Wild Thing by Sophie’s Patch I believe that gardens and gardening hold the solution to many of the problems we face, such as the cost-of-living crisis, food insecurity, a lack of affordable nutrient dense food, a lack of social connection and the epidemic of loneliness. As the average backyard gets smaller and smaller, many people […]
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Gardens connect us in profound ways. This 2024 Royal Adelaide Show show garden was embraced by visitors and sparked conversations and inspired people to try their own home garden projects. People seemed to particularly resonate with the themes it tried to demonstrate, like Gardens connecting us to Nature and Cooler, Greener, Wilder Backyards, to the
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I am totally biased but I genuinely believe that gardens and gardening hold the solution to many of the problems we face in our own lives and in the world around us. As a gardening commentator, I am always thinking about how I can get this message across to people, especially those that wouldn’t consider
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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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A big focus at Sophie’s Patch over the past month has been preparing for my feature garden Grow Up at the 2022 Royal Adelaide Show which opens in just five weeks on Saturday 5th September. This is my twelfth (or 13th because it was built for the cancelled 2021 show and has been changed and
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The design phase is nearly over and we are about to start work on the sculptures and elements of what is going to be a wonderful and informative bee lovers’ garden. Here is a sneak preview of the artist’s impression.
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My 2017 feature garden Habitat is inspired by the fact that we live at a time when urban habitat is under threat and every backyard has the potential to make a difference. I believe gardens should provide habitat to all the creatures that live there, including birds, bees, butterflies, beneficial insects, frogs, lizards, micro bats
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Each year I get the opportunity to create a feature garden on a theme that I feel passionately about at the time, and I try to physically demonstrate it, so hopefully it can impact homeowners to change the way they create and view their gardens. This year my show garden is COOL, hopefully in every
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Elements within Grow Up include: The Verge When space is limited, consider the often-underutilised land out the front of your home – the verge. Nature strips or verges can be vital to help mitigate the urban heat island effect, create habitat and support food security and local food systems, not to mention they can look
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