Terraced garden beds at Oak & Monkey Puzzle with rustic timber tripod supports, flowering perennials, a lawn path and timber steps leading to a bench under tall trees
Inspirational gardeners

Start small, grow big

Learn how to plan a garden that works for you, with Natasha Morgan’s hard-won advice on creating productive spaces of any size.

Rainbow lorikeets using a nesting box in a tree.
Organic homes

Creating new nesting options for native fauna

Home gardeners can help make up for the loss of wildlife homes that results from cutting down mature trees by providing another option in the form of nesting boxes.

The Laak Boorndap rooftop garden in Melbourne.
Inspirational gardeners

The future of gardening: naturalistic planting

There’s an important experiment going on in the centre of Melbourne, with the aim of proving that beautiful gardens can thrive in our changing climate.

In conversation: Plum Tree Floral Farm – life in full flower
Inspirational gardeners

Plum Tree Floral Farm – life in full flower

Kathy and Mike of Plum Tree Floral Farm share sustainable flower farming lessons, from no-dig beds to their favourite cut flowers, with Chloe Thomson.

Bring in the bug patrol: insect-eating garden birds
Organic life

Bring in the bug patrol: insect-eating garden birds

These insect-eating native birds control pests naturally and boost garden biodiversity, plus tips to attract them.

Book cover of The Secret Garden Club with copy that says enter for a chance to win
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Your chance to win a great read!

Enter this competition and you could win a copy of The Secret Garden Club: we have three copies to give away!

A cat sitting in a tree branch within a cat enclosure.
Organic life

The sustainable pet household

Simple, practical ways to care for dogs, cats, chickens and other pets more sustainably, from smarter feeding choices to greener waste habits, without compromising on love or wellbeing.

The peanut butter berry fruit ripening on a branch.
Inspirational gardeners

Rare fruit revolution: Cyrus Roussilhes’ Perth garden

Cyrus Roussilhes, a rare fruit grower from Perth, is on a mission to inspire gardeners to grow unusual varieties in their own backyard, writes Deryn Thorpe.

Kat Pearson holding a jackfruit growing in her Brisbane garden
Inspirational gardeners

Subtropical switch: growing fruit in a warming climate

Warmer, wetter summers are changing what many of us can grow. Step inside Kat Pearson’s Brisbane garden to see how she’s adapted from cool-climate habits to subtropical abundance.

Eggplant and capsicum in a basket of other vegetables.
Greener living

That’s a Good Idea

Brehoni Jordyn, founder of the Incaberry app, has created an easy way for Australians to buy, sell and trade fresh, local, organic produce and build community connections.

Aerial view of Port Willunga Beach and its historic jetty pylons
Organic life

Coastal wonders of the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island

From her base in Adelaide, Kate Le Gallez shares her love of the many wild corners, coastal trails and sustainable stays of this remarkable South Australian region.