Grow: tomatoes

Who doesn't love homegrown tomatoes straight off the vine? If you follow these tips you'll have a bumper harvest of these colourful beauties come spring.

The bulb and the beautiful: growing alliums

The allium family has much to offer the patient, and the impatient, gardener, from slow-growing onions to the leafy harvest of chives and spring onions, writes Marcelle Nankervis.

Fruit trees: basics and beyond

Foundation knowledge and advanced tips for growing fruit trees in your backyard.

Autumn trio: radicchio, borage and strawberry guava

As the heat of summer softens and evenings turn cooler, autumn offers a sweet spot for gardening. While the soil is still warm, Jian Liu is planting this colourful collection.

Bunches of success

Discover which banana varieties you can grow in your climatic zone.

Top flower picks

From seasonal colour to providing a year-round habitat, learn how different types of flowers can help your garden work harder.

Coriander

If you love the taste of this leafy green you'll want to plant now while the temperatures are on the cool side.

Calendula

Plant this pollinator friendly annual in the cooler months to add early spring colour to your patch.

The beauty of saltbush

Looking for a native plant to can grow happily in dry, hot conditions? Saltbushes are low maintenance ground covers or shrubs that thrive in these conditions. And they’re edible too!

Beat beetles and curl grubs

Chewing pests can decimate an entire plant, biting away at various parts until there's nothing left. Learn how to stop beetles and grubs from eating your harvest.

How to grow ‘Spigariello’

This unique heirloom broccoli from Southern Italy is prized for its curly, dark-green leaves.

Planting beneath trees

Under trees is prime garden real estate. Here's how to make the most of these spots, where you can grow a living mulch that protects soil, reduces maintenance and supports beneficial insects and soil life.