Millie Ross

20 hours ago | abc.net.au | Millie Ross

Millie offers her best tips for choosing, buying and planting bare-rooted plants. Bare rooted plants are deciduous plants that are grown in the field then, when they’re dormant over winter, they’re dug up and sent to you or the nursery. Because they are supplied without a pot or potting mix and are easier to transport, they are often a cheaper option. When looking for a tree or other plant, look for a healthy, strong root system with lots of fine roots.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Millie Ross

A common gardening worry – especially when choosing plants – is pot plants becoming root bound. But Millie explains that this is not a problem with every type of plant. You can feel when a plant’s roots have really filled out a pot – the sides of the pot feel tight, with no ‘give’ when you squeeze it, and there will probably be lots of roots appearing at the base of the pot.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Costa Georgiadis |Millie Ross

The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is the biggest garden event in the southern hemisphere, and Costa, Sophie and Millie went along to be your virtual tour guides. There are lots of show gardens, big and small, as well as floral art and hanging basket displays. In the larger show garden contest, there were seven entries. Teams have just a week to assemble and plant their display – while taking care to leave no impact on the heritage-listed garden site.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Millie Ross

We’re at the Melbourne Flower and Garden Show, where for only the second time ever a garden has been dedicated to the traditional custodians of this land, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, to tell part of the story of their relationship with Country. The garden is called Wurundjeri Biik Baan and it’s a collaboration between the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Millie Ross

Over five days, more than 115,000 people will visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, so Millie goes behind the scenes to see what happens to all the waste that is generated. “It’s a scary number – 400 Tonnes of waste, with 280 of that is organic material,” says Greg Schicker, manager of recycling company Closed Loop. To simplify the recycling this year, the public is asked to put everything in a general bin and staff and employed to sort it at the onsite depot.