Designing a xeriscape garden for water conservation starts with a simple idea: make the landscape work with local rainfall, soil and temperature rather than…
A DIY bird bath can make a small backyard feel alive, especially when native birds such as wrens, honeyeaters, lorikeets and doves discover it during a hot…
A privacy screen should do more than make a block look green. In many Australian backyards, the aim is to soften views from a neighbour, the street or a pool…
Turning a bare backyard into a green lawn can take a weekend when you use ready-made sod, also called turf. The grass arrives covered, so you avoid waiting for…
A window planter can turn an ordinary ledge into a small garden, but the best boxes begin with careful measuring rather than a pile of timber offcuts. Building…
Japanese beetles can damage roses, fruit trees, ornamental shrubs and turf by skeletonising leaves and feeding on roots below ground. The metallic green adults…
Tips for starting seeds indoors under grow lights can give vegetables and herbs a reliable start before they reach the garden bed. A windowsill may provide…
Across southern Australia, the main cool-season planting window falls from June to August, so a modest protected growing space can turn bare beds into…
Spring-flowering bulbs bring some of the earliest strong colour to a garden after the cooler months. Daffodils, jonquils, tulips, freesias, hyacinths, anemones…
Fresh cucumbers are easy to grow, but their sprawling stems can quickly cover a garden bed, shade neighbouring plants or trail onto paths. A trellis gives each…