Category: Companion
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Costa Georgiadis Comes to the Garden!
Brisbane Edible Gardening were thrilled to welcome Costa Georgiadis, popular Gardening Australia TV host and educator, to our experimental edible garden last weekend. Watch this lovely video with the Samford Edible Gardens Trail presenter Susanne, Costa and Brisbane Edible Gardening’s Ketah. See the experimental garden looking lush following the recent rains! Learn more about the…
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Grow it Local
Grow it local. It’s all about a backbone of perennials. The world is changing and when supply lines are interrupted, a backbone of perennials in the garden makes all the difference. The recent Queensland floods highlight the importance of local food sources. The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that extreme weather events will only increase in…
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How our productive Brisbane garden started and how it has progressed
Our experimental garden is located about 27 km west of Brisbane’s CBD. The original 2-acre block contained a house, a fence, degraded waterway and lots of weeds. The property has since been transformed into a house and garden that generates abundant fresh produce, uses efficient water management (including rainwater, stormwater and greywater), runs using solar…
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What Do We Grow?
Thank you for all of the lovely comments so far. Many of you have asked for a list of plants we grow. We have a very diverse garden. The garden is a testing site for plants. So far we have evaluated about 500 different edible species. Of those 500 about 200 turned out to be…
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From Little Things, Big Things Grow…
It is really nice to look back at old pictures occasionally and realise that all of those little steps we put in months ago are coming to fruition! Such a wonderful feeling. It’s the middle of winter and the fruit trees are all in and establishing their roots for Spring. And here is the grassy…
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Autumn: What to plant
Autumn and winter are excellent times of year to get fruit trees in the ground. That way, they can establish their root systems over winter and be ready to put on a growth spurt come Spring. Autumn is also a great time to plant the following: * Kohlrabi * Garlic * Beans * Tamarillo *…
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Where to Start?
Anyone struggling with plant success might like to try the following: 1. Look to Asian, Indian, Mediterranean and New Guinea crops instead of the traditional European crops. Smart plant selection saves so much time and effort. 2. Build by building up your soil. Australian soils are some of the oldest in the world. Most are…
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Community Plants
Our goal is to make awesome (and resilient) edible plants easily available to the general community. We can help you source edible perennial greens, herbs, fruit trees and plenty of native edibles too. To arrange a tray of plants (see list below), please contact us at BrisbaneEdibleGardening@gmail.com. Available Trays Edible Perennial Vegetables and Herbs Native…
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Samford Bee Home
Native bees are wonderful pollinators. Most native Australian bees are solitary animals that you can easily attract to your garden by hanging up native bee hotels. For those of you who liked the native bee home that Brisbane Edible Gardening made with the kids at the opening of the Samford Community Garden yesterday, here are…
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Lawns
Lawns – every thought about why they are so ubiquitous in the suburban landscape? Historically people had to grow food on their land but in the 16th Century the wealthy began to grow lawns (of grass or low herbs) as a status symbol. Basically saying “Look how rich we are, we can afford to grow…
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