From the nursery
Tim's articles
Tim writes about what's growing, what's arriving, and what you should be doing in your garden right now.
Stories from the nursery
Supertunia Jazzberry Is Back!!!
18 September 2026
Tim finds a golden pot in the recycling bin and nearly finds Jesus. A new work experience kid shows up in a Bunnings shirt - accidentally - works hard all day knowing nothing, and books himself in for next Tuesday. Plus the true smell test that proves Tim's manure is the real deal, and Supertunia Jazzberry is back.
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What's growing now
Supertunia Jazzberry Is Back!!!
11 September 2026
Tim's Big Black Passionfruit is back - cutting-grown, no suckering, hundreds of fruit and covers your ugly fence fast. Plus the Italian tomato Tim discovered in Italy 20 years ago, the bulletproof Oriental Pearl shrub landscape designers love, and Supertunia Jazzberry is back in stock - don't panic.
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What's growing now
Spring Is The Best Time To Plant Everything!
4 September 2026
Tim’s spring arrivals are in - fruit fly resistant tomatoes, Dan’s raw local honey straight from the hive, and the May Bush your parents definitely had in the garden. Plus Flowering Plums (not Cherries - Tim knows the difference) and how to properly kill Bindi and Clover without wrecking your lawn.
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Community
Become A Happy Harry!
28 August 2026
Tim chucks a one-man cleanup tantrum on the roads to Campbelltown, spots rubbish, rats, and a waterlogged office chair - and decides someone has to do something. Plus how to kill Bindi and Clover without killing your lawn, why Harry nearly removed a perfectly good tree, and new evergreen Hydrangeas that don’t die in winter.
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Plants we love
Worlds First Double Flowering Lavender!!
21 August 2026
Tim wins the annual biggest-Broccoli competition with a Romanesco so beautiful he feels guilty eating it, and declares the Romans his secret weapon. Plus the world’s first double-flowering Lavenders bred right here in Australia, evergreen Hydrangeas that don’t turn into dead sticks in winter, and a Black Rose succulent growing against a brick wall in Harrington Grove that isn’t a rose at all.
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Plants we love
Hit In The Head By A Chickpea?
14 August 2026
Tim's Blue Eyed Daisies and Lobelia border are doing the heavy lifting for winter colour, and Saied the fussy tiler turns up for an Ivory Curl tree he's been watching grow in Woodbine for months. Plus the biggest homegrown Savoy Cabbage Tim's ever seen, a Cauliflower salad at Mecca Café in Alexandria, and a rogue chickpea that ricocheted off a balustrade and hit a stranger in the back of the head.
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