Houses built more than 20 years ago are likely to be more vulnerable to bushfires than newer builds. But there are some simple and inexpensive ways to reduce your risk.
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Have you recently harvested a big fruit from your garden? Here an expert’s tips on how to go from jumbo to gargantuan with your tomatoes.
From happier and healthier residents to more resilient buildings – green roofs offer significant benefits to cities.
Community gardens with land-based activities can impact community food security and are a good way to forge relationships among new immigrants, Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members.
A startling phenomenon occurs after a fire tears through a landscape. So what is it in bushfires that gives plants this kiss of life?
How gardening can make you happier and healthier.
Climate change is accelerating and species are dying out at a record rate. Experts imagine how inviting nature into our lives could help.
Wildflowers, bees and butterflies – your lawn is a vibrant ecosystem waiting to be unleashed.
Water crystals help drought-proof plants. But these tiny polymers are leaving gardeners concerned.
Plants can find it tough to get all the nitrogen they need, especially from Australian soils. But summer storms can provide an added boost.
Evidence-based advice from experts on how to make your garden a friendly environment for pollinators.
From the Bible to Versailles, gardens are bound to their political and religious history.
Sharing seeds was common practice among farmers throughout history until the rise of agribusiness. Now seeds are trademarked and regulated, but there’s a new place to get them for free: the library.
Grass trees are wonderfully odd. They fit no neat definition, and can live up to 600 years.
Teaching children to grow their own fruit and vegetables could be key to tackling the obesity crisis.
‘Hothouse Earth’ is not a sure thing – yet. Here’s what you can do about it.
A wood and glass case invented in the early 19th-century transformed the movement of plants around the world. In Melbourne, several thousand people greeted a primrose on its arrival from England.
A gardening expert reveals the simple things you can do to protect your garden during a heatwave.
Gardening not only provides nutritious food, but a reminder of home for refugees.
Not all bugs are bad! Put down the pesticides and get to know the predators and parasites hidden around you.
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Ecology and Entomology, Edith Cowan University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Founder of Msit No’kmaq
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Associate Professor of Botany, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor, Eakin Chair in Critical Qualitative Health Research Methodology, University of Toronto
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Wellbeing Postdoctoral Fellow with the Royal Horticultural Society, University of Sheffield
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Visiting Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University