Guide to Growing Herbs on Your Windowsill Hands up the number of times have you bought fresh herbs for cooking or cocktail-making only to find them wilted and mouldy at the back of the fridge a few weeks later?  Growing herbs on your kitchen windowsill is a lovely way to bring a taste of sunshine to your table all year round. Whether you’re growing herbs from seed or have store-bought potted herbs, the decorative herb pots from Burgon & Ball add a touch of class to your windowsill.  Here’s a guide to creating and caring for your indoor herb garden. Choosing your herbs T ..read more

Make your Mum’s day with the best gardening gifts Mother’s Day falls on 12 May this year – so now is the time to get organised. If you have a green-thumb of a mum to buy for, or if you would like to drop some hints on what you might like, here’s our pick of gardening gifts for Mother’s Day. The Totally Radishing Garden Tool Shed Now, if your mum loves to capture the romance of pottering in the garden and have the tools to match, you will be spoilt for choice with our Sophie Conran for Burgon & Ball collection and the elegant Burgon & Ball RHS Floral Collection ..read more

Eco Friendly Changes To Implement in your home As time goes on, it becomes more and more important to develop an environmentally friendly conscious lifestyle if we want to preserve our beautiful planet.  Choosing to live an eco-friendly lifestyle not only benefits the environment, but also has numerous personal benefits.  From saving money on energy bills to improving air quality and reducing waste, going green is a win-win for everyone.  They say change only happens on a large scale, but we prefer to think that no change is too small, and that there are some little th ..read more

Late Autumn is the perfect time to get on top of your garden jobs and plant an array of vegies and herbs Here’s some ideas on what to plant now in the garden this month What to plant now in Australia? Check out our regional zone planting guide. Find which zone you are in on the map. Source: Gardening Australia Magazine SHOP ORGANIC SEEDS Tropical (North Qld, NT & WA) FRUIT & VEGETABLES: asian greens, beans (french and climbing), beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, endive,  garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce,  peas, radish, rocket, silverbe ..read more

The pH level of your soil is crucial to nutrient uptake and healthy plants.  Get it wrong and your plants will suffer and all your hard work will go to waste.  Here’s how you can make sure you get it right. Why do I need to know my soil’s pH level? To ensure you get maximum yield from your plants, test your soil before you plant anything – that includes existing soil and any soil that you are bringing into the garden. What is pH? If you’re like me and my chemistry classes are a distant blur, here’s a reminder the importance of pH levels: The term “pH” is an abbreviation for “power ..read more

Does this sound familiar to you: “I fought the lawn and the lawn won?” If your lawn looking a bit worse for wear after a busy summer of entertaining and constant mowing, fear not – we’ve got you covered! As we transition into autumn, it’s the perfect time to give your lawn a little bit of TLC needs to thrive. Let’s dive into the essential tasks to tackle for maintaining optimal lawn health during this season. 7 Essential Lawn Care Jobs To Do In Autumn Scarify: No, it’s not an Al Pacino movie from the 1980’s, scarifying is simply removing the layer of dead grass, roots and debris (thatch) from ..read more

Taking good care of your garden means keeping your property green and beautiful. But if you don’t have the right set of tools for it, you may not do the maintenance the right way. So, make sure to get the right gardening tools on board before getting started with the work. One of the most important tools that you shouldn’t miss out on is the secateurs. Without them, your set of tools is incomplete. In fact, this is the first thing that you should consider bringing on board to get ready for gardening. However, to get the best garden secateurs in Adelaide, you have to be smart. On the contrary ..read more

If you’ve visited our website recently, you may have noticed a range of Japanese gardening tools: Asano. Made in Japan in the Niigata Prefecture area (famous for its metalwork), we have a new brand Asano with a great range of Japanese Gardening Tools.  We have put together this guide to tell you a little bit more about their origin and the tools. Who are Asano Tools? Founded in 1950 in the Japanese Tsubame-Sanjo area of Niigata Prefecture (famous for its metalwork) by Teisuke Asano, the son of a farmer. Teisuke married Sakae, the daughter of Tokyo manufacturer and Asano Mokkousho was born ..read more

If you’ve visited our website recently, you may have noticed a range of Japanese gardening tools: Asano. Made in Japan in the Niigata Prefecture area (famous for its metalwork), we have a new brand Asano with a great range of Japanese Gardening Tools.  We have put together this guide to tell you a little bit more about their origin and the tools. Who are Asano Tools? Founded in 1950 in the Japanese Tsubame-Sanjo area of Niigata Prefecture (famous for its metalwork) by Teisuke Asano, the son of a farmer. Teisuke married Sakae, the daughter of Tokyo manufacturer and Asano Mokkousho was born ..read more

Did you know there are benefits of indoor plants? Indoor plants have become increasingly popular in the past few years, and for good reason! The benefits are endless, and in a time when we’re spending more time indoors, bringing the outside in is super important. Benefits Of Indoor Plants The benefits of indoor gardening really are endless. Check out these cool facts on the benefits of indoor gardening: They remove air pollution and allergens. By removing volatile compounds, like carbon dioxide, indoor plants help to purify the air through photosynthesis. This is done by capturing the ligh ..read more