In this issue

Welcome to the new-look Backyard, the magazine for those who don’t just dream of an amazing garden, they want to get out there and make it happen. If the backyard is where you gather with family and friends; if you want to do more in your backyard, be that build a garden bed or lay some paving; and if you want to get your kids involved too, Backyard is what you need. Backyard covers a wide range of topics for the consumer who is doing a complete makeover. Including but not limited to Planning a Garden, Makeover Ideas, Design Advice, Water Wise Gardening, Outdoor Lighting, Pool Design, Outdoor Furniture, Garden Art, Shade Solutions and Paving Options.

The Plant Sage Behind - The Plant Society

Jason Chongue is a veritable celebrity in the plant world — and taking a walk through his foliage-filled home, you can see why!

4 mins

A Powerful Passion For Plants

Surrounding herself with calming houseplants ensures this green-thumbed apartment-dweller is all smiles

8 mins

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE

How to grow happy indoor and house plants

5 mins

Eat, Play, Love

This urban oasis is filled with a diverse blend of productive plants and natives, a unique haven that continues to evolve

2 mins

Funky Wooden Features Bring This Space To Life

This Coogee property was given a new life with creative wooden solutions and an injection of tropical-inspired greenery, creating that holiday experience right in the backyard

3 mins

TWICE AS NICE

This home boasts dual entertaining spaces that work in accord with the interior living rooms

3 mins

PLANTER PERFECTION

Designed by Garden Life and builtby Good Wood, this inner-city courtyard required big thinking-design to fit into a small space

3 mins

WHICH PLANTS, WHERE?

Australians are fortunate to be able to buy some of the best indoor plants in the world, with enthusiastic and clever plant breeders and nurseries making a fantastic and interesting variety of plants available to excited indoor plant lovers

3 mins

How To Care For Your Indoor Plants

Many an enthusiastic plant lover has brought home a new leafy friend, only to have it swiftly meet an unfortunate end. It doesn’t have to be this way!

4 mins

BEAT THE BUGS

Bringing the outside in with indoor plants is all well and good, but how do you avoid an insect invasion in your home?

3 mins

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Backyard & Garden Design Ideas Magazine Description:

Welcome to the new-look Backyard, the magazine for those who don’t just dream of an amazing garden, they want to get out there and make it happen. If the backyard is where you gather with family and friends; if you want to do more in your backyard, be that build a garden bed or lay some paving; and if you want to get your kids involved too, Backyard is what you need. Backyard covers a wide range of topics for the consumer who is doing a complete makeover. Including but not limited to Planning a Garden, Makeover Ideas, Design Advice, Water Wise Gardening, Outdoor Lighting, Pool Design, Outdoor Furniture, Garden Art, Shade Solutions and Paving Options.

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