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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Gardening Australia

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

BOOKS

Spring beauties • There was a time when azaleas became too much of a good thing, but these prolific flowering shrubs deserve to be back in favour, writes JUDY HORTON

top picks

at a glance

happy GROW lucky • Dracaenas are great people pleasers. Apart from being versatile, easy-care and vigorous, they’re a sure bet when you want to create instant impact, writes PHIL DUDMAN

give it a whirl • Here’s a genus of native flowering shrubs that you might not have grown before. It’s Isopogon, and its species produce fabulous blooms for the garden or vase, writes ANGUS STEWART

how to make a COTTAGE GARDEN • This spectacular garden in North West Tasmania offers inspiration to gardeners everywhere who are wanting to create that classic cottage look

7 rules for a cottage garden

COTTAGE in a POT

Lynette’s favourite plants

creating a BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ • Thinking of keeping some bees? Here’s what you need to know before adding a hive to your garden, writes ALLY JACKSON

JOIN THE CLUB

SWEET TASTE OF success

OTHER WAYS TO HELP BEES

MORE INFORMATION

which BEE is that? • Some of them produce honey; all of them are are valuable pollinators. MARTYN ROBINSON identifies several species... and a familiar look-alike

what lies BENEATH • Populated by slimy things and creepy-crawlies, the soil biome has all the makings of a science-fiction horror film

pick up Sticks • ... and make something useful! MILLIE ROSS builds an obelisk from pear tree prunings

Top Sticks

floral fascination • It’s 250 years since the Endeavour voyaged along the east coast of Australia, making landfall at Botany Bay. On board was young amateur botanist Joseph Banks, who encountered a land of horticultural wonders, writes TIM ENTWISLE

festive flowers • What can you grow to have your vases full at Christmas? JACKIE FRENCH is making a list and checking it twice

the gardener's bucket list WILDFLOWERS in Western Australia • From winter to spring, the country’s west is awash with the colours of more than 12,000 wildflower species. DERYN THORPE maps out the spectacle

WHILE YOU ARE THERE

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

GRAFT TOMATOES • You’ve probably heard of grafted fruit trees, but what about grafted tomatoes? PHIL DUDMAN shows how to wedge two varieties together to get a tomato plant that’s less susceptible to disease.

... or try this!

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

CROPS IN POTS

helping HAND • Tips for tackling this month’s problem

Pearls of goodness • Chefs love them, and First Australians have long used them for food and medicine. Now gardeners are jumping on board to grow the strange-looking but brilliantly flavoured finger lime

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Top PICKS

MAILBOX • COLOUR MY WORLD HERE’S A PICTURE OF MY SMALL GARDEN. I LOVE ALL THE WORK THAT I CREATE THERE. I AM 78 AND MY GARDEN IS MY LIFE. Sandra Kelly, Mareeba, Qld

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