Each year I get the opportunity to create a feature garden at the Royal Adelaide Show on behalf of the Horticulture Committee of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society. The theme of this garden is always a topic that I feel passionately about at the time, and I try to use the garden to physically […]
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Whenever I travel, I love to see gardens I have heard of or seen on Gardening Australia, or ones that are recommended by locals and Open Gardens SA. Some of my favourites are the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide, Blackwood and Mt Lofty; Carrick Hill; The Waite Arboretum; and The Cedars. Botanic Gardens With three to
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Rose pruning Many years ago, my mother told me a story about a public rose pruning demonstration with three esteemed rose gurus. It was held on a weekend in a public rose garden and she watched how each of them pruned their roses. Each of them had their own special of doing it and some
Sweet pastry for fruit slices ( include GLUTEN FREE flour instead of standard flours for GF ) Ingredients Method Notes For plums, apricots , nectarines, peaches, the best filling method is to slow roast the fruit by halving the fruit and single layer them out on baking trays, sprinkle with a little sugar to draw