Eco-awareness starts with special projects

THE BEACH SCHOOL, ALLAMBIE HEIGHTS

Spoils of the downpour

Too much of a good thing can ruin a bumper crop.

A growing trend

Sustainable living means you can have your garden and eat it too.

Pretty edges not just pot luck

There is a lot of joy in "cubbies for adults", writes Kath Dolan.

high 5

We go wild in these specialist nurseries.

Put tomatoes where the grass grows

It's easy to turf the grass for a vegie patch, writes Michael Green.

Worming your way to a great source of garden compost

WORM farms are another way of creating compost (and worm tea) although on a small scale. I have found worm farms need a greater degree of care and monitoring than a compost heap, so your "pets" (the worms) don't get cooked or drowned while doing their job of recycling your kitchen scraps into compost.

A new shade of green

SBS's garden guru is a television novice but he's set to bloom, writes Sacha Molitorisz.