
Reviving the Yarra River: Melbourne’s Floating Wetlands Initiative

A new initiative is set to improve the urban ecological diversity along the Yarra River.

Heirloom seed suppliers

Following on from our top-tasting tomatoes feature in our Spring 2023 issue (OG 144), here’s a selected suppliers list to search out your favourites.

Tuning into Nature: Vote for Australia’s favourite animal sound

What is your favourite animal sound? Vote in the ABC Science national poll today!

Good news: botanists rediscover a plant thought to be extinct

It’s not often the rediscovery of a species thought to be extinct makes headlines, but botanists in Victoria have done just that.

How ‘The Last of Us’ Inspires Us to Tackle Climate Change

The hit HBO show The Last of Us creates some interesting questions around the threat and benefit of mushrooms and their role in tackling climate change.

The final frontier for agriculture: growing bush foods in space

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is to lead a pilot program exploring the potential of bush foods as a diet option for astronauts in Australian schools.

Happy 90th birthday ABC!

Get ready to celebrate the ABC's 90th birthday with Maggie Beer's 'symphony of citrus' celebration cake!

How to set up your own street garden

Tim Marshall looks at the dos and don'ts of setting up a suburban street garden.

In conversation with…

Simon Webster chats with organic farmer and author Michael Ableman about the healing power of growing food.

How to sharpen your tools

Well-maintained tools make gardening jobs safer and easier. Justin Russell shows how to keep them sharp.

When more is less

The more the land, the more ambitious Simon Webster’s gardening vision became.

The accidental gardener

Simon Webster cottons on to a new way of gardening – expect the unexpected – at Plot Farm.