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Zach Galifianakis in This Is a Gardening Show.

Cold weather getting you down? Escape to TV’s happy place

Zach Galifianakis gives Costa a run for his money in this delightful new Netflix series.

  • Debi Enker

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Whatever you do, don’t send your autumn leaves off in the green waste.

Plant garlic, save the leaves: Six things to do in your garden right now

While everyone makes a beeline for nurseries in spring, late autumn is the better time to get planting.

  • Megan Backhouse
Great Dixter in the UK has become a model for garden biodiversity.

Not just a pretty place: Four ways to keep your garden exciting

These features are anything but an indulgence, as UK garden designer Lottie Delamain reveals her practical advice for those in need of some fresh motivation.

  • Megan Backhouse
An avenue of maples in Jamieson, Victoria opened in 2022 to commemorate the local men and women who sacrificed their lives in World War 1

These trees do more than honour the dead

Living memorials draw visitors young and old around Anzac Day, but their impact is felt year round.

  • Megan Backhouse
Dave Franklin, TV show The Block’s favourite landscape gardener

Block landscaper’s legal fight with wealthy Smorgon dynasty

Lawyers for the TV regular and popular green thumb have hit back at allegations he owes a large loan to the family of a billionaire heiress.

  • Sarah Danckert
Jac Semmler in the MIFGS garden desgined by Super Bloom in in partnership with Heliotrope Studio, Evergreen Infrastructure and Mood Construction

‘Messy’ gardens are trending. Here’s how to make yours bloom

Creating a beautiful garden isn’t about following a formula, but this planting designer has some valuable advice.

  • Megan Backhouse
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A tapestry of shrubs growing in coastal sandplains near Denmark, in south-west Western Australia.

WA is home to our most beautiful natives. Here’s how to grow them where you are

For gardeners in Victoria and NSW, growing Western Australia’s stunning natives is an art form worth perfecting.

  • Megan Backhouse
Trees and shrubs are living, growing things. For some home owners, that’s the problem.

We love them, just not on our property. And vendors are paying the price

As our lives become increasingly frenetic, the tolerance for any kind of home maintenance has diminished. And there’s one familiar feature in the firing line.

  • Robyn Willis
New research has revealed Sydney’s front yards are in decline.

Death of Sydney’s front yards revealed as homes and driveways get bigger

In parts of the city the front garden has declined by 46 per cent and tree canopy fell 62 per cent when comparing homes before and after a knock-down rebuild.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Fuchsia is flowering enthusiastically at the moment.

A garden full of memories and hope: The best therapy money can buy

In mid-December, reporter’s Julie Power’s garden was being overhauled. It provided a place for tears, joy and hope.

  • Julie Power