Gardening

With more than 450 varieties of roses, this couple has created a thriving oasis, which is considered one of the best open gardens in the Riverland Rose and Garden Festival.

Spring has sprung and now is the best time to fertilise many food plants. So, what do you need to know and what should you feed your veggie patch or pots? 

Changing the design of your home — whether you rent or own — doesn't have to be as big as knocking out a wall or redoing the bathrooms. There are lots of little ways you can make a space feel different that cost little to nothing to do.

Perth's public botanic gardens are a riot of colourful, climate-tolerant flora, the product of a year's planning and detailed scientific work to source plants from across the state.

Les Stephson is not letting his age get in the way of maintaining his "pride and joy" — his garden, where he goes to remember his wife who died a year ago.

From privately owned gardens to public beachside festivals, outdoor sculptures are growing in popularity. The price tag ranges from the hundreds to the millions for a piece of public art.

Fresh herbs can be expensive at the supermarket, but many perennial varieties are cheap and easy to grow at home.

After much trial and error, I'm finally eating almost daily from my small urban veggie patch. Here are five strategies I follow.

It's relatively uncommon for a tree to fall, but when one does it can cause big disruptions and be dangerous. So how do you know if a tree in your garden is unhealthy? 

Weeds have been the bane of green thumbs' existence for as long as they've been tending to gardens. But managing them needn't be an expensive or laborious undertaking.

Craig Stelmack is used to fast-paced, high-end restaurants. Now he's hanging up his knives to get into a unique school kitchen garden and cook with kids.

A gold ring found in a cabbage plant by a West Australian farmer has been traced back to the Netherlands, but its true owner and origin remain a mystery.

ABC Radio Brisbane asked its listeners to enter portraits of Costa Georgiadis for this year's Bradley. There were so many masterpieces he was relieved he wasn't a judge.

One of the easiest ways to show your garden some TLC is by mulching it. But what are the benefits of mulching, what varieties are available, and which ones are the best for your purposes?

Major Australian nurseries, including retail giant Bunnings, are selling plants listed by governments and their own industry body as invasive weeds.

Backyard chooks have been booming since Covid, and off the back of the success of the Australia's Next Top Chicken competition, organisers of the Queensland Garden Expo are hosting what's believed to be Australia's first-ever crowing competition - for humans.

Physiotherapist and acupuncturist Dr Karen Chan says warming up, taking breaks and learning to be ambidextrous in the garden can help protect your body and manage injuries you may already have. 

Dubbed "photosynthesis in human form", beloved gardening presenter Costa Georgiadis will be the inspiration for amateur and professional artists all over the country this year.

Whether you're interested in the sweet benefits of backyard beekeeping or making your home more appealing to solitary species of native bees, what can you do to attract them to your garden?

Fungal infections such as mucormycosis can be life-threatening but they're also very rare. Nevertheless, there may be some precautions worth taking.