Productive garden

Planning is important for success when starting a vegetable garden! But before we get into the basics of planning your vegetable garden, I'm sure some of you are asking why should I even bother to grow my own vegetables?

Everything you need to know about building and starting a raised garden bed! This post will help you begin with confidence!

Discover how Ben Shaw transformed his Geelong backyard into a productive, thriving paradise.

Use reclaimed local materials for paving to transform the look of your kitchen vegetable garden into an old rustic feel. These are five examples that are affordable (a lot of the time free), simple to install, and easy to maintain.

Connie Cao has turned her suburban Melbourne backyard into a thriving productive garden brimming with vegetables, berries, and cut flowers.

Senior kitchen gardener Ollie Hutson is the driving force behind the food-focused philosophy of The Pig Hotel Group. Describing its hotels as restaurants with rooms, the chain promises seasonal, British-grown produce sourced as locally as possible – ingredients come from within a 25-mile radius of each hotel, if not from its own kitchen garden.

Weeds and camphor are replaced by lush natives, a veggie garden and hilltop pool in this relaxed country garden by Fig Landscapes.

Sustainable Garden Maintenance Tips for August are a fantastic and eco-friendly choice for any gardener! 🌱🌻 Filled with practical advice and green solutions, these tips are a delightful blend of efficiency and environmental care. Quick to implement and bursting with benefits, Sustainable Garden Maintenance Tips for August are perfect for keeping your garden thriving while protecting our planet. 🌿✨ #SustainableGardening #EcoFriendlyTips #GreenLiving #AugustGardenCare

Native grasses, towering gum trees and panoramic views help draw the award-winning Elemental House into its natural surrounds.

It’s rare that we get a case of the green eyed monster…ok, it’s rare that we get a case of envy that can’t be shaken off. But that, dear friend, has been our predicament ever since we laid eyes on Amanda Brooks’ Always Pack a Party Dress. Bursting with glimpses of her unique yet achievable …

Beyond the Meadows, by Krautkopf, is a must-read. It's for anyone curious about how to be a better gardener or to adopt more planet-friendly practices.

Gardener and designer Tim Pilgrim has transformed a once flat block of land into a magical garden that blooms and evolves with the seasons.

What if you could have a more productive garden... simply by being lazier? It's true! But being lazy is just another way of saying you're becoming more efficient. That means less time spent on back-breaking garden chores, and more time spent harvesting the fruits (and veggies!) of your labor.

Whether you’re growing enough crops to feed the whole tribe or just experimenting with a couple of edible plants, growing your own fruit, vegetables and herbs is one of the most satisfying things you can do in your garden. Creating an edible garden and plucking the freshest herbs or the perkiest lettuce straight from the garden is a special kind of domestic heaven. Plus every time you send your hungry kids out to snack on cherry tomatoes, you get to feel justifiably smug.