STANDING TALL Simone (opposite) and her husband, Dave, supply fresh produce and edible flowers nationwide from their farm in Canungra, Queensland. Their property is filled with fields of colourful zinnias (below and opposite), just one of the surprisingly edible plants on offer. While they try to do all the work themselves, their border collie kelpie, Buster, is a helpful companion while Simone picks flowers.
LITTLE HELPERS Instead of deterring insects, Simone has a team of pollinators who help her garden grow. Monarch butterflies, native bees, beetles and moths all provide a natural helping hand. Predatory insects, such as spiders and wasps, even take care of the aphids and caterpillars which would otherwise feast on the precious crops. This helps Simone keep her garden totally free of chemicals.
An annoyingly resilient weed was the catalyst for Simone Jelley's business, Pretty Produce. After being made redundant from her job as a newspaper photographer, Simone began focusing on her vegetable garden at the home she shared with her husband, Dave, and son, Thomas, on Queensland's Macleay Island. "I'd been ripping out this weed and screaming in frustration with fists in the air," Simone laughs. What she didn't realise was that this common weed was actually a revered Ayurvedic herb from the pennywort family. "You could buy it online for $5.50, for one little plant," she reveals. "I realised then that everything at my feet had a possibility of edibility."
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BRING TO LIGHT
A DULL AND UNINSPIRING HOME IS REINCARNATED AS AN IDYLLIC SEASIDE ABODE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR
CALI CLASSIC
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THIS BUNGALOW'S EXTERIOR, A COUPLE REVIVED THE INTERIOR WITH CALIFORNIA SOUL
SEA CHANGE
A DATED PROPERTY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A FAMILY'S FOREVER HOME WITH A FRESH BLACK AND WHITE PALETTE
Paradise found in LOS CABOS
ON THE POINT OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA, THE DESERT MEETS THE SEA AT THIS AWE-INSPIRING MEXICAN OASIS
THE gardener's LOG
With only one month until spring is officially here, August is the last chance to give your plants a winter prune and shape your garden for summer
COME RAIN OR SHINE
It took two months of dedicated, daily work to transform an almost bare yard into this contemporary garden
BOLD STROKES
DARE TO EMBRACE THE DETAILS THAT MAKE YOU DIFFERENT FOR A KITCHEN DESIGN THAT FEELS PERSONAL
CREATIVE connections
THE RENOVATION JOURNEY OF THIS BANGALOW HOME TOOK A EUROPEAN-INSPIRED ROUTE BACK IN TIME
SET IN STONE
WITH ITS ALLURING MIX OF MATERIALS AND ERAS, THIS HOME OFFERS A MASTERCLASS IN ENDURING STYLE AND ELEGANCE
Escape time
WELCOME TO THE ULTIMATE COUNTRY RETREAT, A SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS WEEKENDER WHERE THE ONLY CHALLENGE IS BRINGING ONESELF TO LEAVE