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Herbs such as basil are the backbone of our summer kitchen garden.
Build your garden

Grow fresh herbs with our FREE guide

Herbs are relatively easy to grow, will save lots of money and don’t take up much space – get growing today!

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Egyptian walking onion bulbils with white flowers.
Vegetables

Do you know your onions?

Penny Woodward says that now is a good time to know your 'other' onions.

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Egyptian walking onion bulbils with white flowers.
In This Issue

Get ready for spring with the latest issue of ABC Organic Gardener!

Unearth the joys of organic gardening with our Early Spring 2025 issue – it's filled with expert solutions to help fill your patch with goodness!

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Sunbury Primary School's garden called The Patch in VIC
What's happening

National Kitchen Garden Awards

Does your school or early childhood service have a kitchen garden? Find out how to enter the 2025 National Kitchen Garden Awards today!

Costa Georgiadis, host of ABC Gardening Australia
What's happening

Vote for ABC Gardening Australia!

Gardening Australia has been nominated for the TV Week Logie Awards’ Best Lifestyle Program, and you can help them win!

Two chooks eating seeds scattered n their henhouse.
Build your garden

Jessamy Miller’s special warming mash recipe for chooks

Try this recipe for warming chook mash from our chook expert. It will help keep your chooks happy and healthy.

Jian Liu's homemade raised beds.
Basics

Building your own raised beds

There are many ways we can save money within our gardens, here Jian Liu shares her tips for making your own raised beds using locally sourced ‘waste’ products. 

Wombok growing in a raised bed.
What to plant

How to grow wombok

Add this Asian green to your patch for a fresh addition to stir-fries, salads and soups. You'll also have the main ingredient to make kimchi.

A tubful of leafy green vegetables
What to plant

Cabbage white butterfly

Denis Crawford looks at the scourge of brassica plants – cabbage white butterfly – and has some tips for dealing with them.

Add mulberry foliage and fruit to your garden
What to plant

Add mulberry foliage and fruit to your garden

Ever wanted a mulberry tree but not sure you had the space? A smaller variety could be the solution.

Saving seeds for the seed library.
Greener living

A seed of an idea

A small project to start a street seed library in a Tassie town is expanding throughout the state’s north.

The newly discovered Rhododendron astrophorum.
What's happening

New Rhododendron species found

A botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, has unveiled a new species of plant, Rhododendron astrophorum.

Cabbages come into their own when preserved or fermented.
Preserving & fermented

Fermenting cabbage

Cabbages are wonderful raw or cooked, but they really come into their own when fermented and preserved.

Beach Bananas
Growing in pots

Native plants for indoors

There’s a stack of Australian native plants from rainforest areas that are naturally suited to low light, so are perfect for growing indoors, writes Karen Sutherland.

Rose hips.
Your garden harvest

Rose hips

Roses are usually grown for their flowers, but many roses will also produce brightly coloured hips in autumn.

Zaatar
Herbs & spices

Za’atar: herb or spice mix?

Is za'atar an a herb, a spice mix or both? Read on to find out.