Indoor plants have long enjoyed a renaissance, whereby they now sit as a necessary component of our modern-day living spaces. Here are the expert tips to keep your indoor plants flowering in the colder months.
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Quandongs, with their hardiness, tart and tangy fruit and clusters of cream flowers, could well be the plant your garden has been missing.
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There’s no better garden feeling than turning over some soil and finding it filled with a mass of wriggling worms – it’s the sign of a healthy yard!
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It’s no surprise, given our changing climate, that Australian natives are becoming increasingly popular in our gardens. If you’re looking for natives to have maximum impact in your patch, here are the varieties you need to plant now to achieve big colour results down the track.
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Tucked away in the grounds of the aptly named Paradise Primary School is a special green space that is providing a wonderfully rich connection between nature, the students and a dedicated group of residents from the adjacent retirement village.
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The winter 2023 issue of SALIFE Gardens and Outdoor Living is filled with tips on how to keep your garden growing through the wintry conditions, as well as must-read advice on growing citrus, why camellias remain the queen of the winter flowers, how lavender keeps its purple reign and we take you inside the Adelaide Botanic Garden and discover the must-find native trees.
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A garden shouldn’t just be a visual feast; a thing to simply look at. A good garden will provide different characteristics that deliver a sensory experience for children and adults alike.
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Roses produce a kaleidoscope of colours and bouquets of alluring perfume, along with an amazing range of forms and styles, so it’s little wonder they also provide us with something we can sink our teeth into.
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A blossoming romance allowed this fourth-generation farm to bloom into a garden filled with colour and life.
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If you’re looking to create vertical visual interest in your indoor oasis, then totem poles could prove the ideal solution for giving your plants the chance to grow to lofty heights.
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If you like to grow plants that seemingly have little boundaries, are adventurous and have you picking fruit in the most unusual places, then pumpkins should most definitely be on your list.
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The owners of some of our state’s most beautiful private gardens have given SALIFE a special tour of their spaces ahead of this month’s SA Landscape Festival where the public can visit the gardens and meet the designers and landscapers who created them.
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How often have you been told to “stop and smell the roses”? Well, as it happens, it’s very good advice for our physical and emotional wellbeing.
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The benefits of water gardens go far beyond their beauty; they add a cooling, fresh focus to any garden, which is why they’ve been so popular through the ages.
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Verge gardens are popping up in abundance, and for very good reason. But their benefits aren’t always as obvious as you might think.
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Go for a splash of colour with a range of hanging baskets that will liven up spaces large and small.
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Where the traditionally green garden was once seen as the epitome of the relaxing, enticing space, now it’s striking and loud colour that’s being used to its full effect.
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The autumn 2023 issue of SALIFE Gardens and Outdoor Living, is filled with tips on how to turn your patch into a sensory delight, advice on which natives to plant for spring colour and how to take care of your indoor plants as the weather starts to cool.
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Welcome to the easy-care world of succulents, where you’ll be growing them one day and propagating them the next.
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Australians are true rose lovers; this passion reaches a crescendo when new varieties make their way to garden centre shelves each year. But how do they actually get there? Rose importer, Kim Syrus, documents his recent rose-buying adventures in Kenya.
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Gardening brings its fair share of challenges and creating a thriving garden near the coast could be the greatest of all. But the key to successful coastal gardening is simple: knowing which plants love to be beside the sea.
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With younger generations spending so much time on screens and devices, nurturing their connection to the natural world is vital, both for their health and that of the planet.
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We all know that gardening is good for our physical health, but it took some enforced downtime to teach Elly Potter more about the mental health benefits, too.
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Do you fancy yourself as an amateur florist? With a little bit of planning, you can save money and have cut flowers to pick from your own garden throughout the year.
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Voting is now open for the Nursery & Garden Industry South Australia Awards of Excellence and you can have your say.
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A chance viewing and some years of passionate care have created a garden that is enjoyed every day and filled with memories.
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No form of plant growing fascinates more than the slow-going bonsai.
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For many people, gardening has been a life-long passion involving getting their hands dirty nurturing a wondrous array of plants – and it doesn’t have to end when you downsize.
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In this issue, we learn how to embrace colour in the garden, grow a big patch of pumpkins and hear from gardeners passionate about harnessing the potential of a street's verge.
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When a meticulously-planned garden meets a master-built property, the results can be spectacular.
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