Diggers festive lunch

Growing a resilient food future

From heirloom seeds to homegrown harvests, local food production offers a powerful response to the challenges facing our food system.

Amy Duncan

Amy C. Duncan joins The Diggers Club

We are delighted to launch our premium collection of botanically themed products in collaboration with talented botanical artist Amy C. Duncan.

Frances at Heronswood

Passing on what is precious

Rooted in the lessons of her parents, gardening has become a lifelong expression of family, generosity and love. Frances has chosen to give that gift forward. 

A young boy crouches beside a large pumpkin

Spalding’s giant growing challenge

Supported by The Diggers Foundation’s Seed the Future program, this regional competition is growing giant pumpkins, towering sunflowers and stronger community connections.

Kids at Heronswood

Diggers Garden School at Heronswood

Our garden at Heronswood is one of the most beautiful outdoor classrooms on the Mornington Peninsula.

Tiny centipede

The need for living soil

It may in fact explain why there’s hardly ever a grumpy gardener!

Keith looks at a Diggers magazine

Born to garden

Gardening is in Keith’s blood. He comes from a line of green thumbs, with a family tree bursting with flower growers and gardeners.  

A handful of small red tomatoes

The flavour of summer

Discover the joy of homegrown saucy, sweet, sun-kissed heirloom tomatoes in all their glorious colours, shapes and sizes.

Hand pollinating a melon flower

When pollination needs a helping hand

A few simple techniques can help your flowering vegies set fruit and turn a promising display of flowers into a productive harvest.

An abundant harvest of fruit

Planning a fruitful future

With the right plants and a little planning, even the smallest garden can yield a delicious harvest in every season.

A garden with a Euorpean Fan Palm

A Mediterranean garden, reimagined

Responding to the harsh Adelaide conditions, a climate-compatible garden celebrates multiculturalism through a joyful mingling of plants from diverse geographic origins.

A woman reads a book titled A Guide to Gardener's Success: Part 1

Uncovering the guide to a gardener’s success

We sat down with Diggers co-founder and author Clive Blazey to talk about his new book, Guide to a Gardener’s Success: Part 1.

Picnic on the lawn at Heronswood

Planting with purpose

Creating a summer border where every plant has a place and purpose.

Cloudehill 2010

The irresistible peony

Two thousand years of cultivation, generations of Victorian collectors and a new wave of hybrids make peonies worth celebrating.

Fruit on the tree

The art of growing together

Discover how careful plant groupings create abundance, support biodiversity and make the most of every layer in The Garden of St Erth’s food garden.