BAAG Member Specials – October 2025
BAAG membership is free, all you need to sign up is an email address. Our members receive a monthly newsletter packed with gardening advice as well as exclusive monthly specials and special member prices on selected products. To receive these specials you’ll just need to tell the register staff you…
This month in your garden – October
Optimism is in the air, and plants are loving the warming soil. It is still tadpole and orchid season (Pareip) in Naarm, Melbourne. The Japanese maples are looking extra special, clothed in their delicate new leaves. Kangaroo paws are starting their wonderful displays of exuberant colour. The winter vegetables are…
Tomatoes
Who doesn’t love a tomato? Delicious home grown tomatoes are easy to grow, taste great, and you control what gets sprayed on them, if anything at all. Many different varieties are available including heritage varieties, from which you can collect your own seed to sow next season, and dwarf varieties…
Basil
Important note about plant availability.There are hundreds of factsheets on our website provided for your information. Not all plants will be available at all times throughout the year. To confirm availability please call (03) 8850 3030 and ask for the nursery. Basil is one of the best known herbs in…
Gallery Exhibition – ‘Metal Hearts and Coloured Wings @ BAAG’
This exhibition showcases Darren Gilbert’s art celebrating Australia’s environment, featuring handmade metal sculptures and pen and ink bird drawings that inspire appreciation and reflection. Darren is a central Victorian artist who makes stunning sculptural works created from used timbers & rust bitten objects.
Proteas, Leucadendrons and Leucospermums
The Proteaceae is an ancient family from Gondwanaland, with about 1600 species it is now one of the dominant flowering plants in the southern hemisphere. Proteas are native to southern Africa and belong to the same family of plants (the Proteaceae) as the Australian Banksias, Grevilleas and Teleopa. The name…
Garden Consultancies
Transforming your garden can be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding changes you can make in your home. When you decide the time is right to start, our consultancy and design services are there to give you the knowledge and confidence you need to ensure you are setting off…
Grapes
Edible grapes (Vitis vinifera) are vigorous deciduous woody vines native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. They climb by means of tendrils, which wrap around objects to support the weight of the vine. Grapes are well suited to hot, dry conditions and full sun. Cultivated grapes have hermaphrodite flowers…
Integrated Pest Management – A better way to garden
Since ancient times, humans have been finding ways to win over pests. The use of chemicals to control pests began with the discovery that sulphur killed bugs in 2500 BC. Perhaps it reached a crescendo in the 1930s with the invention of DDT. It was not until Marine biologist Rachel…
Art Workshops
We have been running Art Workshops at BAAG for over twenty years now. Our goal is that you have an enjoyable, satisfying day with us where you learn some new skills, discover your creative talents and make your own original artwork. These workshops are suitable for beginners, but more experienced…
Boronia
In lots of ways I think of this as the native Daphne. Small, difficult, subtle, and then there is this show stopping fragrance that knocks you over and you WANT one. The boronia with the best fragrance is Boronia megastigma known as Brown Boronia. This should be the floral emblem…
Pot Recycling is back at BAAG
We are very happy to let you know that we are once again able to take your used nursery plastic pots for recycling. (The pots need to be Recycling Code PP5). The recycling bin in located in our driveway on your left.
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