Down in the Garden: Office Plants that Thrive
Planning on a home office for 2022? Going back to work soon and want to take a green friend with you? Indoor plants can make us healthy, happy, calm, more…
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Down in the Garden: Gardening Gift Guide
Down in the Garden: Merry Christmas Trees, Bushes and Flowers
Down in the Garden: Gardening with La Niña
Growing Lovely Lavender
Down in the Garden: The Top 10 Unkillable Garden Plants
Down in the Garden: Marvellous Melons
Down in the Garden: Plant Now for a Magical Botanical Christmas
Down in the Garden: Get the Tropical Look for Your Garden
Down in the Garden: Grow Frangipani, a Tropical Garden Favourite
While staying on our tropical journey, I thought we could explore the frangipani as it provides what many of us are looking for in a Coast Garden with a bit…
Down in the Garden: How to Grow Zinnias and Sunflowers
Need a happy boost in your life? If you start now, you can easily have a garden bed full of dazzlingly cut flowers that will not only make your garden…
Down in the Garden: Growing Flowering Shrubs
Annuals are great for a fast and easy splash of colour in the garden but if you are ready to enter a long-term commitment with a flowering plant at your…
Down in the Garden: Growing Mulberries
Like many of us, I have happy memories of a mulberry tree in my childhood. This one stood in the centre of the playground at Orange Grove Primary School in…
Down in the Garden: How to Feed Your Plants in the Garden
Plants don’t just need water; you must also feed them! Out there in the wild, in their places of origin, they will settle themselves into positions that naturally have the…
Down in the Garden: How to Grow Terrific Tomatoes
Growing tomatoes is easy, even by the Coast. Sure, they can have their fair share of challenges but overall, they are one of the easiest and most rewarding of crops….
Down in the Garden: Spring Veggie Patch Blitz
Spring is the season of veggie patch creation, renewal, and readiness. Everyone should grow at least a few vegetables! I’m not going to give you too much pressure here because…
Down in the Garden: Native Australia Shade Lovers
This would have to be one of the most often asked questions I receive, “Can Australian Native plants grow in the shade?” and it is also an answer that surprises…
Down in the Garden: Sun Mapping
Air, food, water, and light are the staple elements your plants need and finding the correct amount of each will make the difference between life and death. Getting it as…
Down in the Garden: Choosing, Planting and Saving Seeds
Pretty soon our garden centres will be awash with seas of seedlings. These seedlings naturally are born from seeds, and you can be like the ‘big guys’ and start planting…
Down in the Garden: Fabulous Fast Fixes for Your Garden
Maybe you have decided to sell your home due to the current favourable market conditions or perhaps you have a rental inspection looming. Then again, you might need these tips…