Gardening Australia

A Cluttered Garden - Preventing Soil Erosion - The Vegie Guide - Understanding Bush Foods - Weed Alert - Coffee - Government House, NT (21x1)

Data di messa in onda: Feb 06, 2010

A Cluttered Garden: Stephen visits a gardener in Melbourne who has used every available space for plants to create an inner-city haven. Preventing Soil Erosion: Tino Carnevale explains the damage done by soil erosion on a sloping block, and demonstrates some simple ways prevent it. The Vegie Guide: Stephen Ryan updates The Vegie Guide to explain what to plant in the productive garden, right around the country. Understanding Bush Foods: Guest presenter Clarence Slockee introduces the first in a series of stories on the plants used by aboriginal people. He explains how the intimate understanding of plants built over thousands of years sustained the local people and their environment. Weed Alert - Coffee: Jerry Coleby-Williams highlights the weed potential of one of the world's most popular plants, coffee, and shows how to control it in the garden. Government House, NT: Leonie Norrington visits the historic garden at Government House in Darwin, to see the diverse plants collected since the garden was established in the 1890's.