
I๏ปฟt might seem like you need a yard to have a garden and while that would be the dream situation, most of us have either small balconies or courtyards. Kia Codd is proof you can have a thriving garden on a balcony and even grow vegetables and fruit to eat. The Melbourne local started with…

A beautiful multi-stemmed Tibetan cherry (Prunus serrula) planted near the house provides year-round interest, with its gleaming coppery brown bark, spring blossom and autumn leaf colour. At its base, set among a froth of ferns and knotted cranesbill, a clay water bowl captures reflections of the sky. Alister Thorpe ‘The smaller the garden, the more…

When cottage-core departs from interiors and steps outdoors, one of the first things I think of is a free-growing meadow. And typically, meadows are associated with sprawling lawns with an abundance of garden real estate. However, that’s not to say you can’t achieve the same look in a smaller space. And the key to executing…

For many of us, sunflowers are a rite of passage into gardening. I expect you might recall growing lofty sunflowers at school or with a family member, hopefully with some success, at least in memory. By summer, sunflowers can reach remarkable heights of 10, 12, or even 20 feet tall. Impressive, certainly, but not exactly…

Fanciful flowerbeds? Not for Lisa Waud. The botanical artist, who last year won the American Horticultural Society’s top award for floral design, gets her color fix through imaginative, sometimes surreal work projectsโlike adorning a blighted duplex with 40,000 blooms for an art installation or embellishing an old Cadillac with flowers for rapper Danny Brown’s video…

Many people only have a small garden but there are ways you can make it appear to be bigger Elaine Blackburne Network Content Editor 13:36, 07 May 2025Updated 13:56, 07 May 2025 There are tricks to make a small garden appear much bigger(Image: Getty) Many people enjoy relaxing in their garden – especially as the…