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SEEING GREEN
This garden design took the challenge of a sloping site and transformed it into a tropical, green oasis
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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
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Roots of orange
One of the most popular and health-giving of veggies, carrots are a must for the garden and the plate
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Heart of stone
What’s more beautiful than a material formed over thousands of years by nature?
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BLOOMING FABULOUS
A combination of formal, fun, and cottage, this delightful garden in Brisbane mixes it up with magnificent results
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GET A ROOM!
Since living, working and entertaining at home is becoming the norm, exploring the creation of outdoor “rooms” in our backyards provides plenty of scope for imagination
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Alligator pear
That’s just one of the many names for the large, luxurious berry we know and love as avocado
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Eat, Play, Love
This urban oasis is filled with a diverse blend of productive plants and natives, a unique haven that continues to evolve
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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!
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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
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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!
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A Powerful Passion For Plants
Surrounding herself with calming houseplants ensures this green-thumbed apartment-dweller is all smiles
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TWICE AS NICE
This home boasts dual entertaining spaces that work in accord with the interior living rooms
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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
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PLANTER PERFECTION
Designed by Garden Life and builtby Good Wood, this inner-city courtyard required big thinking-design to fit into a small space
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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?
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A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
How to grow happy indoor and house plants
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Recipe For Success
The best way to get your outdoor party started is always to fire up the backyard barbie
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Expand Your Horizons
This contemporary, top-floor balcony garden is the perfect venue for entertaining, summer or winter
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THE MAKERS
In honour of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (25-29 March), event director Marcus Gale shares his top 10 gardens from the event’s 25-year history
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VIEW FROM THE TOP
A challenging climate is no barrier to a beautiful outdoor space
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Spice WORLD
Ever wondered what a genuine herb and spice merchant’s garden looks like? Step on in…
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SNAPSHOT
A look at some inspiring backyards around Australia and the world
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RESTORING A LEGACY
A heritage garden in suburban Melbourne needed plenty of tender loving care in this makeover
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HAVING IT ALL
Be it a place to entertain or a play space for the kids, this Perth property has the lot
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FOCAL POINTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
A Melbourne garden is brought to life with multiple complementary elements
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A PERMACULTURE perma-smile
This edible oasis feeds a family’s bodies and minds, as well as inspiring the local community
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Australia's first Indigenous Rooftop Farm
Up high in Sydney there’s a bevy of native drought-tolerant plants growing, and they’re feeding the Sydneysiders living below
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Design Your Own Waterwise Garden
It’s time to waterwise up — thankfully, it really isn’t that hard
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Miami dreaming
The possibilities that come with unique design are endless. In this case, a garden was designed around five dogs... with their very own water feature
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