Gardening tips to beat the heat

How you water matters during the hot months, so follow these easy to implement ideas and help your plants beat the heat.

Growing edible flowers in your garden

Edible flowers add fresh flavour to dishes, make refreshing teas, and create delicious cordials and preserves. Here's our top picks.

Add spice with chillies

Growing your own chillies, means you can take your pick from the hot to the mild. Here’s how to get started.

Water-loving edibles

Counter the heat in your garden by making a cool space with water-loving edibles.

Grow: Native River Mint

This native thrives in a self-watering pot or in a rain garden. The best native mint for the kitchen.

Native berries to plant in your patch

Midyim berry is a tasty and rewarding native fruit you can easily grow in your organic garden.

Plant colourful summer zinnias

Looking for a plant that doesn’t mind the heat of summer and grows well in garden beds and containers? Try zinnias.

Lettuces all year round

With the variety of lettuce plants available, you should never be without colourful, fresh leaves to add to your salads.

Flower farming lessons

Plum Tree Floral Farm is home to citrus, pecans, mangoes and a flourishing no-dig flower patch that shifts with the seasons.

Organic solutions for tomato pests

Don't let these common pests ruin your tomato crop!

Top tomatoes to grow now

Peter Vouthas is a huge tomato fan, growing 60 varieties each year, so he knows his stuff when it comes to these family favourites.

Fill your garden with greens

Lush, prodigious, multicoloured, nutritious: learn all about the rich tapestry of silverbeet (or chard by any other name).