The following stories have all been submitted by the wonderful members of our SGA community… sustainable gardeners just like you! Enjoy.
A Productive Townhouse Garden
Would you think it is possible to grow 23 different fruiting trees and shrubs, have chickens and bees in a townhouse garden on a standard dual…
Farmers’ Markets
The first farmers’ market started in Victoria in 1998 in the Yarra Valley. There are now at least 180 farmer's markets across Australia, around half…
More Sharon’s garden plants
Sharon's garden in Thornbury was massed with a variety of plants. Many visitors asked for their names. Here are some of them.
Conserving Indigenous Remnant Vegetation at Heide
“There is a growing and strong, but quite unscientific ‘feeling’ that the bush must be saved and I believe this feeling should be encouraged to the…
Yackandandah Community Garden is blooming marvellous
Yackandandah is an historic country town tucked away in foothills of the Stanley State Forest in north east Victoria. It is a warm place with a…
A New Life Through Gardening
Part of the pleasure of gardening comes in the sharing of plants, seeds, learning and experience with other gardeners. There are so many stories of…
A Queensland Patch
Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director of The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology…
Sustainable Wicking Worm Bed
Progress Updated March 2013 When I built my first wicking worm bed 10 months ago, it was a test bed designed to gain experience with the process. My…
Grow Your Own – A Reader’s Story
As we Australians seem to get busier, there is a growing urgency for a chance to reverse the trend and STOP and take time to share with others around…
The Importance of Heritage Fruit Trees
This post has been submitted by one of SGA's Cuttings readers. See the bottom of this post for info on how you too can contribute to our website. In…
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