We tour the gardens of five finalists for the 2018 Gardener of the Year award. Costa Georgiadis solves inner-city problems in Leigh Sales’ garden. Millie Ross shows how to make seeding pots from newspaper.
Gardening Australia episode 41 2018
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The Gardening Report
Costa calls in to visit 7.30 host Leigh Sales to see her new garden and offer some tips on how to solve problems facing a lot of inner-city gardeners
Gardener of the Year Finalist (1) – Queensland
Keven and Amanda Corbett find joy sharing the work in in their Toowoomba garden, which combines a formal frontage with an artistically exuberant retreat
Gardener of the Year Finalist (2) – New South Wales
John Le Messurier has led generations of scouts and volunteers as they transformed a former coal mine near Newcastle into a native plant retreat full of wildlife
Gardener of the Year Finalist (3) – South Australia
Brenton Roberts used lots of money-saving ideas to restore a heritage cottage and garden in the Adelaide Hills to a semi-formal wonderland for his family
Gardener of the Year Finalist (4) – Western Australia
Troy Devereux loves the feel of Balinese gardens so much he has created his own tropical paradise in Perth, creating a haven full of colourful bromeliads, palms and other lush plants
Gardener of the Year Finalist (5) – Victoria
Athol and Denise Brand fell in love with a 2-hectare block near Morwell and mass-planted thousands of exotic trees and shrubs to create a garden for all seasons – then added a house
FAQs – Attracting bees | Basil flowering | Transplanting palms
Sophie suggests the best plants for attracting bees, Tino shows how to deal with basil that has gone to seed and Jerry has tips on transplanting palm trees
Tomato Potato Psyllid
Josh shows how to identify and deal with a plant pest newly discovered in Australia – Tomato Potato Psyllid
Newspaper Pots
Millie shows a smart way to make biodegradable seedling pots from newspaper, which can be planted directly into the garden
