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CIT students design gardens at Floriade

CIT students are designing gardens at this year’s Floriade - among them an ex-public servant who went to the first one.

Handy tips to warm your backyard for winter

Over the past few years, our outdoor spaces have become one of the most valued “rooms” in the house. The onset of Canberra’s colder months doesn’t mean we need to retreat indoors. Making small changes to our outdoor space can create a year-round usable backyard.

The great woman behind Walter: Marion Mahony Griffin honoured in nature

Nestled in Grevillea Park,, a native plant garden honouring the life and legacy of Marion Mahony Griffin will strengthen Canberra’s connection to nature. 

‘Just grow more plants’ urges Ainslie urban farmer

On an average Inner North block lies Ainslie Urban Farm, filled to the brim with pumpkins, chickens, rabbits, sunflowers, grapes, microgreens, pistachios, strawberries, feijoas … it’s a garden wonderland!

Inside & out: Community gardens and 2023 wallpaper trends

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home... Community gardens boosting children's learning and wallpaper trends for 2023.

Style your Canberra backyard into a Hamptons haven

Local design expert Nadine Neilson from Journey Home Interiors shares with CW her top styling tips to turn your outdoor space into a Hamptons haven.

Sustainability: the garden trend of summer 2023

Creating sustainable gardens in whatever outdoor space you have available in your home has become increasingly popular, so award-winning landscape designer Adam Robinson shares his his top tips for growing new life in your home.

Inside & out: Open Gardens return, new releases at Scott Leggo Gallery

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home... Scott Leggo releases latest winter wall art collection, Open Gardens Canberra is back, try the blueberry pottery trend, and it's pebble season!

Hey, Canberra kids! Do you know ‘what’s in your backyard?’

At first glance, you may think you have very few native animals scurrying around your backyard, but Australian gardening icon Costa Georgiadis says there’s a whole lot more than you think.

Local community gardens receive new grant funding

The ACT’s Community Garden Grants program will fund nine local projects across Canberra's patchwork of community gardens.

Gardening tips for a Canberra winter with Tracey Bool

To help keep your thumbs green in the cold (instead of blue with cold), local gardening expert and leading horticulturalist, Tracey Bool, shares her top tips for winter gardening.

Canberra’s best landscapers

Here is a list of Canberra's best landscapers. Click here if you're looking for trusted, well-skilled professionals in Canberra.

Inside & out: Zero Waste Fest, Easter scents, and autumn gardening

The latest in news, trends and happening for the home... Check out the O'Connor Community Open Day, find out the best Autumn gardening tips, try a delicious Easter scent pack, and head down to the Zero Waste Festival.

Autumn in Canberra is for composting, turn garden ‘waste’ into gold

Composting is the process of decomposing household and garden ‘waste’ into nutrient-rich soil improver, using minimal output (that is, human labour), for maximum gain (enviously abundant, healthy plant life).

Inside & out: garden watering tips, colourful homes are back

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home... garden watering tips and colourful homes are back!

Gardening guru Peter Cundall dies aged 94

Gardening guru Peter Cundall signed off in 2008 after spending 39 years sharing his passion on television, and has died at his adopted home of Tasmania aged 94.

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