Growing your own fruit and vegetables is one of the most environmentally friendly things you can do. 1) It saves water. According to a study done by David Holmgren, co-founder of ‘Permaculture’, (Holmgren Design Services) efficient backyard growers can use
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What to do with your excess produce
Gluts, gluts, gluts. Funny word, but gluts in your produce garden are rather unfunny if you can’t get rid of the excess. It’s a familiar story: joy as we watch the new season’s vegetable and fruit crops starting out healthy
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Planning to get away for a break is a part of summer in Australia. But the last thing you want to happen is to go away on a holiday, only to find a dead garden when you return. So before
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Sceptics say that you can’t have a garden with chooks. They dig up plants, they make a mess of mulch, they leave droppings around, but this could be said of many pets. My experience is that a garden just isn’t
More...Why Your Garden Matters
Every garden is its own (or is a unique but connected) ecosystem containing an extraordinary array of living organisms including plants, fungi, bacteria, microbes, insects and animals that all impact on the health and resilience of the living network. We
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Feeling daunted by permaculture terminology? Wondering what it all means and whether you can have a slice of the Permaculture pie? Let us lead you gently through zones, elements and relative locations with our simple guide, leaving you feeling relaxed,
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Be sure to browse through our bookshop when you next visit BAAG, we stock a wide range of books and that cater to professional gardeners, gardening enthusiasts… and even people who don’t like gardening at all! We have titles covering
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Have you tried composting but always have putrid problems with it? Is turning over the compost regularly a pain to do? Do you wonder if there is a good way of getting rid of meat scraps or chicken fat? Is
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Pots and Birdbaths
The pot range at BAAG is one of the biggest in Melbourne. We have a huge selection of Terracotta, Glazed and Plastic pots in hundreds of sizes and styles to suit any house or garden. We also stock a wide
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Often when it comes to garden tools people think the cheaper the better. Like anything, you get what you pay for and you should always buy the best you can afford. Why? Well, there are a number of reasons, the
More...What is Urban Ecology? – A few thoughts from BAAG’s CEO
I have been lucky to have been able to spend much of my working life surrounded by plants; studying and working in the natural environment, in local gardens and in garden centres. Like many of us, I love the opportunity
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Manna Gum sculpture by Simon Horsburgh. This sculpture (pictured above), inspired by eucalypt blossoms, marks the start of the Bolin Bolin Cultural Landscape Trail. This trail passes through an area which was an important gathering place for the local Wurundjeri
More...The Renter’s Guide to Edible Gardening
It can be tricky setting up a productive garden when you don’t own your own place. However it’s certainly not impossible – so if you rent and you’re dreaming of a bountiful yard full of homegrown produce, here are some
More...BAAG Park and Community Partnerships
BAAG has been working to improve habitat, protect local ecosystems and plant species in the Little Bolin Parkland adjoining our garden centre for over twenty years in partnership with: * Friends of Yarra Valley Parks * Parks Victoria * The
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