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Plant Now- Broccoli

Discover the benefits of planting brocoli in your garden.


Sidewalk success

See how a savvy Western Australian gardener turned a nature strip with only grass growing on it into...


Citrus surprise

Create your own citrus fruit-salad tree


Making compost

If you want your garden to feed you, you need to feed it! Composting is a lot easier than most peop...


Caffeine hit for plants

If your plants look a little on the sleepy side, a sprinkle of ground coffee will give them the kick...


Rocky roads to greener pastures

There's so much more than beautiful plantings to see at this amazing property at The Basin, in Victo...


Plant tonic

Plants have the wonderful ability to draw specific types of minerals from the soil, so why not captu...


Clever Crop- Cabbage

Today, there are more than 400 varieties. Discover the origins of cabbage and its many applications...


Home brew

Are you sick and tired of your plants being attacked by creepy crawlies? Instead of spraying them wi...


Mulching around

We're heading into winter and I bet the last thing on your mind is mulching your garden. Winter mean...


I've got worms have you?

Did you know that, among the 3000-odd species of worms that exist around the world, there are two ma...


Organic kitchen

The best place to start the changeover to an organic lifestyle is the kitchen


Whitewash

It's very common throughout Greece to find tree trunks painted with whitewash. Whitewashing your pla...


Leaf compost

When deciduous trees near you shed their leaves, go and collect them from the driveways, pathways an...


Inspired by nature

Outdoor Rooms chats to top Australian landscape designer, Jim Fogarty about natural colour palettes...