A complete guide to the aromatic Asian culinary rhizomes perfectly suited to subtropical and tropical Australian gardens.
Lemongrass is one of the most useful tropical herbs for Australian gardens — a dramatic ornamental clump grass that provides an intense citrus flavour for Thai, Vietnamese, and I…
Growing your own vegetables is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a home gardener, and in Australia it is entirely possible to maintain a productive vegetable container…
Ginger and turmeric grow abundantly in subtropical and tropical Australian conditions — fresh rhizomes with flavour incomparably superior to dried supermarket alternatives.
Lemon verbena has the most intense lemon fragrance of any herb. Treat it as an annual in cold climates or a container perennial brought indoors. Use in teas, desserts, and cocktail…
Design a garden where food production and aesthetic beauty coexist — fruit trees as shade trees, herbs as groundcover, vegetables in the border.
Australia is not one climate — it is many. From the monsoonal tropics of the Top End to the cool-temperate highlands of Tasmania, from the Mediterranean-climate southwest of West…
Turmeric and ginger grow beautifully in subtropical and tropical Australian gardens, and as annuals in temperate zones. Learn planting rhizomes, the growing season, and harvesting …
There is something deeply satisfying about being able to step outside your kitchen door, or even reach to a windowsill, and snip fresh herbs directly into whatever you are cooking.…
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