Diggers Adelaide team with Connie Cao

Fifteen years of Diggers Adelaide

This October marks 15 years since The Diggers Club opened its garden shop within the Adelaide Botanic Garden

Bee

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.

MIFGS 2026

Dear Diggers

The latest from our members.

Julian walks through the Garden of St Erth

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.

Cloudehill Gardens 2022

Hedges and screens for year-round structure

Cloudehill’s favourite slow-growing options for long-term success in defining garden spaces. 

Heronswood

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.

A young girl at a protest holds aloft a sign which reads 'Do it for David'

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.

Hands sowing seeds

The science behind every seed

Understanding germination rates and the conditions required to help crack the code for sprouting success.

A spread of salvias

Salvias for all seasons

If you’re looking for beauty, birds, biodiversity, fragrance or flavour, there’s a salvia for that! 

A plant with bountiful orange flowers

The morning lap

The essential activity of daily observation in the garden is simply childhood curiosity, never grown out of.

MIFGS Balcony garden

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.

Di Johnson's garden

Perfecting a perennial border

Di Johnson’s Moorooduc garden reflects a lifetime of expressive planting and garden artistry.

A city garden

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.

A variety of green vegetables growing

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.

Two kids use magnifying glasses to examine a jar

Diggers Garden School at Heronswood

Generous funding from the Sunshine Foundation is helping Diggers create an inspiring new learning experience on the Mornington Peninsula.

Secondary students with their produce

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. 

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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.

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A landmark achievement for the foundation

DGR status marks an exciting new chapter in empowering lifelong change through education, preservation and our gardening community.

Clive and Penny

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.