Small space,big dreams:How to make the most of a tiny backyard

Small space,big dreams:How to make the most of a tiny backyard

Two artists show what’s possible in tight inner-city spaces.

  • byMegan Backhouse

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Garden wars:Botanic Garden’s top plants put to the test

Garden wars:Botanic Garden’s top plants put to the test

Petunias and begonias are the latest winners of the Royal Botanic Garden’s plant trials,but gardeners have been warned not to blindly follow its advice.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Use it or lose it:How to preserve your summer fruit before it’s too late

Use it or lose it:How to preserve your summer fruit before it’s too late

Anything you are harvesting – blackcurrants,capsicums,cucumbers – can be transformed in such a way that their delights can be saved for later.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Life on the edge:How to garden by the coast

Life on the edge:How to garden by the coast

It is possible to while away a whole summer in a garden of carefully chosen and well-managed plants.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Planning your Perth verge garden? Here’s why you should think twice

Planning your Perth verge garden? Here’s why you should think twice

Thinking about planting a native garden,edible garden,herb garden or even a dwarf flowering eucalypt on your verge? More power to you – but read this first.

  • byEmma Young
Perennials and imperfections:Garden trends you’ll be seeing in 2024

Perennials and imperfections:Garden trends you’ll be seeing in 2024

Here’s everything we’ll be growing in the year ahead.

  • byMegan Backhouse
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Room to grow:Why growing fruit at home is easier than you think

Room to grow:Why growing fruit at home is easier than you think

You don’t need a big space to grow your own fruit trees,and it can change what you eat and how you see your garden.

  • byMegan Backhouse
A gardener’s guide to decorating for the festive season

A gardener’s guide to decorating for the festive season

Gardeners and garden designers are decorating a little differently this year.

  • byMegan Backhouse
‘Bonkers’:The rare $950 lily which you have to enter a ballot to buy

‘Bonkers’:The rare $950 lily which you have to enter a ballot to buy

Three very rare plants,ranging from $40 to $950 each,will be sold on Saturday to raise funds for the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

  • byJulie Power
Wet the bed:How to ensure you’re watering your garden properly

Wet the bed:How to ensure you’re watering your garden properly

Ahead of a hot summer,it’s important to remember there’s a lot more to watering than walking around with a hose.

  • byMegan Backhouse
It’s considered one of Sydney’s Brutalist eyesores. But it’s being renovated,not razed

It’s considered one of Sydney’s Brutalist eyesores. But it’s being renovated,not razed

On a tour of the former NSW Herbarium,the chief of Sydney’s Botanic Garden,Denise Ora,reveals a few secrets as it undergoes a $15 million renovation.

  • byAndrew Taylor