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October 1, 2012 Costa and Clarence are in Katherine to help a local pre-school build a sensory garden for the kids to explore, then visit a productive farm on the outskirts of Katherine that is growing fresh food, jobs, skills, and a future for the local community. Finally they travel to King Valley where women Elders […]
September 28, 2012 Colin meets a market gardener who has joined up with the local primary school to help connect the kids with the garden and the food on their plate, Jerry visits a newly established community garden to find out how it got started and give his top tips for getting one going from scratch […]
September 18, 2012 15th September 2012
Angus meets a young nurseryman whose passion for propagating and protecting native plants is restoring bushland in Sydney’s West. Costa brings a bit of colour to the street by helping his neighbours plant their verge with Australian native flowers, and with the help of a bush food expert, Tino is […]
August 26, 2012 25th August 2012.
Jane visits a gardener who has great success with all manner of fruit and vegies in a small plot, save for one – potatoes. Jane gives her some tips to help. Tino’s in his own garden planting a range of ornamental and fruiting plants using espaliering and plaiting techniques to […]
August 19, 2012 Jerry shows Costa around his garden to talk about the ways he uses plants, John visits a street in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, redesigned to stop flooding, catch and clean water using native plants, and grow edible plants for the locals, and Josh visits a mate’s place and shows how to collect, […]
August 15, 2012 11th August 2012.
Jane is at a heritage listed property on the outskirts of Melbourne that tells a story of the enduring legacy of Italian migration on Australia’s food culture, Sophie visits a secondary school in Adelaide where students from diverse backgrounds learn English and share their experiences through gardening, and Josh Byrne […]
August 5, 2012 4th August 2012.
Sophie is on the rooftop of a community medical centre to see how the clients use a productive garden as part of their therapy, Costa is in inner city Paddington at the old reservoir that’s been transformed from derelict infrastructure into a sunken garden for all to enjoy , and […]
July 30, 2012 28th July 2012.
Jane meets the curator in charge of the diverse collection of Southern Chinese plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne to find out the story behind it, Sophie meets an obsessive collector and breeder of carnivorous plants, who’s travelled the world in search of the weirdest varieties and Costa visits […]
July 26, 2012 21st July 2012.
Costa jumps on board with the Canterbury Garden Care volunteers to lend a hand assisting a passionate older gardener, Colin picks his favourite plants for beginners and explains how best to use them and Tino is out in the patch keeping fit during winter, digging in compost and planting the […]
July 16, 2012 14th July 2012.
Costa helps a local school make productive use of small sunny space by helping to install an aquaponics system, Tino shows us how to select nursery stock that will perform best in the garden and Sophie meets Tori Moreton who started an inspiring project for new gardeners to grow their […]
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