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Enduring romance | Red Hill Cottage

How do you create a romantic cottage garden – with all the charm you would expect – while also facing the realities of hot summers and limited water? Landscape designer Ashley James shows us how careful planting can deliver beauty that stands up to the elements.

Books, Plants

The hidden kingdom that keeps our planet alive | The Secret Life of Fungi

Insight into Aotearoa’s remarkable fungi and their vital role in sustaining the planet, by author and fungi photographer Jay Lichter.

Gardens

Farnworth Farm | An English garden set in rural Hawke’s Bay

Just outside Havelock North, with views to Te Mata Peak, Farnworth Farm is a working property where organic garden and farmland are being shaped together. Under head gardener Carla Pick, the garden is a gradually evolving landscape.

Gardens, People

From bare block to cottage garden in the Yarra Valley

From a bare block in the Yarra Valley, Emily Todd has created a romantic cottage garden alongside a productive kitchen garden, complete with chickens. She reflects on building it from scratch and the connections it has fostered within her community.

Books, Plants

A garden over time | Case study of a dry garden over 8 months of growth & learning

A garden with resilient structures and 'electric softness,' built to thrive in tough, dry climates – observed through an 8 month case study by Jac Semmler.

Orecchiette served on plate with grated cheese, for recipe book I’ll cook by Sophie Godwin

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Caramelised courgette, fennel & garlic orecchiette

A thirty-minute pasta recipe packed full of flavour, from I'll Cook! by Sophie Godwin

Roasted cauliflower dish for recipe book I’ll cook by Sophie Godwin

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Brown butter roasted cauliflower

Take your roasted cauliflower to the next level with this recipe from I’ll Cook! by Sophie Godwin

Tomato gnocchi served on white plate for recipe book I’ll cook by Sophie Godwin

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Gnocchi with charred tomato salsa & ricotta

Simple, fresh & tasty gnocchi — recipe from I'll Cook! by Sophie Godwin

Jala’s lush boundary planting creating privacy and depth.

Gardens

A Carlton worker’s cottage reconnected through landscape

Landscape designer Josh Arkey of Jala has transformed the garden of Melbourne architects Stephanie Burton and Joseph Lovell’s inner-city worker’s cottage, dissolving the boundary between house and garden.

Creamy tomato soup served with creamy herby drizzle, recipe by Rhiannon Baldock

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Roasted tomato soup with cheese soldiers

Perfect for soup season, this soul-warming tomato soup is from More Than Toast, by Rhiannon Baldock

Stack of vegetable fritters on plate served with garlic yoghurt dressing, recipe by Rhiannon Baldock

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Fridge fritters with garlicky chilli yoghurt

A simple recipe for fritters that can be substituted with almost any veggies from your fridge from More Than Toast, by Rhiannon Baldock

Potato salad served on plate served with herby dressing, recipe by Rhiannon Baldock

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Honey mustard smashed potato salad

Rhiannon Baldock's take on the classic potato salad, recipe from More Than Toast

Dianella intermedia (blue berry) illustration from Aotearoa in bloom book

Books, Plants

Dianella (Tūrutu) | Bringing in the birds with this native perennial

Discover how perennial and NZ native Dianella (Tūrutu) can transform your garden into a thriving haven for Aotearoa’s native birdlife.

Green curry stew recipe from Tender by Lucy Tweed

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Green curry stew

An aromatic Thai recipe built around your choice of slow-braised meat and infused with herbs, from Tender by Lucy Tweed

Unctuous Eggplant Shakshuka recipe from Tender by Lucy Tweed

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Unctuous eggplant shakshuka

A hearty, spice-laced and deeply satisfying recipe for Eggplant Shakshuka recipe from Tender by Lucy Tweed

Vertical timber installation within Rowdy Meadows landscape, Ohio, by Reed Hilderbrand

Gardens

Rowdy Meadow | A conversation between art & ecology

Rowdy Meadow in Ohio is a meeting of art and ecology. Landscape architect studio, Reed Hilderbrand has restored 150 acres of former orchards and steep woodlands and created the setting for an extraordinary, contemporary sculpture collection.

Gardens

A pollinator’s haven | Beauty in a Cape Woolamai garden

A garden designed for two young homeowners, featuring a pollinator-friendly planting scheme intended to attract bees and butterflies.

Emma Doman Design 2026 MIFGS Show Garden

Events

Barefoot luxury & the restorative magic of nature

Emma Doman looked to her home state of Queensland for inspiration when creating a resort-style subtropical retreat at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.

Mat York, In Ratio SHOW GARDEN at MIFGS 2025

Events

A biodiverse, coastal-inspired haven in the city

‘We the Wild’ by Ratio’s Matt York at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (MIFGS) is a resilient garden filled with native Australian planting, designed to bring environmental benefits to its surroundings, and serve to reconnect and restore those who visit.

Ben Saunders X Sage Journal - Thornbury Project

Gardens

A family-friendly Victorian garden planted for wildlife

Ben Saunders Landscapes thoughtfully designed this garden to provide a space where a young family can play and relax, while also creating a welcoming habitat for local wildlife.

Books, Guides

Cecelia Fox | On floral design, Ikebana & breaking rules

Florist and author of Pretty Dirty, Melanie Cecilia Stapleton, shares her creative approach to floral design.

Guides, Plants

Autumn seed sowing guide | Vegetables & flowers to sow in autumn

Seed sowing is one of the most important jobs in the autumn garden. It’s time to sow winter vegetables and hardy annual flowers. This autumn seed sowing guide outlines what to sow in your autumn garden and the methods you can use to guarantee successful germination.

Events

Ordered beauty | A mod take on a classic European garden

With ‘Urban Luxe’, garden designer Andrew Stark’s 2026 Show Garden at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show offers a contemporary take on formal European gardens, with clipped structure, symmetry and lush planting.

Events

Climate, culture & migration | A Silk Road-inspired Show Garden

The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show garden, ‘Echoes of the Ancient Silk Road’ by US-based designer, Iftikhar Ahmed, uses layered planting, modular structures and reflective water to invite visitors to slow down and consider the enduring relationship between land, culture and time.

Timber shed framed by natural planting and gravel garden path – Neville Design Studio.

Gardens

Maximising sunshine & space | The pocket garden in Point Chevalier

This Auckland garden embraces the home’s sunniest corner. Compact yet considered, it is a place to pause and unwind but also meets the homeowner's practical needs.

Joel Barnett InStyle Gardens MIFGS 2026 design

Events

Cricket & cement | A Show Garden that remembers a childhood

In a nostalgic twist, this Show Garden at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show is inspired by Joel Barnett’s childhood spent around the Geelong Cement Cricket Club.

Image from Flow Hive's Book of Bees & Beekeeping by Cedar & Stuart Anderson

Books, Guides

Thinking about beekeeping? | 5 things to consider before you begin

Cedar & Stuart Anderson, of Flow Hive, highlight the necessary steps to take before you start your journey into beekeeping.

Events

A real-life love story at the Show

This year, the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show will host a spectacular wedding ceremony set within an enchanting garden.

Gardens

A garden shaped by heritage at a Toorak home

A Toorak garden designed to complement the home’s heritage architecture while supporting contemporary family living and entertaining.

Hands-on flower cultivation in the working garden at Paradise Botanica.

Gardens, People

Paradise Botanica | A garden that rebuilt a life

Victoria Chammanee’s 'Paradise Botanica' garden is now open to the public through Secret Gardens. Once a site dominated by kikuyu and concrete, it’s now a biodiverse sanctuary. Victoria tells us about her approach to gardening, the work required to reshape her site, and how it quite literally helped to rebuild her life.

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