Create a Relaxing Home Sanctuary: Plants for a Stress-Reducing Indoor Garden
Spider plant, snake plant, monstera, lavender and jasmine chosen for cleaner air, calm and easy care, with advice on where to place each one at home.
Spider plant, snake plant, monstera, lavender and jasmine chosen for cleaner air, calm and easy care, with advice on where to place each one at home.
Ten hardy plants that shrug off a Brisbane dry spell, from grevillea and banksia to agave, lavender and kangaroo paw, with tips for establishing each one.
Five hardy performers for Brisbane gardens, from lomandra and westringia to wild iris, all drought-tolerant, pest-resistant and happy with one trim a year.
Getting a new plant into the ground properly matters more than anything you do later. Soil prep, hole depth, backfilling, watering in and the first weeks of care.
The N-P-K numbers on the bag stop being a mystery once you know what each nutrient does. A plain guide to choosing and applying fertiliser in the garden.
How to plant a Brisbane backyard that feeds birds, bees and frogs: nectar-rich Grevillea and Banksia, layered shelter, ground covers and an accessible water source.
Grow up instead of out. How to plan a vertical garden on a wall, fence or balcony, choose the right plants and set up watering that actually keeps them alive.
A therapeutic garden is designed around the senses, not just good looks. How shape, colour and fragrance can be arranged into a calming space at home.
Australia's lesser known natives bring unusual flowers and foliage, use less water than exotics and feed local pollinators. How to choose and grow them.
Monstera, fiddle leaf fig, anthurium and snake plant each want different light and humidity. Here is how to group them so an indoor garden holds together.
Water restrictions do not have to mean a bare garden. Soil health, mulch, grouped watering zones and drought-tolerant planting keep a garden green on far less water.
Seeds, cuttings, layering and division each suit different plants. A walk-through of the main propagation methods and the tools worth having on hand.
Shade is treated as a problem when it is usually an advantage. How to read the kind you have, and plant it properly.