In Witta, near hilly Maleny in Queensland’s subtropical Sunshine Coast Region, lives a woman with a passion for organics and sharing the therapeutic benefits of gardening.
The property Cath Manuel shares with her family is around 200 acres with a kitchen garden area of 800m2. In her spare time Cath enjoys soaking up the sun at the beach, walking and running through bushland and coastal locations and dabbling in a bit of cooking. On the property she’s experiencing a new activity: managing a herd of cattle.
With a Diploma of Horticulture, a Certificate in Horticultural Therapy and a Design Certificate in Permaculture, Cath works as a horticultural consultant and horticultural therapist.
For some time, she has been bringing gardening to those in need, whether they be disabled or mentally unwell, aged or children. Her passion for engaging all people in all situations and all walks of life has seen her recognised within the horticultural therapy fraternity, her local community and further afield.
She used to run a successful landscape business but decided to switch to the world of organic gardening, starting a business called Soil to Supper that springboarded her into the horticultural community.
The Soil to Supper website is a wealth of information. You can sign up for membership to keep updated on what you should be doing in the garden each season. Plus, there are fabulous master classes and you get to be a part of a supportive greater gardening community.
Cath also has a regular podcast called Wellbeing Gardening and writes a regular column for the Maggie Beer Foundation.
THE EVOLVING GARDENER
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Glamour girls
EVERYONE LOVES A HARDWORKING ISA BROWN BUT GET A LOAD OF THESE CHIC CHICKENS AND FEATHERED FASHIONISTAS
FRIED VEG
IT’S POSSIBLE TO ENJOY A FRY-UP IN A DELICIOUSLY HEALTHY WAY BY TURNING TO SOME FRY-FRIENDLY PLANTS
BEYOND BIG RED
TOMATOES COME IN ALL SHAPES, SIZES AND COLOURS, SO NOW’S THE TIME TO EXPLORE THEIR INFINITE VARIETY
EVEN MORE TROPPO
ANOTHER SENSATIONAL SIX TO CONSIDER FOR YOUR GARDEN — OR YOUR FRUIT SALAD
LET'S STALK RHUBARB
JUST AS TOMATO IS A FRUIT USED AS A VEGETABLE, RHUBARB IS A VEGETABLE COMMONLY CONSUMED AS A DESSERT
FOOD OF THE GODS
THE FLESHY FRUIT OF THE FICUS WAS MUHAMMAD’S FAVOURITE AND BUDDHA FOUND ENLIGHTENMENT UNDER A FIG TREE
MAKING GOOD BETTER
THE IRREPRESSIBLE TV PRESENTER WRITES ABOUT HOW SHE, WITH HUSBAND ANTON AND DAUGHTER FRIDA, TURNED A STEEP HOBART BLOCK INTO A PRODUCTIVE GARDEN
True lily
MANY PLANTS ARE CALLED LILIES BUT IT’S THE MEMBERS OF THE GENUS LILIUM THAT ARE THE REAL DEAL
SALTY BUDS
THE CAPER BUSH PRODUCES TWO DISTINCT BUT EQUALLY DELICIOUS, TANGY MORSELS: CAPERS AND CAPERBERRIES
Ducks on duty
BUSY, VIGILANT, HARD ON GARDEN PESTS AND GENEROUS LAYERS — YOU’VE GOTTA LOVE A DUCK!
