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June 25, 2016 Jerry visits the Eastern District Orchid Society’s 50th anniversary show to find out what makes a winning bloom, Jane shows how to deal with a particularly pesky plant pest, and Costa helps construct a wicking bed food garden on the front steps of Sydney TAFE. Sophie explores the beautiful National Trust property of Beaumont House, […] […]
June 17, 2016 Costa visits an historic hilltop garden set within the Blue Mountains National Park and meets the designer who is lovingly bringing it back to life, John answers the age-old question of whether to use crocks, Jerry discusses why people put banana skins in staghorns and Tino shows how to dissuade blackbirds from eating your seedlings. […] […]
June 6, 2016 Tino has some great strategies for staying on top of winter weeds, including one method that’s sure to get your fire burning! Costa shows how to keep backyard chooks happy and healthy, feathering their nests so they stay comfortable no matter how cold the weather gets, and Sophie shows how to get plants ready to […] […]
June 3, 2016 Jerry visits one of Brisbane’s most significant and historic gardens, Government House to see how they maintain the formal and wild gardens, Jane shows how to make plant labels that will never blow away, and Angus deals with an aphid infestation on citrus. Also this week, Sophie visits a local indigenous nursery to choose a […] […]
June 1, 2016 John meets a Melbourne gardener who’s combined permaculture principals and a love of French garden design to create a gorgeous productive garden, Josh demonstrates how to create an eye-popping Australian native wildflower meadow, and Sophie shows how a range of plants provide windbreaks around various areas of her exposed garden. Tino demonstrates an easy method […] […]
May 21, 2016 Tino visits a friend in Woodbridge in southern Tasmania, who’s a master at growing perennials that can tolerate tough conditions and shows a tip to make your perennials pop, Angus discusses why rainwater is better than tap water for plants and John shows how plants respond to pruning, and Josh plants a range of staple […] […]
May 14, 2016 Tino plants broad beans and snow peas and saves seed of liquorice and scarlett runner beans, Sophie profiles the iochroma plant and Angus explores a colourful English style garden in the hills district of north-west Sydney. Then Jerry deals with root-knot nematodes that are affecting his rosella plants and Costa helps ABC radio presenter, Simon […] […]
May 4, 2016 Costa explores a large Queensland hillside garden with stunning ornamental and productive areas, Josh explains the importance of washing organic vegies, Jane discusses how to improve pelargonium flowering and Tino tells us how to get the best out of autumn leaves. Theres also Sophie giving the low-down on three easy soil tests for the home […] […]
April 27, 2016 Jane visits Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance and explores four new courtyard gardens inspired by the environments in which soldiers fought, Costa meets a passionate Sydney farmer who’s been growing figs and prickly pears for 40 years, and meet expert bromeliad grower and keen collector Viktor Przetocki whose garden is overflowing with thousands of these plants. […] […]
April 23, 2016 Jerry travels to Buderim in Queensland to explore a classic cottage garden containing a number of unusual plants, Jane explains how to make your hydrangeas blue or pink, and Tino shows how to prune berries and currants to ensure a bumper crop next season. Also, John visits the refurbished Fern Gully at the Royal Botanic […] […]
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