Drought Proofing the Home Garden
Neville's ambition has been to build a sustainable home for his family. So while there is a fair bit of work still to be done to his new home, the basics are in place. The house is built on a solar passive design with a solar hot water system on ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Variegated Eucalypts
Recently on Burke's Backyard we featured 'Summer Beauty' and 'Summer Red', wonderful hybrid gum trees developed specially for the home garden. They produce masses of flowers, and you always know exactly what colour the flowers will be. The good ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Home Orchard
A fantastic example of self sufficiency is a home garden in Western Australia where a home orchid has been created on the property. This fantastic garden features an array of tropical fruit, edible plants, a bee hive and an aquaponic system which ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Lawn Story
One of Australia's most popular home garden lawn varieties is called Buffalo, which happens to be the name of the ship that the particular variety first came to Australia on in the 19th century. In an age where automatic irrigation was not even a ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Powerfeed
www.seasol.com.au Turns sticky clay soils in friable soils without the use of gypsum Increases shelf life of cut flowers PowerFeed is the only product widely available in the home garden market in Australia that provides the amazing benefits of ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Lawn Story
One of Australia's most popular home garden lawn varieties is called Buffalo, which happens to be the name of the ship that the particular variety first came to Australia on in the 19th century. In an age where automatic irrigation was not even a ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Growing Greens
When Neville was a lad, one of his jobs was to go out in the garden with a bowl and a pair of scissors and cut the salad greens; you can't get freshness better than that. Greens are so easy to grow in the home garden that buying them is almost a sin. [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Designer Gardens at Singapore Garden and Flower Show - ...
In the fantasy garden category, designers can move beyond what can be achieved in the home garden to a world of garden fantasy. Designers combine plants, props and flowers to really create that wow factor and one of Sue's personal favourites is a ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Clever Qld Gardener & Home Garden Waterwise Rebate Scheme
You may remember earlier in the year, the Queensland State Government ran The Green Thumbs competition and the idea was to recognise local gardeners who embraced the waterwise approach to gardening. Well today we are going to meet Yvonne Hanifin ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
About the Show
Australia's number one lifestyle program Better Homes and Gardens is back on Seven for its 13th year on air led by host Johanna Griggs who returns with the team to bring viewers inspirational home, garden and kitchen ideas. Johanna Griggs ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Tomatoes:So you want to grow Tomatoes?
* Tomato cultivars listed by season, from very early to very late. 1 A Solanaceous history or mythology 2 Siting the home garden for the fruits of love 3 The annual program of maintenance * An alphabetical list of locally available cultivars 5 ... [... more]
Green Fingers AU |
Commonly Grown Kangaroo Paws
Kangaroo Paws - genus Anigozanthos - an introduction to these plants. The colour and form of kangaroo paws make them one of the most rewarding Australian native plants for the home garden. Kangaroo paws are also very good cut flowers. They are ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
