Gardening Australia

Australia’s number one monthly gardening resource, ABC Gardening Australia magazine is packed with step-by-step advice and stunning design ideas from its popular team of experts. Whether you are a novice gardener or have a green thumb and years of experience, you’ll find the advice you need.

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ON THE SHELF PLANTS • This month’s pick of the bunch for garden lovers nationwide

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WHATS ON IN SEPTEMBER • Your guide to garden shows and events around the country this month

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poppy love • It’s easy to sow the seeds of a lifelong love affair with these exquisite blooms that announce spring has sprung, says JANE EDMANSON

classic Jurassic • Prehistoric tree ferns have it made in the shade, adding mega drama and a ‘lost world’ feel to the garden, writes AB BISHOP

SUN worshippers • The iconic hibiscus flower is an increasingly prevalent graphic in clothing design and interior decorating. Hibiscus are back in fashion, and a new range of plants is available in our garden centres, writes ARNO KING

PLANTS FOR YOUR CLIMATE

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Seasonal beauty • Wanting to pick flowers for their house 365 days a year, the owners of this Blue Mountains property have created a garden that puts on a show every season

6 SKILLS every GARDENER should have • Whether you’re a new gardener, or an old hand in need of a refresher, these how-tos from horticultural editor PHIL DUDMAN give you the essentials you need for most garden tasks

INSTORE • Information from some of our advertisers about their products

TANK goodness • As water becomes a scarcer resource, we need to collect and cherish every drop. JENNIFER STACKHOUSE steps through the process of installing a rainwater tank so you can keep your garden growing

HOW MUCH WATER GOES INTO THE TANK?

INSTALLATION CHECKLIST

OTHER WATER SOURCES for gardens

A healthy DIET for PLANTS • Fertilisers can be confusing. How do you choose the right one? Is it all marketing? What if you don’t bother? JUDY HORTON explores the options

WHAT ABOUT SOIL PH?

STEP RIGHT UP! • Steppers delineate, decorate and show us the way... and often all that’s missing is a little softening around the edges. DERYN THORPE looks at the plant options

the gardener’s bucket list THE GARDEN OF NINFA in Italy • Outside Rome, set amid crumbling ruins, Ninfa easily lives up to its reputation as the most romantic garden in the world, writes JENNIFER STACKHOUSE

WHILE YOU ARE THERE

WHY PARADISE IS A GARDEN • The return from a spell in hospital has JACKIE FRENCH acutely attuned to the earthy, wondrous, sensual pleasure of being in her garden

SEPTEMBER a month in the GARDEN • More than 50 jobs to do in your action planner

radio • For details of programs on your local ABC station, call 139 994 or visit abc.net.au/local

TV • Gardening Australia is on ABC TV every Friday at 7.30pm and repeated on Sunday at 1.30pm and on iView.

IN THE PATCH • Horticultural editor and devoted food grower PHIL DUDMAN shows you what to plant, pick and tend in the edible garden this month

cool bananas • Bananas are a staple food in so many households, and guess what? A lot of coastal gardeners have the right conditions to grow them at home. PHIL DUDMAN explains how

TOP PICKS

How to make a BANANA CIRCLE • A banana circle is an easy way to grow bananas using less water and nutrients. PHIL DUDMAN explains what it is and how to create one.

helping HAND • Tips for tackling this month’s problems

GARDEN GUESTS & PESTS • Unseasonably warm weather has...