The following stories have all been submitted by the wonderful members of our SGA community… sustainable gardeners just like you! Enjoy.
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…
My Gardening Therapy
I have experienced bouts of depression and anxiety since I was a teenager. Having lived in apartments and rental houses and growing things in pots…
A Canberra Sustainable Garden
Living in Canberra sees a variety of climates ranging from hot to very cold with some frost including at times even snow. The snow falls have been…
My Shed Mosaic
I'm an avid gardener and I love spending time in my vegie garden, but my gaze would often drift over to an ugly tin shed that seemed to dominate the…
Greening a Harsh Environment
Hillside, in Melbourne's outer north-western suburbs, is experiencing a housing boom. New streets and homes are springing up everywhere. But it's one…
View Street Garden – Turning a Dam into a Billabong
View Street Garden is such a humble name for this magnificent garden in its magnificent landscape setting alongside the Yarra River, in the inner…
Converting a Tennis Court
This former tennis court has had a couple of changes in its lifetime, but its latest is to become a sustainable garden with putting greens! We are…