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How to Make Your Garden Beautiful in Winter

There is a particular honesty to a winter garden. With the flowers gone quiet and the borders pared back, you begin to see what is really holding the garden together. The hedges. The paths. The cli...

Trisha's Meanderings: The Winter Garden

Years ago I was invited to judge a country town garden competition, driving around my local town of Cooma to find what I thought was the best garden. Having spent nine of my school years somewhere ...

Three Beautiful Moments in the Winter Garden with Colleen Southwell

Winter in the garden is often thought of as a time when the blooms have softened, the trees have shed, and the garden seems to take a long, deep breath. But for Colleen Southwell, the artist, garde...

How to Grow Iceland Poppies - Three Things With Tilla Winston-Smith

There are few flowers quite as charming as the Iceland poppy. With their delicate, papery petals, curved stems and soft, joyful colours, they bring a sense of movement and lightness to the garden t...

Three Things to Do in the Garden This July

July can feel like one of the quietest months in the garden, but it is also one of the most useful. While spring and summer get all the attention, winter is when some of the most important gardenin...

How to Build a Garden Soil Up - Lessons from Pip Steele-Wareham at The Garden at Moorfield

Starting a garden from bare land sounds wildly romantic and in many ways, it is. There is the dream and vision, the open space, the first planting, the possibility of what it might become. But anyo...

A Day in the Garden with Phillida Steele-Wareham

This month, our Day in the Garden takes us to The Garden at Moorfield, a cool-climate country garden in the Victorian Goldfields, on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Behind Moorfield is Pip Steele-Wareham ...

Trisha's Meanderings - Lessons from Mediterranean Gardens

It took decades before I could finally unleash my wanderlust — and I wholeheartedly agree with the quote that “travel is not a reward for working, it’s education for living.” Somehow, seeing things...

Three Things With Casey Budd: Hedges, Garden Lessons and Gardening With Kids

We’re so excited to introduce Three Things With… — our new monthly series where we invite garden-loving people we admire to share three thoughtful things from their world. This month, Casey Budd is...

Sarah Curry’s 5 Hardy Perennials for Tough Country Gardens

After spending a day at “Majors Point” with Sarah Curry for Day in the Garden, one thing became very clear - every plant in Sarah’s garden earns its place. Gardening in Central West NSW means plant...