Train stations and car parks:The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere

Train stations and car parks:The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere

After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens,Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.

  • byMegan Backhouse

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The biggest horticultural event in the southern hemisphere has fresh ideas for your garden

The biggest horticultural event in the southern hemisphere has fresh ideas for your garden

This year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show was packed with inspiration for all gardeners.

  • byMegan Backhouse
It’s not too late to add autumn colour to your garden. Here’s how

It’s not too late to add autumn colour to your garden. Here’s how

From bright bonsai to ornamental grasses,there’s no limit to the seasonal shades you can add to your patch in an instant.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Not just a pretty place:What garden exhibitions really teach us

Not just a pretty place:What garden exhibitions really teach us

Gardeners and artists are putting plants in galleries and expanding our notions of what horticulture can be.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Melbourne’s most pristine,secret garden is right on Collins Street

Melbourne’s most pristine,secret garden is right on Collins Street

A glimpse of tree branches from the streets behind is the closest most of us will ever get to this private space.

  • byMegan Backhouse
The fast-growing,climbing plants for gardeners who can’t wait

The fast-growing,climbing plants for gardeners who can’t wait

Some plants will transform the mood of your entire garden in a matter of months.

  • byMegan Backhouse
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Small space,big dreams:How to make the most of a tiny backyard

Small space,big dreams:How to make the most of a tiny backyard

Two artists show what’s possible in tight inner-city spaces.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Use it or lose it:How to preserve your summer fruit before it’s too late

Use it or lose it:How to preserve your summer fruit before it’s too late

Anything you are harvesting – blackcurrants,capsicums,cucumbers – can be transformed in such a way that their delights can be saved for later.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Life on the edge:How to garden by the coast

Life on the edge:How to garden by the coast

It is possible to while away a whole summer in a garden of carefully chosen and well-managed plants.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Perennials and imperfections:Garden trends you’ll be seeing in 2024

Perennials and imperfections:Garden trends you’ll be seeing in 2024

Here’s everything we’ll be growing in the year ahead.

  • byMegan Backhouse
Room to grow:Why growing fruit at home is easier than you think

Room to grow:Why growing fruit at home is easier than you think

You don’t need a big space to grow your own fruit trees,and it can change what you eat and how you see your garden.

  • byMegan Backhouse