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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