Sustainable gardening

Tips on sustainable gardening - creating a garden without relying on chemicals and fertilisers.

Waterwise gardening - using water wisely in your garden.

Plants for wildlife - choosing plants that attract native animals to visit or live in your garden.

Easy composting - recycling your organic waste and using it on your garden.

Gardening help and fact sheets - growing herbs, native plants, flannel flowers, waratahs, paper daisies and proteas.

Poo, worms and maggots - information for kids on how to make a worm farm.

Easy worm farming - worm castings are great for feeding house plants, adding to seedling mixes and potting soils or top-dressing around plants. Follow the four easy steps to successful worm farming.

The marvel of mulch - composting is natural and inexpensive. It also reduces household waste dramatically. Follow the four easy steps to making great compost, complete with the handy compost fix-it guide.

Biodiversity - biodiversity is much more than just plants and animals. It's the complete variety of life forms on the planet, from the simplest genes to micro-organisms to whole ecosystems.

How clean (and green) is your rural residential block? - rural residential living offers the benefits of country living, but it requires careful management of environmental impacts.

Handling pesticide wastes - a household guide - pesticide exposure can affect the health of the environment not just people.