Gardening Australia

Season 21, Episode 26

Episode Title: Episode 26

Air Date: 2010-08-14

Overview:

The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale is doing some winter fruit tree maintenance, pruning the pomegranate, inspecting for pest and disease and treating scale and sooty mould. Gum Trees: Clarence Slockee looks at the most iconic of all Australian trees and explains how they were used by aboriginal people. Grid Planting: Jane Edmanson shows a simple planting trick to get the most out of a small vegie garden. The Vegie Guide: Stephen Ryan updates The Vegie Guide, a planting calendar for productive gardens right around the country. Textured Garden: Jerry Coleby-Williams shows how to use textural plants in the garden to create colour and interest throughout the year, regardless of flowers. Euphorbias: Stephen Ryan shows some of his favourite plants from this large and diverse genus. Stephanie Alexander: Leonie Norrington chats to Stephanie Alexander at the launch of The Kitchen Garden Foundation in The Top End to discuss how they are growing a new generation of gardeners.