Native Gardening Resources

8 fascinating Australian native fungi to look for in your garden - Minimalist Gardener

8 fascinating Australian native fungi to look for in your garden

Native fungi in a garden is a good sign. Healthy gardens tend to develop fungal communities over time and their odd fruit and unique behaviours are fascinating.

8 fascinating Australian native fungi to look for in your garden

Native fungi in a garden is a good sign. Healthy gardens tend to develop fungal communities over time and their odd fruit and unique behaviours are fascinating.

10 Australian natives to help endangered species in your garden - Minimalist Gardener

10 Australian natives to help endangered species in your garden

Australian plants you can grow to help threatened species that depend on them. Find geographic notes so you know which will make a difference where you are.

10 Australian natives to help endangered species in your garden

Australian plants you can grow to help threatened species that depend on them. Find geographic notes so you know which will make a difference where you are.

15 dramatic Australian native plants for real impact in a garden - Minimalist Gardener

15 dramatic Australian native plants for real impact in a garden

15 Australian native plants chosen for real impact, from a black plant to a waratah in white and flower spikes so vivid they can be seen from a great distance. 

15 dramatic Australian native plants for real impact in a garden

15 Australian native plants chosen for real impact, from a black plant to a waratah in white and flower spikes so vivid they can be seen from a great distance. 

10 Australian native plants with a hidden dark side - Minimalist Gardener

10 Australian native plants with a hidden dark side

Ten Australian native plants with a hidden dark side, from the sting that lasts for years to the nut that poisons dogs and the seed that looks exactly like a chestnut.

10 Australian native plants with a hidden dark side

Ten Australian native plants with a hidden dark side, from the sting that lasts for years to the nut that poisons dogs and the seed that looks exactly like a chestnut.

12 Australian natives with texture, tactility and soft form - Minimalist Gardener

12 Australian natives with texture, tactility and soft form

These 12 plants have forms so satisfying that the impulse to touch them is real. They range from cushions to spikes to woodland grasses with bristled heads.

12 Australian natives with texture, tactility and soft form

These 12 plants have forms so satisfying that the impulse to touch them is real. They range from cushions to spikes to woodland grasses with bristled heads.

How to support wildlife through winter in your Australian garden - Minimalist Gardener

How to support wildlife through winter in your Australian garden

How to support reptiles, native bees, frogs and small mammals in your Australian garden through winter. What each group needs and the payoff in spring.

How to support wildlife through winter in your Australian garden

How to support reptiles, native bees, frogs and small mammals in your Australian garden through winter. What each group needs and the payoff in spring.

Winter tasks in an Australian native garden by climate zone - Minimalist Gardener

Winter tasks in an Australian native garden by climate zone

What to prune, plant, mulch and protect in cool temperate, warm temperate, subtropical, tropical and arid gardens in winter. Find your climate zone.

Winter tasks in an Australian native garden by climate zone

What to prune, plant, mulch and protect in cool temperate, warm temperate, subtropical, tropical and arid gardens in winter. Find your climate zone.

How to protect your Australian native plants from frost organically - Minimalist Gardener

How to protect your Australian native plants from frost organically

How to protect Australian native plants from frost organically with mulching, pre-frost watering, temporary covers and what not to do. No products needed.

How to protect your Australian native plants from frost organically

How to protect Australian native plants from frost organically with mulching, pre-frost watering, temporary covers and what not to do. No products needed.

15 special housewarming gifts for gardeners - Minimalist Gardener

15 special housewarming gifts for gardeners

15 housewarming gifts for gardeners — hand-forged tools, terracotta ollas and considered objects chosen to help a new garden start well.

15 special housewarming gifts for gardeners

15 housewarming gifts for gardeners — hand-forged tools, terracotta ollas and considered objects chosen to help a new garden start well.

15 Australian native plants with silver foliage for heat tolerance - Minimalist Gardener

15 Australian native plants with silver foliage for heat tolerance

The mechanisms that produce silver foliage are varied and genuinely fascinating, and the plants that carry them are among the most useful in Australian gardens.

15 Australian native plants with silver foliage for heat tolerance

The mechanisms that produce silver foliage are varied and genuinely fascinating, and the plants that carry them are among the most useful in Australian gardens.

15 of western Australia's most mind-blowing wildflowers for gardens - Minimalist Gardener

15 of western Australia's most mind-blowing wildflowers for gardens

The flowers from this region are unlike anything else as far as form, colour, structure and ecological ingenuity. Many of them can be grown outside WA.

15 of western Australia's most mind-blowing wildflowers for gardens

The flowers from this region are unlike anything else as far as form, colour, structure and ecological ingenuity. Many of them can be grown outside WA.

10 Australian native alternatives to popular ornamental plants - Minimalist Gardener

10 Australian native alternatives to popular ornamental plants

Ten popular ornamental plants and their Australian native equivalents matched for habit, flower colour and garden role and why natives often perform better.

10 Australian native alternatives to popular ornamental plants

Ten popular ornamental plants and their Australian native equivalents matched for habit, flower colour and garden role and why natives often perform better.

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