Fifteen years of Diggers Adelaide
This October marks 15 years since The Diggers Club opened its garden shop within the Adelaide Botanic Garden
Help secure Australia’s pollinators
Complete the Wheen Bee Foundation’s pollination survey and play your part in protecting the insects that keep our gardens and ecosystems flourishing.
Dear Diggers
The latest from our members.
Countering compaction in clay soil
The Garden of St Erth’s original impoverished rubble provides a successful case study on the gardener’s ability to transform the soil.
Hedges and screens for year-round structure
Cloudehill’s favourite slow-growing options for long-term success in defining garden spaces.
Complementary and companion plants
The garden at Heronswood blends site-specific planting design with a palette of companion plants to ensure a cohesive and successful garden.
Celebrating a century of Sir David Attenborough
After a lifetime observing the natural world, his message remains clear – our future depends on living in harmony with nature.
The science behind every seed
Understanding germination rates and the conditions required to help crack the code for sprouting success.
Salvias for all seasons
If you’re looking for beauty, birds, biodiversity, fragrance or flavour, there’s a salvia for that!
The morning lap
The essential activity of daily observation in the garden is simply childhood curiosity, never grown out of.
Small gardens, big possibilities
This year’s winner of the Balcony Gardens Category at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show shares her secrets for success in small spaces.
Perfecting a perennial border
Di Johnson’s Moorooduc garden reflects a lifetime of expressive planting and garden artistry.
Grey to Green project
Plant communities designed to weather a changing climate have transformed a grey urban streetscape into a colourful, biodiverse yet minimal maintenance environment.
The garden to gut connection
Rebecca Edwards is a qualified naturopath who is fascinated by the connection between human health and the natural world. With more than 18 years’ experience researching and educating on all aspects of complementary and integrative health, Rebecca generously shared her knowledge and insights on the role of a healthy gut microbiome.
Diggers Garden School at Heronswood
Generous funding from the Sunshine Foundation is helping Diggers create an inspiring new learning experience on the Mornington Peninsula.
Sowing the seed for the next generation
Diggers’ Seed the Future program has reached a significant milestone, donating more than 4 million seeds to schools and community groups across every state of Australia since its launch in July 2022.
Don’t fence me in
A linear park alongside a main road in Kew offers a place to grow beyond the boundaries of an apartment garden.
A landmark achievement for the foundation
DGR status marks an exciting new chapter in empowering lifelong change through education, preservation and our gardening community.
Many cultures vs monocultures
The exuberance of a spring garden awakening reminds us that the greatest strength of nature lies not in uniformity, but in diversity.