer Phillip Johnson is in northern Scotland, rugged up against the icy wind.

AT the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show it is usual for the attendees to view the drawcard gardens from a polite distance.

THE next farming revolution is in the palm of Dave Reilly’s hand.

IMAGINE flying over a city where the rooftops are living green, where vegetable gardens transform the lost spaces on top of buildings.

THE mint is knee high in Gordon Ha’s Sydney market garden, but it’s the smell of spring onions that’s most pungent on this warm afternoon.

THE fingerlime harvest is getting under way in northern NSW and growers such as Georgie MacDougall and Sheryl Rennie are hoping for a record season.

How do I discourage paper wasps from making nests in my garage alcove again this summer?

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