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Making tomato passata with fresh tomatoes, garlic and rosemary.

It’s time to grow with our spring issue!

The Spring 2024 issue of ABC Organic Gardener magazine is all about growing a healthy harvest! You’ll discover expert tips to train and grow tasty tomatoes, easy Mediterranean herbs to plant now and waterwise gardening ideas as we head into summer. Plus, the latest buzz on bees and varroa mite, and the best flowers to plant to keep all the pollinators happy in your patch!

Featured articles in the Spring 2024 issue

Tomatoes in training

Grow more with Phil Dudman’s simple guide to training tomatoes, plus recipes to make the most of your harvest.

Waterwise gardening: every drop counts

Karen Sutherland provides a refresher on simple ways to save water and money, including basic design ideas

What’s the buzz on pollination

Helen Cushing explains how pollination works and how you can encourage pollinators, from bees to birds.

Corridors of life

Street gardener Emma Cutting, the founder of the Melbourne Pollinator Corridor, has a vision to create an urban wildlife corridor that provides food and shelter for bees and other pollinators.

Your night-time garden

Georgia Angus takes us on a tour of what creatures you might find in our gardens at night and shares ways we can encourage more.

More plants for less

In his new book The Plant Society Design Handbook, Jason Chongue introduces thrifty propagation techniques to help you start or expand your indoor plant collection.

Robyn’s vision

Phil Dudman chats with permaculture teacher, designer, activist and visionary, Robyn Francis about the beginnings of permaculture.

The mite fight

The destructive varroa mite’s arrival in Australia means backyard beekeepers have to learn a range of strategies to keep their bees alive, writes Simon Webster.

Plus our regular articles:

  • Harvest: Scott Gooding and Matilda Brown – along with Matilda’s mother Rachel Ward – are demonstrating the benefits of sustainable agriculture and healthy, nutritious food.
  • Plant: Connie Cao’s must-have culinary herbs to plant now.
  • Action: Our experts share their top tips for gardening success
  • Matters: News and events
  • Library: The best books reviews
  • Losing the plot: Simon Webster finds the pleasure and pitfalls in working from home.

Subscribe today!

It’s easy to subscribe to ABC Organic Gardener magazine and stay updated with the latest gardening tips and trends. Head here to get an issue delivered to your door!

A kitchen bench with the ingredients for passata, including tomates, basil and garlic.
The Spring 2024 cover of ABC Organic Gardener magazine.