Treloar Roses, Australia’s largest rose grower have a fantastic range of potted roses available for despatch by mail order this Spring. Their exciting Spring potted range this year includes the highly fragrant and healthy ‘Parfuma’ range, among many other top selling roses for 2018. Their entire potted range consists of […]
From abstract close-ups to aerials, a new book; The Tree, by iconic photographer Richard Woldendorp AM reveals the beauty and wonder of Australian trees. Trees are the biggest plants on earth, and its longest living species. Woldendorp says ‘Trees have sustained human existence for millennia, providing not only oxygen but […]
By Penny Woodward, Janice Sutton, Karen Sutherland Karen leads you through organic heirloom tomato growing, from seed sowing to feeding, pruning and training. She outlines a variety of ways to grow, tells the stories of some passionate growers and helps you keep problems at bay with an extensive illustrated pest […]
Members have just returned from an event in Cairns, Far North Queensland (FNQ) which included a professional development day and another visiting wonderful local gardens. Our visit coincided with the annual Cairns Festival. The event, initially prompted by long time Cairns’ horticulturist and designer Kim Morris, was planned by HMAQ […]
Everyone from weekend home and garden warriors, to horticultural, design and art aficionados are urged to mark their diaries now for the 2018 New Zealand Flower and Garden Show, being held for a second time at West Auckland’s The Trusts Arena from 28 November until 02 December 2018.
Members of HMA NSW took part in an important Fruit Care Workshop on Friday 24 August where three top industry specialists spoke to us about current threats to citrus and other fruit varieties. Horticultural entomologist Andrew Jessup first updated us on current fruit fly controls and gave us an understanding […]
Diggers Heirloom Tomato Seedlings Available at Your Garden Centre NOW Spreading the joy of growing, sharing and saving heirloom varieties. Of all the vegetables grown in our backyard vegie patches, tomatoes have always lead the pack as favourites. It must be the promise of summer that makes us want to […]
This spring, the historic and beautiful Bolobek at Macedon will once again host the Mount Macedon Horticultural Society’s Garden Lovers Fair being held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October 2018. There’s something for everyone at the Fair, with stall holders including local and interstate specialist plant growers, ornamental vegetable […]
In August Tara Graham-Cochrane is running two one day workshops on therapeutic landscape design looking at designing gardens for dementia sufferers and also for children. The workshops have been organised by Horticultural Therapy South Australia and are open to all with an interest in garden design, care of dementia suffers […]
Join members of HMA Victoria on August 16 from 10am as they enjoy a guided tour of historic Beleura House & Gardens on the Mornington Peninsula and hold their AGM. Beleura is only open by appointment and, as there is no parking at the property or in the nearby streets, […]