This Weekend

Ideas and inspiration for your next garden project

LITTLE WONDERS

With a space-maximising design and the ingenious use of plants, small gardens can have the same impact as their larger cousins

What's Cooking?

When the weekend rolls around, there’s nothing quite like chilling out with your friends and an ice-cold brew while you fire up the outdoor cooker

Garden Spruce Up Time!

Grab your sun hat and gardening gear and give your outdoor spaces a little tender loving care. It’s surprising what a dramatic difference a little pruning, cleaning and clearing can make. Before long, you’ll be sitting under a shady tree with a long cool drink enjoying the fruits of your labour

My Favourite 5… Tomatoes

When you grow your own tomatoes, you’re rewarded with the tastiest fruit possible as you can pick them at their sweetest and sun-ripened best. Many won’t make it back into the kitchen!

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Grow your own food, improve your mental health and connect with nature

Two-for-one DEAL

Two outdoor rooms for the price of one

Poolside PARADISE

Step into this divine outdoor space and you’d be forgiven for thinking you were in a luxury boutique resort

HORSE HAVEN

This six-acre horse property in Sydney’s northern suburbs is a definite showstopper

Petite powerhouses

Here’s one highly nutritious fruit you can grow in the smallest of spaces, even a pot on a balcony

Go with THE FLOW

With a generous dash of luxury, coupled with careful attention to detail, this contemporary outdoor living space is a winner

Design fusion

Create flow and fusion between your outdoor room and home

What's Hot

News, tips and inspiration

Going Native

Across Australia natives are springing up everywhere, some in the most surprising of places. While gardening purists might be up in arms at this intrusion into garden styles such as formal or contemporary, a new twist on natives is transforming backyards

Pretty As A Picture

This enchanting light-filled courtyard garden is a delight to behold

Transform Your Outdoor Living Experience With A Daybed

Transform your outdoor living experience with a daybed that’ll make your regular bed look like a bore

High-Rise Garden Rooms

With our busy lifestyles, more and more people are opting for apartment-style living. If you love gardens and live in an apartment, the good news is you can still design and create your own thriving greenspace to enjoy

Beans Means Greens

Hardy and easy to grow, fab fava beans are the perfect comfort food

This Weekend

Ideas and inspiration for your next garden project

This summer

Cabana trends and predictions

CHILL CHOOK

Pandemic chook care 101: How to care for your new pet hens

A CLASS ACT

Exuding subtle sophistication and contemporary flair, this designer garden offers the ultimate in relaxed family living

Leaps And Mounds

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, three magical mounds rose from the ground to create an enchanted garden full of mystery and adventure

How To Make Wicking Beds

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

Blooming Fabulous

A combination of formal, fun, and cottage, this delightful garden in Brisbane mixes it up with magnificent results

Harvest The Health Benefits

Gardens can offer so much more than just horticultural produce. Experience therapy in your own backyard

Roots of orange

One of the most popular and health-giving of veggies, carrots are a must for the garden and the plate

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

Edible plants tend to be thirsty, but it is possible to grow healthy, flavoursome veggies without over-taxing your water supply

Snapshot

Have a peek over the fence at some inspirational outdoor areas from around the world

The importance of outdoor play

Professor Tonia Gray, from the University of Western Sydney, is a Plant Life Balance ambassador. She reveals why time spent outdoors is crucial for children