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, […]
About Tomato potato psyllid (TPP) Tomato potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) is an exotic plant pest which feeds on tomato, potato, capsicum, chilli, tamarillo and sweet potato, and solanaceous weeds like nightshade. TPP can affect plant growth, reduce crop yield and spread a serious plant disease known as ‘zebra chip’ in […]
Citrus canker is a serious introduced disease of citrus and can also infect other host plants. It has been detected in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The nationally coordinated response to citrus canker is progressing with on-ground response teams in place in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Restrictions […]
Grow an edible Australian native plant on Tucker Bush Day (14 July 2018) #TuckerBushDay 4 JULY 2018 (Perth): National Tucker Bush Day is an annual celebration of Australia’s edible native plants. This year, Australians can celebrate on 14 July (during NAIDOC week) by planting an edible native plant in their […]
On a sunny winter’s day in June, HMAQ members toured the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Maroochy Research Facility at Nambour to learn more about horticultural research into subtropical fruits, breeding and diseases.
Canongate Partners Pty Ltd, publisher of SA Gardens & Outdoor Living has sold all of its magazines and website to long-time South Australian company Solstice Media, well-known for distributing InDaily to thousands of internet subscribers every weekday. The change of ownership took effect on June 29. SA Gardens & Outdoor […]
All members of HMAA are invited to join HMAQ for a three-day weekend in sunny Cairns from August 31 to September 2, 2018. The program includes two organised days and one free day for the Cairns Festival. The organised days include a Professional Development Day sponsored by Seasol on Friday […]