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Trisha's Meanderings: Colour is Everything

Extraordinary how we associate different colours with different countries and different landscapes. Here in Morocco it is all such a wow of colour. And nowhere more so than walking this week throug...

A Day in the Garden with Jess Hislop

Set amongst the rolling country of Victoria’s Macedon Ranges, Rondelie Estate is home to Jess Hislop, interior stylist, co-owner of the property and mother of three girls. SHOP JESS'S TOOL BELTThe...

How to grow dahlias in a harsh climate with Tilla Winston-Smith

Flower farmer and photographer Tilla Winston-Smith grows just outside Narrabri in north-western NSW, where hot summers have taught her a thing or two about working with the climate rather than agai...

Inside Honey’s Hardy Garden & Border Combinations - Part One

Photographer + Videographer Honey Atkinson has always had an eye for the natural world. She first picked up a camera at 15 and has spent more than 20 years working as a photographer, alongside a li...

3 Flowers To Grow In Spring with Nadine Brown

For Nadine Brown, flowers have been part of daily life for more than 30 years. A florist, educator and Sustainable Floristry Advocate, Nadine’s career has taken her from formal floristry training a...

Plant to love this week: Bearded Iris

There are some flowers that arrive quietly, and then there is the bearded iris. Standing tall above its foliage, petals ruffled and slightly theatrical, the iris has a way of announcing spring befo...

Three Tips for Planning a Great Garden

A garden rarely becomes a place you love by accident. The most memorable ones tend to have something deeper holding them together: an understanding of the site, a sense of how the space needs to wo...

Trisha's Meanderings: The Ephemeral Garden

Ephemeral… fleeting… One of the most joyful weeks I can remember at Bobundara was spent with a group of friends, creating ephemeral sculpture together. And yes, it was all too fleeting but remnants...

A Day in the Garden with Nadine Brown

There are some places where home, work and the garden are so closely entwined that one seems to spill naturally into the next. Cedar Creek Homestead, on Dharawal Country in the NSW Southern Highlan...

Plants to love this week: Peonies

Every spring, just as you’ve almost forgotten about them, the peonies begin.  Big, blowsy and faintly ridiculous, it arrives with armfuls of petals and absolutely no intention of going unnoticed. A...