Backyard and Outdoor Living

It's time to bid adieu to summer for another year, but it's not all doom and gloom. Autumn is such a lovely time of year in many parts of Australia — the seasonal ‘s time to bid adieu to summer for another year, but it's not all doom and gloom. Autum

Jack, a leading specialist in DIY gardening and horticultural support products, reports huge demand from consumers seeking answers to protecting their organic home-grown crops from animals and birdlife, while using no chemicals and creating no harm.

Sedums are succulents that come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from cute “jelly bean” sedums to colourful ground-cover sedums and trailing sedums like donkey's tail. Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’, also known as stonecrop, is a hardy plant with fleshy bl

Free-flowing garden beds offer a layered, contemporary feel mixed with Australian native plants. Mesh trellis offers privacy screening, and merbau decking flows from the indoors onto artificial lawn that's soft underfoot. This tailored Melbourne gard

Beautiful concrete benchtops are striking and distinctive. Organic concrete is enduring and can suit virtually any style of home. Blend Concrete makes a dramatic statement with a concrete seat that can flow on to a benchtop and underneath there's roo

The block on which the Bondi project iS located is conservative in size. The property owners are a busy family who relax by entertaining family and friends — and they had a sauna and swimming pool on their list of requests. Landart needed a clever de

The thought of entertaining at home can strike fear into the hearts of many. But it need not be a stressful experience. Setting the scene for relaxed comfort is all about creating beautiful liveable outdoor spaces, offering delicious simple dishes, c

This dream coastal home is surrounded by lush native plants and all the amenities needed for a relaxed outdoor lifestyle. The landscaping elevates and cushions the contemporary architecture, settling this property into its natural place. Mark Bell, c

This quintessentially Australian garden is an inspired example of what can be achieved when a skilled landscape designer with an in-depth knowledge of permaculture is at the helm. Designed by Christopher Bissels, director of Full Potential Landscapes

Even the tiniest outdoor area can become a slice of horticultural heaven. You may not have the option of having a traditional garden, but with a few potted plants, a green wall or vertical garden and some well-chosen items of decor, you can transform

You probably know someone who has a beautiful garden that they seem to effortlessly nurture, fi lled with fragrant blooms or a bountiful harvest of fresh fruits and vegetables. They are in on a little secret. The key to growing robust plants is about

With an enviable position on the waterfront, this lovely home in Bundall on Queensland's Gold Coast enjoys direct access to the canal and features a fantastic raised terrace for relaxing and entertaining. But a terrace is only as good as its level of

Contrary to popular belief, clay is actually a brilliant base for growing gardens. Once clay is opened up for drainage and aeration, it can become a thriving playground for benefi cial soil microbes. Unfortunately, the advice we are given is to dig i

With the cooler months approaching, it's time to start thinking about how to extend the usability of your outdoor living spaces by making them more comfortable year-round. Wood-fired heating is a fabulous way to maximise your outdoor living, creating

In the heat of the summer garden, when your spinach leaves become bitter and the plants wilt in the hot sun, it's time to consider a heat-loving alternative — one undeterred by the extreme, hot summer conditions. A heat-tolerant climbing vine from th

Microgreens are small but mighty flavour explosions that are super-easy to grow and harvest. You don't need a lot of space to grow your own microgreens — even a kitchen windowsill is enough — so they are great for people in apartments or those with a

Why not accompany those second crops of tomatoes with their natural flavour companion, basil? This fast-growing summer herb grows well while temperatures are warm and the days are long and sunny. It thrives in any warm garden, in a raised vegetable g

A new age of gardeners has brought a swarm of dwarf fruit trees into our tight backyards, courtyards and balconies across Australia. Our human desire to reconnect with nature has melted into a youthful obsession to grow fruit, no matter the challenge

To inspire customers to get stuck into their backyard, no matter the size of the space, Amazon Australia has partnered with The Block 2021 Garden Challenge winners Jesse Anderson and Kirsty Lee Akers to create DIY inspiration guides. We take a look a

I thought kale might be a flash in the pan — a trendy vegetable that we'd lose interest in after a few years. But that hasn't been the case. Kale rose from obscurity, became trendy and now seems to have found a permanent place in the veggie plot. Muc