Handmade crafts

From garden to studio

The ultimate sustainable craft of transforming plant material into fibre art.

A pile of radishes

The radish revolution

A humble root vegetable that asks for nothing yet gives grandly.

A child holding vegetables

The solution under our feet

Sometimes the simplest solutions hide in plain sight. How buried roots and dormant seeds sparked extraordinary landscape and livelihood transformation. 

A pile of eggplants, capsicums and tomatoes

A colourful summer bounty begins in winter

Get a head start on a rainbow harvest of tomatoes, capsicums, chillies and eggplants.

A collection of medicinal herbs

Gardens are the best medicine

Growing medicinal plants for natural remedies supports both our wellbeing and the wider garden itself.

Garlic harvest

From ancient roots to Australian fields

A glimpse into garlic’s ancient past and its modern Australian growers.

Saving allium seeds

Saving heirloom seeds

Preserving flavour, history and diversity in your garden.

Sweet Pea Turquoise Lagoon

Sweet Peas

A history and guide to year-round blooms.

Boneo Primary School's pollinator class at Heronswood

Growing our impact

How philanthropy helps us shape a more sustainable future.

A woman in a green top and blue jeans tends a garden

Seeds to sow this summer

Find the best seeds to plant, based on your location.

A flowering perennial garden

Gardening with AI

Who can we trust and what is the impact of artificial intelligence generated gardening content and automated horticulture? 

JW Grandchildren

Gardening through the ages

Intergenerational garden education passes down plant knowledge, gardening skills and cultural practices to younger generations.

Dirty Hands

Soil is not a dirty word

Understanding the link between fertilisers, microbial activity and the nutrient content of the food we grow.

Dinocampus

Our much-loved garden visitors

Ladybird beetles – the good, the bad and the beautiful!

Alex Miller in Garden

Gardening next door

Don’t have space to garden? Why not explore the opportunities of growing food in a neighbour’s backyard.

MIFGS22

The next chapter for The Diggers Club

Fiona reflects on the Diggers journey - approaching our 50th birthday and beyond.

Hand cupping soil

Restoring our soils

Industrial farming erodes topsoil at alarming rates, relying on chemicals that damage ecosystems and food quality, making the Western diet highly unsustainable. In contrast, regenerative gardening restores soil health, recycles waste, and offers a sustainable, chemical-free solution to growing food.