Gardening at Home

Want to get growing in your garden? Join our team for some quick tips and you’ll be blooming in no time!

The cultural significance of Australian wattles

Follow Darren Charlwood as he explains the cultural significance of Australian wattles.

The cultural significance of Australian wattles

Follow Darren Charlwood as he explains the cultural significance of Australian wattles.

Hands holding a bottle brush flower

Creating a Sensory Garden

Sensory gardens are designed to stimulate the senses with a variety of aromas, textures, colours and shapes.

Creating a Sensory Garden

Sensory gardens are designed to stimulate the senses with a variety of aromas, textures, colours and shapes.

Red silverbeet and white lettuce in no dig garden

Creating a No-dig Garden

Create the ideal home for your vegetable garden by making perfect soil that is full of life!

Creating a No-dig Garden

Create the ideal home for your vegetable garden by making perfect soil that is full of life!

Herb spiral made of bricks with a mix of herbs like: oregano, sage and thyme

Building a Herb Spiral

Herb spirals are space-saving, energy-efficient gardens designed to use nature’s forces to their advantage.

Building a Herb Spiral

Herb spirals are space-saving, energy-efficient gardens designed to use nature’s forces to their advantage.

Wicking bed made of wood with parsley, terragon and thyme

Building a Wicking Bed

Wicking beds are a sustainable and effective means of growing your favourite plants while reducing water-use.

Building a Wicking Bed

Wicking beds are a sustainable and effective means of growing your favourite plants while reducing water-use.

Perfect black compost in two hands

Get your Soil Ready to Grow

Meet the Community Greening Team and get your soil ready to grow

Phil from the Community Greening team

The Importance of Composting

Composting can reduce climate change! Phil, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, explains how.

The Importance of Composting

Composting can reduce climate change! Phil, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, explains how.

Peter from the Community Greening team

Tips for a Healthy Compost

Join Peter, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Youth Community Greening Team, as he shares great tips on how to create a healthy compost.

Tips for a Healthy Compost

Join Peter, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Youth Community Greening Team, as he shares great tips on how to create a healthy compost.

Darren from the Community Greening team

Create a Worm Farm

How does a worm farm work? Darren, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, tells all! Get the low-down on the benefits of creating nutrient rich compost for your garden.

Create a Worm Farm

How does a worm farm work? Darren, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, tells all! Get the low-down on the benefits of creating nutrient rich compost for your garden.

Paddie from the Community Greening team

What is Nutrient Cycling?

Just add flowers! Paddie, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, introduces the Big Hungry Beast and explains the wonderful benefits of nutrient cycling.

What is Nutrient Cycling?

Just add flowers! Paddie, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, introduces the Big Hungry Beast and explains the wonderful benefits of nutrient cycling.

Christina from the Education team

Get Crazy Propagating

Propagating from stem cuttings is a straightforward, cheap and oh-so-satisfying way to grow plants. Learn how to get started with Christina, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Education Team!

Get Crazy Propagating

Propagating from stem cuttings is a straightforward, cheap and oh-so-satisfying way to grow plants. Learn how to get started with Christina, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Education Team!

Brenden from the community greening team un-potting a plant

Tuck in to a bush tucker garden

No idea where to start with a bush tucker garden? Try right here with Brenden!

Leafy greens in a veggie patch

Autumn gardening in the vegetable patch

Darren’s expert guide to what to do in your vege garden right now.

Traditional use of Grass Trees

Follow Ebony Carberry as she explained the traditional uses of the grass tree.

Seedling in pot

Growing vegetables from seeds

Growing vegetables from harvested seeds is fun and easy. Check out our quick tips.

Growing vegetables from seeds

Growing vegetables from harvested seeds is fun and easy. Check out our quick tips.

Hands in dirt

Three Stages of Compost

Join Darren, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, to find out all about the three stages of compost.

Three Stages of Compost

Join Darren, from the Royal Botanic Garden's Community Greening Team, to find out all about the three stages of compost.