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PLANTS • This month’s pick of the bunch for garden lovers nationwide
BOOKS
light BULB MOMENTS • It’s bulb catalogue season, and DERYN THORPE feels like a kid in a lolly shop. Jump on board the bulb bandwagon with these planting ideas
TIPS from the THE EXPERT
true BLUE • This native tree produces pretty flowers and edible fruit, and is a good all-rounder for the home garden, writes JENNIFER STACKHOUSE
star quality • These charming shrubs and climbers shine in tropical and subtropical gardens, thanks to their show-stopping ‘blooms’, writes STEVE FALCIONI
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THE seasonal pot • Complement your autumn garden with this perennial pot in cool blue to lilac tones that will glow right through the last flush of warm weather
CARE FOR YOUR POT
living the GOOD LIFE • Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is home to many keen gardeners, including Marcelle Nankervis, a working horticulturist and writer. On this small hobby farm 55km out of Melbourne, she and her family grow their own fruit and vegies, harvest honey, catch fish and raise livestock. To see her lifestyle in action, we visited Marcelle as she rolled out of bed at dawn... and asked her to take us through her family’s daily routine
the vegetable garden
meat production
BACK TO NATURE • Marcelle and her family work in harmony with their environment, says JANE EDMANSON
irrigation & watering
maintenance
you've got a FRIEND • Expand your horticultural horizons by joining the Friends group at your local botanic garden, where a whole new world of plants, people and activities awaits, as AB BISHOP reports
surprise & delight • Explore the joys of a partly uncontrolled garden by cultivating a few self-sowers, interminglers and ‘resprouters’, writes MICHAEL McCOY
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meet the gardeners ILIN SHAOOL & CARISSA LAMBERT • Tending the pocket gardens and native corridors along Bondi’s spectacular coastline is a dream job for these horticulturists
survival of the FITTEST • All daffodils enjoy sub-zero winters, but which ones can also handle a hot, dry summer? JACKIE FRENCH shares her pick of the toughest daffs
the gardener's bucket list • With its spectacular floral displays and garden designs reflecting emerging trends, this event is an inspiration to gardeners and designers around the world, writes JUDY HORTON
WHILE YOU ARE THERE
MARCH a month in the GARDEN • More than 50 jobs to do in your action planner
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
the brassica MASSACRE • If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s caterpillars getting into your cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and other brassica crops. PHIL DUDMAN describes a three-pronged strategy to help you avoid the carnage this season
fabulous FIG • A fig tree is a very giving thing, and while it will crop with no assistance, a little bit of the right stuff will give you a great deal of the good stuff, writes JACKIE FRENCH
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