Gardening Australia

Australia’s number one monthly gardening resource, ABC Gardening Australia magazine is packed with step-by-step advice and stunning design ideas from its popular team of experts. Whether you are a novice gardener or have a green thumb and years of experience, you’ll find the advice you need.

EDITOR’S LETTER

Gardening Australia

August • News and happenings for gardeners and nature lovers

PLANTS • Selections to brighten your winter garden and for harvesting through summer

BOOKS

habitat matters • Tips for wildlife-friendly gardens and healthy ecosystems

perfect PAWS • Kangaroo paws are enjoying a surge in popularity – and with thoughtful planting you can really make them shine, writes ANGUS STEWART

ALOE, THERE! • With their structural forms, colourful winter blooms and drought hardiness, aloes tick all the boxes for the perfect garden plant, writes CLAIRE BICKLE

sleeping BEAUTIES • Buying bare-rooted plants – dormant and leafless deciduous shrubs and trees sold without soil around their roots – can be a smart choice for gardeners, offering a range of benefits, writes STEVE FALCIONI

contented creator • Brisbane horticulturist Claire Bickle has grown an eclectic subtropical cottage garden bursting with vegies, fruit trees, chooks and wildlife

FIND + REPLACE • Weedy plants can wreak havoc. The solution is to learn to identify them, limit their spread and choose non-weedy substitutes, writes JUDY HORTON. Check out the beautiful alternatives pictured on these pages.

a glowing review • With their ornamental looks and ruby flesh, blood oranges might just be the citrus you’re missing, writes JACKIE FRENCH

MIX & MATCH • Potting mix is the foundation of container gardening – choose or make the right blend, and your plants will flourish in any space or season, writes AB BISHOP

dramatic PAWS • Kangaroo paws add bold colour and instant impact to any garden. Award-winning landscape designer EMMALINE BOWMAN reveals how to make the most of them in your outdoor space

LAND of PLENTY • A food forest, heritage chickens, beehives and worm farms – this self-sufficient sanctuary in the inner-west of Sydney is reaping rich rewards for its owners

HOME GROWN • Whether you have 15 minutes or an hour to spare, you can always put your time to good use in the productive garden. Check out these timed tasks...

good life • Hannah Moloney’s seasonal tips for the edible garden

PURPLE patch • Late winter is a good time to start prepping for a crop of eggplant, to make the most of this attractive and versatile fruit, writes PHIL DUDMAN

stellar ROSELLA • With its tangy, vitamin-rich fruit and bold looks, rosella makes a striking addition to an edible or ornamental garden, writes CLAIRE BICKLE

best of the zest • Dwarf citrus trees bring big flavour in a compact form, and are perfect in pots for balconies, courtyards or sunny spots with limited space, writes JUDY HORTON

AUGUST a month in the GARDEN • more than 50 seasonal jobs to do

MAILBOX

PLANT PUZZLER • Ready for some plant-inspired sleuthing? Solve the crossword and unscramble the coloured letters to find the hidden word.

TV • Gardening Australia is on ABC TV every Friday at 7.30pm, repeated on Sunday at 1.30pm and on ABC iview.

radio • Tune into your local ABC radio for gardening advice from the experts. See times below. For more details about coverage in your area, phone 139 994 or visit reception.abc.net.au.

my garden path • UK-born horticulturist, environmentalist and Queensland presenter on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS shares his gardening journey