Gardening Australia - 1 Dez 2025
merry & bright
IDEAS FOR A MEMORABLE FESTIVE TABLE
URBAN GARDENING WITH INDIRA NAIDOO JOBS & TIPS TO BEAT THE HEAT
1O MUST HAVE WATERWISE PLANTS
GROW JUICY SWEET STRAWBERRIES SOW A CROP OF BORLOTTI BEANS
FREE INSIDE! DOUBLE SIDED WRAPPING PAPER
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Heavenly scent: fragrant shrubs, trees & climbers
Urban gardening with Indira Naidoo
Ideas for a memorable festive table
How to grow healthy house plants
Grow juicy sweet strawberries
10 must-have waterwise plants
Sow a crop of borlotti beans
Jobs & tips to beat the heat
• Tasty borlotti beans are beloved by Italian gardeners and nonnas
Scent & sensibility
Natural sparkle
Fond farewell
Treat yourself
Balanced blend
House plant happiness
Sun bright
Waterwise wonders
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• Timed tasks for the vegie garden + Sow & plant chart for December
• AB Bishop explains how to grow sweet strawberries in pots
• Good Life: Hannah Moloney’s seasonal tips for food growers
News For gardeners and nature lovers
Editor’s letter
Mailbox Letters, photos and questions
This month Seasonal jobs to do
My Garden Path Indira Naidoo
TV & radio guide Your ABC
Marketplace Plants
Marketplace Books
Crossword
Home grown
’Tis the season for the good stuff
EDITOR’S LETTER
December
CHERRY CHRISTMAS!
A CROAK OF GENIUS
New protection for koalas
A HOME AMONG THE GUM TREES
E PLANTS L F
BOOKS
Teena Crawford & Lisa Ellis Barometer Books
THE MAN WHO PLANTED CANBERRA
THE WEED FORAGER’S HANDBOOK
Children’s BOOKS COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS
ANIMALS ON COUNTRY
THIS BIRD
RICH PICKINGS
scent+ sensibility
scented SHRUBS
‹ Philadelphus ‘Virginal’
Luculia spp.
scented TREES
scented CLIMBERS
the science of scent
Pandorea pandorana ‘Snowbells’
water wise WONDERS
water wise WONDERS
LARGE FRUITED YELLOW GUM
ROUND LEAFED TEA TREE
STINKING GLADWYN OR BEEFSTEAK PLANT
Billardiera variifolia
PINK CLUSTERS EVERLASTING
BUTCHER’S BROOM
NATAL BOTTLEBRUSH
sun bright
sun bright
at a glance
HOW TO GWARTOERWMARK THEM
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2026 + DIARIES CALENDARS
balanced BLEND
balanced BLEND
KEY PLANTS
fond farewell
future focus
future focus
that’s a wrap!
Natural SPARKLE
HOUSE PLANT HAPPINESS
WHEN LOW LIGHT EQUALS LEGGY GROWTH
WATCH OUT FOR SUNBURN!
WATERING
CURLING LEAVES
HUMIDITY
TO MIST OR NOT TO MIST
Christmas GIFT GUIDE
Eggs-ellent choice!
Quills ’n’ thrills
One hose reel – endless possibilities
Hawk scarer protects gardens
Soothing summer sounds
From bugs to bubbles!
Quality gardening gloves and hats
Roll with it
Net great results
The power to spray paint undiluted
Give the gift of Wollemi wonder
Totes artistic
It’s the little things
TREAT yourself
TREAT yourself
BERRY merry
Top Tips
planting calendar
TROUBLESHOOTING
THE TROPICS tips for
borlotti bliss
borlotti bliss
at a glance
Whether you have 15 minutes or an hour to spare, you can always put your time to good use in the productive garden. Check out these timed tasks...
SOW & PLANT NOW
TURN GARDEN PATHS INTO INFILTRATION TRENCHES
PEAR & CHERRY SLUG
a month in the GARDEN
It’s time to ...
PREPARE FOR BUSHFIRES
hydrangeas keep happy
NATIVE SHELTER BELT
Do it now
SOW & PLANT NOW
KICKS for KIDS
top tip
make a shady glade
take the heat of f pots
Edibles
CONTROL MOSQUITO WRIGGLERS
lift spring bulbs
SUMMER ENTERTAINING
In the tropics
TIPS FOR SUMMER HARVESTING IN THE VEGIE PATCH
PLANTS GET SUNBURNT, TOO
LOOKING GOOD NOW
World Soil Day
BONSAI GRASS TREES ARE BONZER!
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