This week's Gardening Australia...

GARDENING AUSTRALIA HIGHLIGHTS

Cranbourne Natives
Jane Edmanson takes a tour of the Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, where she shows how to prune banksia for shape, and gives some tips on taking crowea and correa cuttings.

Vertical Garden
John Patrick speaks with internationally renowned French artist and botanist Patrick Blanc about the vertical garden he's constructed in a Melbourne city shopping centre. 

Waratahs
Angus Stewart profiles the waratah and looks at how new breeding techniques have produced different coloured blooms.

Boab Transplant
Josh Byrne witnesses the transplanting of a giant 750 year old boab tree, which has journeyed from the Kimberley to King's Park in Perth.

 

ABC1 Sat 6:30pm, Sun 1:00pm  ABC2 Mon 4:00pm 

 
***** DON'T FORGET THE GARDENING AUSTRALIA EXPO IN SYDNEY, THIS WEEK  FRIDAY 29 AUGUST TO SUNDAY 31 AUGUST AT SYDNEY SHOWGROUND, SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK, HOMEBUSH BAY******* 

  
Come along and see Peter Cundall at his last Gardening Australia Expo, and catch up with Jerry Coleby-Williams, Angus Stewart and Meredith Kirton.  The expo is great fun for the whole family and you'll come away with loads of practical gardening information and advice.
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Redlands Heritage Garden
Colin Campbell visits the heritage vegetable patch at Redlands Research Station which is packed with fruit and vegetables that celebrate the agricultural and horticultural history of the area.

Leonie's Vegie Patch
Leonie Norrington is back in her tropical vegie patch and is harvesting vegetables, preparing for the build up to the Wet Season, and installing a unique chicken enclosure.

Focal Point Design
Sophie Thomson visits a formal suburban garden in Adelaide which has been designed using multiple focal points and drought tolerant and low maintenance plants.

Tropical Hothouse
Jane Edmanson takes a tour of the Tropical Hothouse in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and discovers a range of unusual and significant tropical plants.

 

ABC1 Sat 6:30pm, Sun 1:00pm  ABC2 Mon 4:00pm

 

***** DON'T FORGET THE GARDENING AUSTRALIA EXPO IN SYDNEY, FROM FRIDAY 29 AUGUST TO SUNDAY 31 AUGUST AT SYDNEY SHOWGROUND, SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK, HOMEBUSH BAY*******

Come along and see Peter Cundall at his last Gardening Australia Expo, and catch up with Jerry Coleby-Williams, Angus Stewart and Meredith Kirton.  The expo is great fun for the whole family and you'll come away with loads of practical gardening information and advice.

For information and tickets, go to abcgardeningexpo.com.au   

  

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This week's Gardening Australia....

GARDENING AUSTRALIA HIGHLIGHTS

Bellis
Jerry Coleby-Williams is back in his Brisbane garden and checks on the progress of the salad greens, plants a couple of different varieties of beans and explains the importance of crop rotation.

Pine River Project
Colin Campbell visits the Pine River Community Nursery in Brisbane, which supplies indigenous plants to revegetate important areas of rain forest in the South Pine River area.

Camellias
Angus Stewart profiles the camellia which is a versatile plant with delicate flowers, which grow throughout Australia.

Winter Interest Plants
John Patrick visits Stephen Ryan's garden to look at a range of plants that can add a new element to your garden in colder times. 

  

ABC1 Sat 6:30pm, Sun 1:00pm  ABC2 Mon 4:00pm

 

****** DON'T FORGET THE GARDENING AUSTRALIA EXPO IN SYDNEY, FROM FRIDAY 29 AUGUST TO SUNDAY 31 AUGUST AT SYDNEY SHOWGROUND, SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK, HOMEBUSH BAY*******

Come along and see Peter Cundall at his last Gardening Australia Expo, and catch up with Jerry Coleby-Williams, Angus Stewart and Meredith Kirton.  The expo is great fun for the whole family and you'll come away with loads of practical gardening information and advice.

For information and tickets, go to abcgardeningexpo.com.au   

  

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Don't miss this week's Gardening Australia....

GARDENING AUSTRALIA HIGHLIGHTS

Perennial Borders
John Patrick gives some tips on cutting back, dividing and tidying a perennial border so that it provides a fabulous display next year.

Pelargoniums
Angus Stewart profiles pelargoniums – the tough, water wise plants that provide the garden with splashes of colour.

Tickletank
Sophie Thomson visits the beautiful artist's garden "Tickletank", where the gardens have been created to compliment the unique house that has been made from a disused water tank.

Garden In A Vase
Meredith Kirton shows how the winter garden can add unexpected beauty to indoor flower arrangements.

 

ABC1 Sat 6:30pm, Sun 1:00pm  ABC2 Mon 4:00pm
 

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