Whether you’re an armchair enthusiast or a dedicated green thumb, this SALIFE May Gardens issue celebrates all the joys of gardening as we visit Christopher Pyne at his Hills home and enjoy some nature-based recipes from chef Kane Pollard.

In this issue, we celebrate all the joys of gardening – it keeps you fit, it feeds your family, it benefits the environment, beautifies your home, and can even form a life-saving firebreak in bushfire-prone regions.

We pay a visit to Carrie and Christopher Pyne and family at their Adelaide Hills home to hear how they have created their own idyll away from public life.

Of course, not all of us are blessed with a large green space to call our own, but this Kent Town community group has banded together to plant a productive garden and get closer to nature.

Our fashion pages in this issue will spirit you away to a magical botanic setting, with moody colours and vibrant prints to shake off the chill of autumn.

Meanwhile, plant-loving chef Kane Pollard brings us some nature-inspired seasonal recipes that will bring autumn from the garden into your kitchen, stunningly styled and photographed by Natalie and Brendan Homan.

For those with limited time, experience and skill of their own, we round up some of SA’s top landscape designers. Whatever the jungle or wasteland you’re faced with, there’s someone here who can help.

SALIFE May 2022 The Gardens Issue is on sale now at your local newsagent, selected Foodland and Woolworths stores and all Coles supermarkets in SA 

Or order your copy for delivery to your door here.