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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 25/02/2010 Coming Up This Week Planting Water Lilies - Correcting Iron Deficiency - The Point Preschool - The Vegie Plot - The Vegie Guide - Gardener of the Year 2009 Read more ABC 1: Saturday 27 February 2010, 6:30pm and Sunday 28 February 2010, 1:00pm Watch a Story Gardener of the Year 2009 27/02/2010 Preview a story from the upcoming show Watch video Find a Fact Sheet The Point Preschool Presenter: Angus Stewart, 27/02/2010 Angus Stewart visits Gardening Australia's 2008 Gardener of the Year runner-up Read more Browse the Video Archive There are three ways you can access Gardening Australia video: Streaming: Watch short clips of various segments online. Download: Manually download the complete episodes to your computer. Vodcast: Subscribe and have the complete episodes automatically downloaded to your computer. Gardening Australia Forum Got a gardening question? Got an idea or tip? Why not go to our forum where you can talk to other keen gardeners, share ideas, help others or just share your passion for plants. And don't forget — members of the Gardening Australia team, including our presenters are Forum members too! So join the team to talk all things botanical. Join the conversation Gardening Australia Expo - Adelaide ONE WEEK TILL THE ADELAIDE EXPO! The GA Expo returns to Adelaide, revamped and refreshed with so many new features you'll be spoilt for choice. In the Organic Circle you'll learn how to grow vegies and manage pest and disease problems; in the Potting Shed you'll pick up all sorts of techniques - from propagation to pruning; learn about Backyard Creatures; come to the cooking stage (see Poh from 'Poh's Kitchen' on Saturday); plus there will be feature garden displays, exhibitors galore, ask it solve it and plenty for the kids to do. It's on from March 6 - 8 in the new Goyder Pavillion at the Adelaide Showground. So come along and meet Josh Byrne, Tino Carnevale and Adelaide's Sophie Thomson. The Gardening Australia Expo will inspire, you'll have some fun, and one thing's for sure - your garden will never be the same. Gardening Australia Expo Website © 2009 ABC | Privacy Policy | ABC Gardening Australia Home | Manage newsletter subscription

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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 18/02/2010 Coming Up This Week The Vegie Patch - Creating a Pond - Understanding the Environment - Rose Renovation - Self-watering Pots Read more ABC 1: Saturday 20 February 2010, 6:30pm and Sunday 21 February 2010, 1:00pm Watch a Story Understanding the Environment 20/02/2010 Preview a story from the upcoming show Watch video Find a Fact Sheet Creating a Pond Presenter: Stephen Ryan, 20/02/2010 Stephen Ryan creates a pond for an awkward spot in his garden Read more Browse the Video Archive There are three ways you can access Gardening Australia video: Streaming: Watch short clips of various segments online. Download: Manually download the complete episodes to your computer. Vodcast: Subscribe and have the complete episodes automatically downloaded to your computer. Gardening Australia Forum Got a gardening question? Got an idea or tip? Why not go to our forum where you can talk to other keen gardeners, share ideas, help others or just share your passion for plants. And don't forget — members of the Gardening Australia team, including our presenters are Forum members too! So join the team to talk all things botanical. Join the conversation Stephen's Blog STEPHEN SUGGESTS A PLANT FOR THOSE DIFFICULT SHADY CONDITIONS IN THE GARDEN I am often looking for a plant for a very difficult spot in the garden and one of the most difficult is dry root infested soil under a large tree. If you go around the nurseries they all would seem to be under the impression that we all live in sunny splendour and as we all know the older a garden gets the more shade we need to cope with. A plant I have found particularly useful in these really hard conditions is an evergreen South African shrub called Mackaya bella which grows to about 3metres each way making it ideal to hide the paling fence. It has very dark green glossy leaves that would be almost enough to grow it for but in late spring it covers itself with white trumpets beautifully veined with purple. From a distance this makes the flowers look mauve. If your local nursery doesn't have it put on some pressure and hopefully get them to order some as it should be growable from Hobart to Darwin as long as you only get mild frost or ( even better) are frost free. Yours, Stephen Our Search for Gardeners STEPHEN TO YOUR PLACE (VIC) Are you a passionate gardener with a standard-sized garden? Gardening Australia is looking for gardeners in Victoria for its new segment with Stephen Ryan. Every 3 to 4 weeks Stephen and the GA crew will drop in on someone and have a chat about the great features of their garden and find out how it all evolved. If you'd like to be part of Gardening Australia, or know someone who you think should be, please fill out the Online Form with the Subject 'Stephen to my place.' Don't forget to include your contact details and any other interesting information about your garden! © 2009 ABC | Privacy Policy | ABC Gardening Australia Home | Manage newsletter subscription

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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 11/02/2010 Coming Up This Week A Townsville Garden - Citrus Maintenance - Understanding Plant Uses - Weed Alert: Curry Plants - Growing Proteas and Waratahs Read more ABC 1: Saturday 13 February 2010, 6:30pm and Sunday 14 February 2010, 1:00pm Watch a Story Gardening in Townsville 13/02/2010 Preview a story from the upcoming show Watch video Find a Fact Sheet Growing Proteas and Waratahs Presenter: Angus Stewart, 13/02/2010 Angus Stewart discusses two spectacular members of the Proteaceae family Read more Browse the Video Archive There are three ways you can access Gardening Australia video: Streaming: Watch short clips of various segments online. Download: Manually download the complete episodes to your computer. Vodcast: Subscribe and have the complete episodes automatically downloaded to your computer. Gardening Australia Forum Got a gardening question? Got an idea or tip? Why not go to our forum where you can talk to other keen gardeners, share ideas, help others or just share your passion for plants. And don't forget — members of the Gardening Australia team, including our presenters are Forum members too! So join the team to talk all things botanical. Join the conversation Our Search for Gardeners STEPHEN TO YOUR PLACE (VIC) Are you a passionate gardener with a standard-sized garden? Gardening Australia is looking for gardeners in Victoria for its new segment with Stephen Ryan. Every 3 to 4 weeks Stephen and the GA crew will drop in on someone and have a chat about the great features of their garden and find out how it all evolved. If you'd like to be part of Gardening Australia, or know someone who you think should be, please fill out the Online Form with the Subject 'Stephen to my place.' Don't forget to include your contact details and any other interesting information about your garden! Gardening Australia Magazine MARCH 2010 ISSUE OUT NOW GARDENER OF THE YEAR Read the inspirational story of our 2009 Gardener of the Year and visit her well-maintained and diverse garden in Victoria. PROTEAS AND WARATAHS Angus Stewart shares his tips on how to grow these ancient plants and the keys to success. MEDAL-WINNING ROSES Elizabeth Swane explains the rigorous testing procedure that every rose goes through and reports on some of this year's medal winners from the Australian National Rose Trials. SIMPLE SEEDS You don't have to be an expert gardener to grow plants from seed. Jerry Coleby-Williams explains how seeds are structured, and how different seeds are germinated, and offers valuable growing advice. FORAGE FOR YOUR SUPPER Tino Carnevale reveals some of the top places to pick wild herbs, fruit, nuts and vegetables, and how to find natural garden materials. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE The project to save rare camellias Jerry Coleby-Williams profiles the snake lily Millie Ross shows you the basics of starting a garden on your verge Maggie Beer reveals her pear-growing secrets Learn about the antics of the mountain brushtail possum Stephen Ryan begins building a backyard pond More designer chook sheds ABC Shop: Subscribe © 2009 ABC | Privacy Policy | ABC Gardening Australia Home | Manage newsletter subscription

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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 04/02/2010 Coming Up This Week NEW SERIES OF GARDENING AUSTRALIA STARTS THIS WEEK A Cluttered Garden - Preventing Soil Erosion - The Vegie Guide - Understanding Bush Foods - Weed Alert: Coffee - Government House, NT Read more ABC 1: Saturday 6 February 2010, 6:30pm and Sunday 7 February 2010, 1:00pm Watch a Story Understanding Bush Foods 06/02/2010 Preview a story from the upcoming show Watch video Find a Fact Sheet Preventing Soil Erosion Presenter: Tino Carnevale, 06/02/2010 Tino Carnevale offers some practical solutions to the frustrating problem of soil erosion Read more Browse the Video Archive There are three ways you can access Gardening Australia video: Streaming: Watch short clips of various segments online. Download: Manually download the complete episodes to your computer. Vodcast: Subscribe and have the complete episodes automatically downloaded to your computer. Gardening Australia Forum Got a gardening question? Got an idea or tip? Why not go to our forum where you can talk to other keen gardeners, share ideas, help others or just share your passion for plants. And don't forget — members of the Gardening Australia team, including our presenters are Forum members too! So join the team to talk all things botanical. Join the conversation Meet our New Guest Presenter CLARENCE SLOCKEE On this week's show, meet the new Gardening Australia guest presenter Clarence Slockee as he begins his series on traditional Aboriginal uses of plants. This week in Understanding Bush Foods Clarence looks at some of the plants that sustained the local indigenous people. About Clarence Organic Gardener Magazine March/April 2010 ISSUE OUT NOW In the latest issue of ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, Peter Cundall speaks exclusively about his love of Australia's forests and campaigns to save them. See why apples are the perfect backyard fruit tree, plus pest control advice and heirloom varieties. The keys to growing successful asparagus. Plus stories on rare farm animals, alternatives to treated timber, and Sean Moran's organic farm. ABC Shop: Organic Gardener © 2009 ABC | Privacy Policy | ABC Gardening Australia Home | Manage newsletter subscription