Organic Gardening

Creating A School Garden: Josh Byrne continues creating the school garden in WA's Swan Valley. It's time to install and plant a raised vegie patch and the students lend a hand. Persimmon: Jane Edmanson profiles the persimmon tree, shows us how to plant and care for the tree and samples its deliciously gooey fruit. Winter Garden Maintenance: Jerry Coleby-Williams gives some tips on how to maintain the garden in winter - even in a drought.Woodgreen Garden: Angus Stewart visits a county style garden at Bilpin, NSW, which is filled with rare and unusual plants.

Taking Cuttings-Propagation-Pruning Roses: Peter Cundall shows how to take rose cuttings, and also demonstrates the pruning techniques needed for healthy roses. Quirky Plants: Jane Edmanson looks at some unusual plants and tells us how to use them in your garden for that wow factor. Dyckias and Hechtias: Leonie Norrington visits a garden in Darwin that is filled with dyckias and hechtias and shows us how to propagate, grow and maintain them. Selecting A Tree: John Patrick explains what to look for when selecting a tree for the garden to help get the right one for the conditions and location.

Cool-Climate Bamboo: John Patrick meets a bamboo specialist to find out which bamboo grows well in cooler climates. Cycads: Sophie Thomson visits the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to look at their vast cycad collection and finds out what's remarkable about these tough plants. Growing Hedges: Meredith Kirton suggests some good hedging plants and explains how to grow the perfect hedge. Meredith talks about how hedges can create space, structure, formality and make a great screen for privacy. George Tindale Memorial Garden: Jane Edmanson visits the beautiful George Tindale Memorial Gardens in Victoria's Sherbrooke forest where she looks at trees and plants that offer winter charm.

Pruning Fruit Trees: Pete demonstrates how to prune neglected fruit trees and checks the trees for diseases and pests including coddling moth and aphids. Clematis: Jane Edmanson talks about the new varieties of large hybrid clematis that will be released in spring 2007, and explains how to grow clematis successfully. Flowering Quinces: Sophie profiles chaenomeles, commonly known as the flowering quince, prized for its wonderful winter flowers borne on bare branches. Gardening With Sabrina Hahn: Josh Byrne visits Sabrina Hahn, ABC Radio Perth's local gardening expert to have a look around her garden. He finds that it's based on permaculture principles with a big focus on native and mediterranean plants.

Grevillea Propagation: Angus Stewart shows us the science behind propagating, and demonstrates some of the tricks of the trade when propagating semi-hardwood cuttings. Advanced Native Trees: John Patrick talks about some of his favourite advanced native trees that provide an instant feature in the garden and explains how to choose the best specimen. Daphne Care: Jane Edmanson tells us about the deliciously scented daphne, how to care for them and how to remedy any that are ailing. Weed Alert-Water Weeds: Jerry Coleby-Williams alerts gardeners to waterweeds - water hyacinth, water lettuce and salvinia � which are considered a major problem for North Australian waterways. An Evolving Garden: Colin Campbell discovers a hillside country garden south of Brisbane, which has been transformed from a banana plantation into a garden that overflows with an impressive plant collection.

Pete's Patch: Peter Cundall is back in the vegie patch planting potatoes. Tropical Waterlilies: Leonie Norrington meets Diane Lucas, a specialist in top end waterlilies in the wild, who shows us that although the waterlily is prized for their beautiful flower, their beauty goes well beneath the surface. Leonie gives us practical tips on how best to grow waterlilies in a garden pond. Dividing Cannas: Colin Campbell demonstrates how to lift and divide cannas, a great way to increase canna stock, and get brilliant results after just a season or two. A Sensory Garden: Jane Edmanson visits a sensory garden at a Rehabilitation Unit to find out about the important role plants can make in a patient's recovery.