Gardening success in Melbourne

Jian Liu has gone from a Beijing concrete jungle to a lush Melbourne backyard, where she and her husband have created a wonderful food forest.

Grow your own luffa

A multitasking veg you can eat and turn into a sponge? Growing luffas will give you both!

Beautiful garden books reviewed

These joyous garden books are well worth reading says Penny Woodward

Sharing gardening knowledge – and food

Eliza Henry-Jones reports on a community food project in Victoria that's all about learning to grow food and sharing it with the locals.

Forest bathing

Trees provide so much, writes Reese Halter, and being amongst them is a privilege, especially when you have the time to just wander and relax in a forest.

Deep forest diving

In an extract from his new book The Heartbeat of Trees, Peter Wohlleben delves into the benefits of spending time in forests.

A seed of an idea

A small project to start a street seed library in a Tassie town is expanding throughout the state’s north, writes Penny Woodward.

Our life-giving forests

Environmental activist and nature defender Dr Reese Halter celebrates the carbon-storing, rain-creating and simple majesty of trees, while calling for immediate action to protect them and humanity’s future.

The power of pollination

Pollination is necessary for our gardens to thrive so it's handy to understand how we can help all those beneficial insects and animals do their work.

Dishing up a natural solution

Here's a simple, natural recipe for dishwasher soap tablets to use in your dishwasher, from Natural Harry (aka Harriet Birrell).

Birds in your garden

Penny Woodward talks about attracting birds to your garden and two new books about birds.

Growing a community garden

After five years of waiting and with high-rise developments closing in, residents living near a small park in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Redfern are growing organic food and they have even convinced the council to make the whole space chemical-free. Malcolm McGuire writes.