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4 weeks ago | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon |Tahni Mesann
The winner of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show’s highly anticipated ‘City of Melbourne Award of Excellence/Best in Show’ category has been announced as ‘əskāp’, a garden designed by South Australia’s Rob Cooper of Distinctive Gardens. The garden was also awarded the ‘Horticultural Media Association Award for Best Use of Plant Life’.
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1 month ago | 
bhg.com.au | Rachel Iorfino |Jenny Dillon
Want a new vase of zinnias, dahlias and roses on your bedside table every week? Growing a cut flower garden in your backyard is a fantastic way to create a beautiful outlook and give you fresh flowers for your home. If you’re new to growing flowers or the difference between annual and perennial confuses you, this guide is for you.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon |Jade Coull
A white garden is never really just white. To create a luminous garden, you need deep green foliage that makes white flowers pop. Or glistening silver foliage that sparkles like Christmas tinsel and launches plumes of colourful flowers – so much better than crackers. Creating a garden with white plants that shine at Christmas allows you to explore the softer shades of white – think alabaster, cream or ivory, subtle tones of pink or yellow, or hints of green.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon
Woodlands, wildflower gardens, organic materials, curves, our native plants and wellness gardens. These are the go-to trends to keep in mind when you head out into your garden this summer, according to three award-winning landscape designers. All of these trends will make your garden pretty or exciting, give you shelter and comfort, help the environment – and make you feel more at peace with the world.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon
When a heatwave hits, we move into the shade or ramp up the air-conditioning, but your garden plants are stuck where they are. And without taking pre-emptive measures, they will suffer terribly, even die. The first rules for preparing your plants for a heatwave are: Heavy watering before it hits;Putting mulch around your plants to retain as much moisture in the soil as possible;Moving potted plants indoors or under some shade.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon
Venture deep into a rainforest and you can be overwhelmed by its magnificence. There’s an abundance of greenery with tall trees, climbers clambering up their trunks, epiphytes snuggled in their branches and carpets of groundcovers. Through the filtered light, you may spot bright pops of colour from crimson foliage or golden flowers.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon
Many of us are fond of a gnome, but garden art options are almost endless – from classic stone statues to modern geometric forms and upcycled creations. You can use huge urns, tree stumps, old wooden or metal wheels, driftwood, mosaics, or odd things that catch your eye while rummaging through council clean-ups. And if the style police loathe your choice, but you love it, go for it. Traditional or whimsical, classical or modern, art gives your garden extra oomph.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon |Jade Coull
These prehistoric plants are perfect for growing at home. Not only are they easy to care for, but they are a ‘living fossil’ that will make you feel like you’re walking in the footsteps of dinosaurs. Let us guide you on how to grow cycads in your very own backyard. Before you get planting, you need to make sure your garden has the right conditions for them to thrive. Subtropical, warm temperate, Mediterranean, coastal. Tolerate light frost. Sun or shade.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon
In urban, even suburban gardens, it seems there’s no escaping the outside world – the noise of traffic, neighbours, barking dogs and leaf blowers, the smells of uncleaned barbecues and the sight of ugly power lines. With patience and imagination, you can block out these invasive species and create a haven where you ignore everything except your own peace of mind! Create an outdoor living space that feels just as comfortable, and private as the interiors of your home.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
bhg.com.au | Jenny Dillon |Rachel Iorfino
Your garden is your very own paradise, which is why it can be so difficult to get started on it. Weeding, planting, and harvesting are really the simple tasks, the maintenance that keeps your haven happy and healthy. It’s the design and the original build that takes its toll, especially when you’re stuck for new ideas. If you’re in the process of planning and ideating, inspiration is your new best friend.
