Gardening

Andrew Laidlaw from the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne demonstrates how to prune perennial ground cover.

Resident gardener, Andrew Laidlaw from The Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, is back on The Shed Online to show us which vegies are best to plant for Autumn.

In the last gardening activity for this series, Andrew demonstrates how to build a pond in your garden to create an attractive focus point.

In this activity, Andrew Laidlaw shows you how good compost can make your garden grow.

Andrew demonstrates pruning techniques for creating lovely foliage in your garden using a Silver-leaved Mountain Gum Eucalyptus.

Andrew Laidlaw, from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, has come back with answers to you gardening questions.

Andrew Laidlaw from the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne is back in the shed demonstrating how to propagate plants.

Andrew Laidlaw takes us through ideas for landscaping your garden (big or small) accompanied by a tour of the spectacular Guilfoyle’s Volcano at Botanical Gardens, Melbourne.

Spring is a great time of year for planting just about anything, including fruit trees. In this activity, Andrew Laidlaw takes us through the steps for planting a fig tree.

Andrew Laidlaw, from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, looks at designing a garden pot full of colour and texture.

Andrew Laidlaw demonstrates more techniques to use when laying out plants in a pot for your balcony or paving area.

Andrew Laidlaw from the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, demonstrates how to plan a new garden.

For some great tips on planning your garden, check out part 2 of our "planting design workshop" activity with Andrew Laidlaw from Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

Andrew Laidlaw, landscape architect for the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, and resident gardening expert on ABC radio, takes us through some great tips for planting rocket and beans.

Now that Spring has sprung... it's a great time to get out in the garden.  Andrew Laidlaw, landscape architect for the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, and resident gardening expert on ABC radio, takes us through some great tips for planting tomatoes, capsicums and sunflowers for your garden.