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Design a garden where food production and aesthetic beauty coexist — fruit trees as shade trees, herbs as groundcover, vegetables in the border.
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Most Australian homes have a small courtyard or narrow side passage. Learn maximising these spaces with vertical growing, clever container arrangements, and multi-purpose plants.
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