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Gardening as Freedom: A Conversation with Dan Pearson
Conversations, GardensA conversation with landscape designer and writer Dan Pearson.
Teresa Moller: Poet of Place
Art & Design, ConversationsAcclaimed Chilean landscape architect Teresa Moller chats with Georgina Reid.
Grow Your own Floral Wonderland
GardensJac Semmler's practical guide to playing with colour, light, texture and flowers in the garden.
A Garden Made by Hands, Skunks and Fungi
GardensVisit an experimental Los Angeles garden that is constantly un-designing itself.
Paths of Least Resistance: A Conversation With Teresa Moller
Art & Design, ConversationsAcclaimed Chilean landscape architect Teresa Moller chats with Georgina Reid.
The Garden Pushes Back
GardensAn excerpt from James Golden's new book, The View from Federal Twist.
Gardening. Radicalised
Art & Design, Conversations, GardensDavid Godshall chats with Georgina Reid about remaking landscape architecture.
In Praise of Quiet Landscapes
Art & Design, GardensGardening can be about seeing as much as making, suggests Georgina Reid.
Shared Pleasures: The Joys of Other Peoples’ Gardens
GardensPlant-a-holic Jac Semmler is in love with visiting other peoples' gardens.
Gardening as Surrender
PeopleA conversation with garden designer and author Richard Unsworth of Garden Life.
Transformative Landscapes: Landscapes of Cohabitation
Art & Design, Gardens'The idea of creation is beautiful, and the human species is capable of so much creation. But an existing climate and ecosystem, it’s not a blank page’ - Thomas Doxiadis
Kate Seddon’s Glorious Gardens
Art & Design, GardensMeet Kate Seddon, a Melbourne landscape designer with a penchant for plants.
The Garden as Breath: A Sydney Garden Designed by Spirit Level
GardensA visit to an austere Sydney garden in a spectacular bushland setting.
Designing Abundance with Claudia West
Art & Design, PeopleA conversation with trailblazing landscape architect and ecological design advocate, Claudia West
Plant / Life: Artist Lily Langham’s Incredible Country Garden
GardensLily's garden will knock your socks off. A brilliant cure for isolation blues.
Grasping at Order: In the Garden, in the Mind
GardensA musing on the complexity of gardening in a pandemic.
Jac Semmler’s Mad Perennial Garden
GardensJac Semmler has created a perennial wonderland in suburban Melbourne. A bit of whimsy, a bunch of madness and a lot of fun!
A Smorgasbord of Beautiful Madness
GardensTake a wander around a collection of wondrous, wild and joyful gardens.
Musk Cottage: Rick Eckersley’s Rogue Garden
GardensAcclaimed Australian garden designer Rick Eckersley is a rogue. So is his garden. So is his upcoming book.
Garden Visit: Ben Shaw’s Permaculture Oasis
GardensVisit a lush and delicious permaculture garden with us!
Colleen Southwell’s Art Grows From the Garden
Art & Design"I am unashamedly hoping to create work that is beautiful, contemplative and uplifting. I want it to speak, but with an optimistic, inquisitive and gentle voice."
Life is Complicated and Mysterious and Dogmatism is Boring
GardensOn making unconstrained, ecologically rich, meaningful and beautiful gardens
Fiona Brockhoff’s Sublime Garden Wonderland
Art & Design, GardensKarkalla is one of the great private gardens of Australia.
Designer Profile: Juan Grimm
Art & Design, GardensWe chat with one of South America's most outstanding landscape designers, Juan Grimm.
Design and Life: Xanthe White, Miguel Urquijo and Phillip Johnson
Art & Design, GardensThree outstanding designers with a deep appreciation for and reverence of the natural world.
The Dirt: Adam Simpson
Gardens, PeopleA visit to lawyer Adam Simpson's particularly particular moss garden in Sydney.
Plant / Life: Jo Ferguson
Gardens, PeopleA visit to a soulful coastal garden on the Mornington Peninsula.
The Dirt: Roderick Wyllie
Gardens, PeopleA garden adventure with landscape architect and plant nerd, Roderick Wyllie.
Plant / Life: A Melbourne Riverside Garden
GardensRamble around this wild garden with us!
Nostalgia in the Garden: Help, Hindrance or Somewhere in Between?
GardensA survey of garden designers and makers on the subject of nostalgia.
Plant / Life: Bronte House
GardensCome for a stroll through Sydney's heritage listed Bronte House and garden with one of it's current custodians, Anna van der Gardner.
Plant/Life: The Garden of St Erth
GardensWe head to the hills of central Victoria for a ramble around a historic and highly productive garden.
Felicity Jones, Urban Flower Farmer
PeopleFelicity Jones is an Auckland based florist and backyard flower farmer.
River Garden Diaries: Austerity, Abundance and an Empty Idea
GardensOn uncovering the heart of a garden.
Leona Romaniuk’s Garden of a Lifetime
GardensVisit a garden in Brisbane that's been loved and cared for by its owner, Leona Romaniuk, for over sixty years.
Plant/Life: A Camberwell Family Garden
Gardens, PeopleDrop by this gorgeous Melbourne family garden!
Bob Griffin: “Go Forth my Young Writing Warrior”
PeopleBob Griffin was a gardener and nurseryman whose words and way of being helped shape The Planthunter.
Bill Henson’s Post-Industrial Walled Garden
GardensVisit this acclaimed Australian artist's incredible courtyard garden in Melbourne.
The Dirt: David Fripp and Blake Jolley
Gardens, PeopleCheck out THE BEST plant collection we've ever stumbled across!
Edible Garden Planning in Small Urban Spaces
HarvestLet Byron Smith from Urban Growers help you plan your city veggie patch this spring.
Sharon Pie’s Garden Compound
GardensWe drop by the Pie family compound in Brisbane (and fall in love with Sharon).
Designer Profile: TALC Studio
Art & Design, GardensMeet a pair of plant-obsessed San Francisco-based designers of intentionally chaotic gardens.
From Oaxaca to Amsterdam: Victoria Alexander’s Garden Travels
GardensA world garden tour with author and photographer Victoria Alexander.
Plant / Life: A Lush Fitzroy Garden
GardensA lush Melbourne garden designed by Amanda Oliver.
Phoebe Stephens’ Wild Brisbane Garden
GardensGet lost in Phoebe's wild garden with us!
Plant/Life: Jenny Rose-Innes
GardensVisit this magnificent relaxed formal Bowral garden with us!
A Tropical Brisbane Garden Wonderland
GardensA visit to Sebastian Di Mauro's glorious tropical garden in Brisbane.
Plant/Life: Sean Cook
Gardens, PeopleThe lush inner city garden of leading Sydney florist, Sean Cook of Mr Cook.
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
PeopleAn immersive and compelling documentary about the Dutch master of planting design.
Designer Chat: Miguel Urquijo
Gardens, PeopleA chat with Spanish designer Miguel Urquijo about 'homeness', not replicating nature, and much more.
Designer Chat: Andy Sturgeon
GardensMeet one of the UK's leading garden designers, Andy Sturgeon!
Plant/Life: Heronswood House and Garden
GardensHeronswood is home to The Digger's Club's living catalogue of rare plants and heirloom seeds. And it's gorgeous!
Plant / Life: William Dangar’s Bondi Garden
Gardens, PeopleVisit Sydney landscape landscape designer William Dangar's lush Bondi garden with us!
A Guide to Creating Mystery in the Garden
GardensA chat to two of Australia's foremost garden designers - Michael McCoy and Fiona Brockhoff - about creating mystery in the garden.
Robin McLay: The Gentle Gardener
GardensRobin McLay, owner of Brookfield Garden Centre, is a woman of the earth.
Waterfall Cottage: An Enchanted Garden
GardensWe visit an enchanting Sydney garden, complete with it's own waterfall!
Wilderness and Garden-Making, Post-Internet
GardensDavid Godshall riffs on the relationship between wilderness and garden making, pre and post internet.
Claire Takacs’ World Tour of Wild Gardens
GardensCheck out 10 of the world's most wildly beautiful gardens with photographer Claire Takacs.
Designer Profile: Xanthe White
Art & Design, GardensFind out more about this talented and passionate NZ garden designer's work, design philosophy and more.
Plant/Life: The National Rhododendron Gardens
GardensWe drop by the largest rhododendron collection in the southern hemisphere!
River Garden Diaries: Tree Songs and a Sense of Place
GardensRebirth on the river...
Plant/Life: A Striking Suburban Melbourne Garden
GardensTake a trip to a gorgeous, and incredibly well loved, Melbourne Garden with us!
Eagles Bluff: A Not-So-Traditional New England Garden
GardensA visit to landscape designer Carolyn Robinson's gorgeous country garden.
Designer Profile: Bush Projects
Art & Design, GardensMeet Bonnie and Sarah from Bush Projects - a punk landscape architecture practice in Melbourne.
Plant/Life: A Lush Heritage Garden in Sydney
Gardens“The most important thing with old gardens is to be considerate of and sensitive to the overall fabric of the space."
River Garden Diaries: Truth, Thoreau and Design Dilemmas
GardensA musing on creating a garden, solitude and Thoreau.
Garden Case Study: Towers Road Residence
GardensWe drop by a striking Melbourne garden designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean.
Plant/Life: Peter Shaw
Gardens, PeopleTake a trip to a striking and sculptural coastal garden with us.
Designer Profile: Sidonie Carpenter
Art & Design, Gardens, PeopleWe chat with Brisbane based landscape architect Sidonie Carpenter about her design process and philosophy.
Trisha Dixon’s Secret Garden
GardensA visit to Trisha Dixon's wild and historic country garden.
Cruden Farm Garden Diaries
GardensThe garden at Cruden Farm was Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's great labour of love.
Fiona Brockhoff’s Seaside Rebellion
GardensWe drop in on landscape designer Fiona Brockhoff's gorgeous city garden.
Plant / Life: Jeremy Francis
Gardens, PeopleA passionate plantsman and his once-in-a-lifetime garden.
20 Cheeky Questions: Phillip Withers
PeopleA cheeky chat with Melbourne based landscape designer Philip Withers.
Plant / Life: Robyn Prent
Gardens, PeopleCheck out this playful perennial garden in Melbourne!
Plant / Life: David Whitworth
Gardens, PeopleVisit a wild inner city jungle garden with us!
Michael McCoy: The Dreamy Gardener
PeopleA chat with landscape designer, writer and now TV presenter Michael McCoy about his life, with plants.
Plant / Life: Cherrie Miriklis-Pavlou
Gardens, PeopleA visit to a gorgeous mountain garden in Olinda, Victoria
Designer Profile: Andrea Cochran
Art & Design, GardensAn interview with one of the masters of modern American landscape architecture.
Phillip Johnson’s Living Landscapes
GardensLandscape designer Phillip Johnson creates beautiful, biodiverse gardens.
Plant / Life: Erica Wagner and Craig Smith
Gardens, PeopleA gorgeous (and very water-wise!) Melbourne garden
Plant / Life: Jen Vardy and Family
Gardens, PeopleA visit to a rambling garden designed by Edna Walling in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
20 Cheeky Questions: William Dangar
PeopleA cheeky chat with highly regarded landscape designer William Dangar.
Plant / Life: Barry Byrne and Miguel Alvarez
Gardens, PeopleA visit to a grand five-hectare Blue Mountains garden.
Desert Abstractions by Design
GardensDavid Godshall walks us through some of his abstracted Californian gardens.
Garden Visit: Withycombe, Mount Wilson
GardensA historic Blue Mountains garden with a new lease on life.
Garden Visit: Tallawong, Mount Irvine
GardensA visit to a rambling Blue Mountains garden with a sculptural twist.
Garden Anarchy in L.A.
GardensDavid Godshall takes us behind the scenes in his L.A. punk rock garden.
Plant / Life: Michael Cooke
Gardens, PeopleMichael Cooke has been working with plants since he was 11. No wonder his garden is excellent!
Plant /Life: Brian & Trish Perkins
Gardens, PeopleA modernist native garden in inner Melbourne.
Great Dixter: An Arts & Crafts Garden
GardensChristopher Lloyd was the master of one of the most highly regarded arts & crafts gardens in England.
Plant / Life: A Tiny Brunswick Garden
Gardens, PeopleA luscious and leafy little garden in Brunswick, Victoria proves that size isn't everything.
Plant / Life: Glenmore House
Gardens, PeopleLarry and Mickey Robertson's garden at Glenmore house is medicine for the soul.
The Cool Conundrum
Art & DesignGarden designer Michael McCoy ponders the perils of designing a garden for himself.
Design is not the Answer
Art & DesignA musing on the limited (but important) role of design in the creation of a garden.
What Landscape Designers Do
GardensA short explanation of the residential landscape design process. By Georgina Reid, 'cause she's a landscape designer.
Plant/Life: Lindsey Baudinet’s Birchgrove Garden
Gardens, PeopleLindsey Baudinet has been gardening for much of her life. She is a no-fuss gardener, into plants…