I wrote recently about the Australian Rock Garden at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at UC Santa Cruz, as a resource for home gardeners. For today’s column, we’ll outline the history, design and ...

California gardeners have ready access to a great many succulent plants from southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Agave and Echeverias abound, among many other genera with numerous ...

The majority of Australians — about 85% — live on the country's coasts. That's because vast areas of the interior of the continent are desert. But even closer to the coasts, there are still plenty of ...

Some hear the word “astroturf,” and they recoil and roll their eyes. But rest assured, this is not what you think it is. Australian astroturf is a real, living plant, not plastic faux grass. And while ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The fall season offers opportunities to walk through your garden, spot problems to solve and plan improvements. You can review your whole garden or focus on ...

ABC has unveiled plans for a new series, Gardening Australia Junior, a spin-off of the original show Gardening Australia. Hosted by Costa Georgiadis, the series aims to guide kids and their families ...

Back for a new series Costa explores the garden of landscaper Michael Bates; Sophie looks at tough & beautiful silver foliaged plants; Tino introduces the people behind The Patch; Jerry explains the ...

I wrote recently about the Australian Rock Garden at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a resource for home gardeners ...