The new memorial garden combines chunky rock and Mediterranean plants

Australian cities can learn a lot from Paris – and its gardens

How new greenery is helping to keep the French city cooler,even in a heatwave.

  • Megan Backhouse

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Kurilpa Commons members Shane Cucow,Jemika Lancaster and Jess Wallace at the gardens on Monday as police and government workers fenced it off.

Multiple arrests,woman still up tree as government prepares to sell community garden for housing

Two people remained in trees well into the evening as protesters attempted to stop their community garden being shut down and sold off for housing.

  • William Davis
The number of warnings are overwhelming on a sign at Cable Beach,near Broome.

Next to the lake was a sign:‘Warning - water!’ Our Nanny State has gone too far

What is going on with our public signage? Emergency warnings are important but we are being swamped with the bleeding obvious and kill-joy signs.

  • Jo Stubbings
Zach Galifianakis in This Is a Gardening Show.

Cold weather getting you down? Escape to TV’s happy place

Zach Galifianakis gives Costa a run for his money in this delightful new Netflix series.

  • Debi Enker
Whatever you do,don’t send your autumn leaves off in the green waste.

Plant garlic,save the leaves:Six things to do in your garden right now

While everyone makes a beeline for nurseries in spring,late autumn is the better time to get planting.

  • Megan Backhouse
Great Dixter in the UK has become a model for garden biodiversity.

Not just a pretty place:Four ways to keep your garden exciting

These features are anything but an indulgence,as UK garden designer Lottie Delamain reveals her practical advice for those in need of some fresh motivation.

  • Megan Backhouse
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An avenue of maples in Jamieson,Victoria opened in 2022 to commemorate the local men and women who sacrificed their lives in World War 1

These trees do more than honour the dead

Living memorials draw visitors young and old around Anzac Day,but their impact is felt year round.

  • Megan Backhouse
Dave Franklin,TV show The Block’s favourite landscape gardener

Block landscaper’s legal fight with wealthy Smorgon dynasty

Lawyers for the TV regular and popular green thumb have hit back at allegations he owes a large loan to the family of a billionaire heiress.

  • Sarah Danckert
Jac Semmler in the MIFGS garden desgined by Super Bloom in in partnership with Heliotrope Studio,Evergreen Infrastructure and Mood Construction

‘Messy’ gardens are trending. Here’s how to make yours bloom

Creating a beautiful garden isn’t about following a formula,but this planting designer has some valuable advice.

  • Megan Backhouse
A tapestry of shrubs growing in coastal sandplains near Denmark,in south-west Western Australia.

WA is home to our most beautiful natives. Here’s how to grow them where you are

For gardeners in Victoria and NSW,growing Western Australia’s stunning natives is an art form worth perfecting.

  • Megan Backhouse