Pests can cause sudden and significant damage to homegrown food, but a little planning and intervention can help you cut your losses.
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What drives people to garden isn’t the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact – and a longing to engage in work that is real.
Home gardens have shifted through necessity, from suffragette protest to hippy communes. Is coronavirus isolation the shove you need to start yours?
A behavioural science expert, a botanist, an environment media expert and an entomologist suggest ways to connect with nature in your garden.
Houses built more than 20 years ago are likely to be more vulnerable to bushfires than newer builds. But there are some simple and inexpensive ways to reduce your risk.
Have you recently harvested a big fruit from your garden? Here an expert’s tips on how to go from jumbo to gargantuan with your tomatoes.
From happier and healthier residents to more resilient buildings – green roofs offer significant benefits to cities.
Community gardens with land-based activities can impact community food security and are a good way to forge relationships among new immigrants, Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members.
A startling phenomenon occurs after a fire tears through a landscape. So what is it in bushfires that gives plants this kiss of life?
How gardening can make you happier and healthier.
Climate change is accelerating and species are dying out at a record rate. Experts imagine how inviting nature into our lives could help.
Wildflowers, bees and butterflies – your lawn is a vibrant ecosystem waiting to be unleashed.
Water crystals help drought-proof plants. But these tiny polymers are leaving gardeners concerned.
Plants can find it tough to get all the nitrogen they need, especially from Australian soils. But summer storms can provide an added boost.
Evidence-based advice from experts on how to make your garden a friendly environment for pollinators.
From the Bible to Versailles, gardens are bound to their political and religious history.
Sharing seeds was common practice among farmers throughout history until the rise of agribusiness. Now seeds are trademarked and regulated, but there’s a new place to get them for free: the library.
Grass trees are wonderfully odd. They fit no neat definition, and can live up to 600 years.
Teaching children to grow their own fruit and vegetables could be key to tackling the obesity crisis.
‘Hothouse Earth’ is not a sure thing – yet. Here’s what you can do about it.
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Researcher, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey
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Wellbeing Postdoctoral Fellow with the Royal Horticultural Society, University of Sheffield
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Faculty Lecturer, Science Education, McGill University
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Lecturer in Ornithology, Charles Sturt University
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
