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Gardening tips for container gardening, potted plants
Are you an apartment dweller, renter, own a garden with poor soil or just wanting to simplify your life? Then container gardening is the answer. With a little bit of free space and minimal effort you can grow just about anything! Here are some expert tips.
Gardening tips: Creating colour with foliage
Asked to imagine a colourful garden, most people visualise a space full of flowers and blooming trees, but some of the most stunning spaces are actually created using foliage plants. Here are some expert tips.
Gardening tips: Grown cover in South East Queensland
Ground covers are a great way to add a pop of colour and beat the weeds in your garden. Here are the best varieties for our climate in South East Queensland. Expert advice ...
‘We just wanted to make a difference’
Long-time Redcliffe Garden Centre customers have overwhelmed owners Ross and Gena Campbell with messages of support since they announced the business will close in the coming months, after 20 years
Sunshine Mitre 10 part of community
The community, including tradies and home DIY customers have embraced the Sunshine Mitre 10 superstore since it opened about eight months ago at North Lakes. Those who have not yet checked it out are encouraged to take a look. Here’s what is on offer
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Magical winter wonderland
IN COOLER parts of the world, winter is cold, bleak and pretty dull, but in South East Queensland gardens offer a stark contrast. Redcliffe Garden Centre is bursting with colour, as winter wonders take centre stage.
Explore edible garden trail
If you’ve tried growing fruit and vegetables in your garden at home, without success, it might be worth taking a drive to Samford on May 16 for meandering along The Samford Edible Garden Trail.
How to grow fruit trees
Now is the perfect time to plant fruit trees, with the worst of the heat behind us, but it is not as simple as just sticking one in the ground. Redcliffe Garden Centre horticulturalist Tylor Elmsley says there are some key rules to follow, which differ depending on the type of fruit tree.
Busy season for snake catcher
Griffin snake catcher Josh Castle says it has been a busy snake season across the region, with most action in the north.
How to build a raised garden bed or retaining wall
If you’ve been thinking about building a raised garden bed or retaining wall, the Easter long weekend is the perfect time to do it. Here's what you need to know.
Stunning succulents
WHEN people think of succulents, they often think of the compact, rose-shaped varieties but these are just the tip of the water-storing plant
Secrets to keeping bees
Gardens have become a hive of activity for a growing number beekeepers in the past year and expert Scott Bevis says conditions are perfect to give it a go at home.
Learning recycling lessons for life
It may be National Recycling Week, but it is something the children at Margate’s C&K Florence Kindergarten & Preschool actively do every day.
Stop lawn grub invasion
Lawn grubs can decimate a lawn in just a few days, as many people discovered in February when favourable weather conditions prompted a plague-like hatching event.
