BAAG is open Melbourne Cup Day
Melbourne Cup Day Trading Hours BAAG is open all four days of the Cup weekend. Nursery, Shop and Landscape Supplies Weekend hours will apply on Tuesday; Landscape Supplies, shop and nursery will all be open on Cup Day from 9:00am – 5:00pm. Landscape Supplies will be delivering all four days…
BAAG Member Specials – November
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 – November
This is Buarth Gurru or grass season – when all the grasses (Kangaroo, Wallaby, Spear and Tussock) are flowering. These are certainly valuable plants to have in a garden – apart from their food potential, they provide colour, movement, and even more importantly, some will provide habitat for beneficial insects…
Berries
Berries Berries are generally crops for the patient gardener as a long term investment. Most berry plants usually don’t set an abundant crop for a few years, but some are faster, such as raspberries. With careful selection of cultivars, fruit can be produced over several months and used for fresh…
Chillies
Late spring is the perfect time to plant your chilli seedlings. Once the fruit starts to set there is nothing better than seeing splashes of bright red, orange, yellow and green dotted throughout the vegie patch. There are so many great summer salads and stir fries to use them in……
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
Basil is one of the best known herbs in the world, and with good reason. It’s tasty, attractive and very easy to grow. With over 100 different species to choose from, Basil is never faulty! The most common type of basil grown in the home patch is sweet basil (Ocimum…
Corrugated Garden Beds
These fantastic corrugated garden beds are made here in Australia and are a top quality product. Some cheaper galvanised beds are topped with a rubber or plastic ring, our supplier does a rolled steel safety edge which is much safer, stronger and more attractive. Keeps your fingers away from nasty,…
Gallery Exhibition – ‘Regeneration’
24th October to 17th November 2026 Three Alphington artists explore the cycles of growth, renewal and decay, looking closely at the life that surrounds us – from gardens and local flora and fauna to the wild, weathered and overlooked spaces at the edges of the city. Through ceramics, prints and…
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…
Finger Lime
Citrus australasica Finger limes (Citrus australasica & Citrus australasica var. sanguinea) are native to the rainforests of SE Queensland and northern NSW. A naturally thorny 6m tall understory tree producing the highly desirable 6-12cm long finger shaped fruit; they are highly adaptable and commercially are grown in poor soils. Finger…
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…
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