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

ON THE SHELF BOOKS

Gardening Australia

ON THE SHELF PRODUCTS

WHAT'S ON IN AUGUST • Your guide to garden shows and events around the country this month

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flowering HEDGES • Who says hedges have to be clipped and green? Instead, they can be freestyle and filled with flowers, as JENNIFER STACKHOUSE reveals

Top 10 choices for a FLOWERING HEDGE

Thrills & spills • For interest and intrigue indoors or out, these dangly succulents deliver in spades, says STEVE FALCIONI, with their trailing stems of leaves shaped like hearts, pearls, bananas, coins and even dolphins!

more great danglers!

Conifer cuties • These small trees are big on personality, and are suitable for tight spaces, pots and bonsai, writes SOPHIE THOMSON

HILLSIDE hideaway • A designer’s eye for detail infuses this lush, textured, canopied melange of structural plants, clipped balls, natives and flowers in northern New South Wales

let's get physical • Gardening is sooo good for you, but all that lifting, bending, pushing and pulling can come at a price. We asked a physiotherapist for his expert tips on avoiding pain and injury in the garden

secateurs

meet the gardener PETER LANE • This plant enthusiast has brilliantly coloured the world of students and staff at a school in Melbourne’s south-east, writes AB BISHOP

FLOWER TOWERS

creature Q&A • Skinks under the fridge? Spiders and wasps in the bee hotel? Wildlife expert LEONARD CRONIN answers some of the questions from our reader lunch

the garden's bucket list • Singapore is overflowing with lush gardens, clever plant combinations and amazing orchid displays, says ARNO KING, but this garden is his favourite

WHILE YOU ARE THERE

I can’t believe it’s not chocolate! (actually, I can...) • Carob trees are nothing but trouble and she doesn’t think much of the crop, but JACKIE FRENCH can’t help growing them anyway

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

INSTORE • Information from some of our advertisers about their products

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

connoisseurs’ citrus • Beyond that backyard staple, the lemon tree, is a world of interesting and quirky citrus to explore, writes JACKIE FRENCH

CLIMATE CHALLENGES

tips for success citrus • Here’s what you need to do to take good care of your citrus trees.

STEP-BY-STEP SPUDS THREE WAYS

helping HAND • Tips for tackling this month’s problems

GARDEN GUESTS & PESTS • These clever cockies are, increasingly, becoming part of the urban fabric, writes LEONARD CRONIN

sneaky stinkers • Be alert for destructive citrus bugs that change colour as they mature, writes MARTYN ROBINSON

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The bee’s knees

Hibiscus heaven

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I love my SHED • This ‘she shed’ is the type of glorious hideaway we dream of, filled with character and history, as is the cosy, quirky ‘Tardis’ shed at right. Keep sending us your pics and stories!

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