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Tim writes about what's growing, what's arriving, and what you should be doing in your garden right now.
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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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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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Stories from the nursery
Tulip Trees Burst Into Bloom!
24 July 2026
Tim's Magnolia finally bloomed after years of dreaming about it as a kid. His chiropractor Josh nearly kills a Kentia palm with too much love and water. Plus spectacular Pincushion Proteas in colours never seen before, and a rare native tree called "Goodbye Sunshine" that almost nobody in Sydney knows about.
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Have You Seen Danny Deck Chair?
17 July 2026
Tim finally makes it to Bellingen — the town Danny Deckchair put on his bucket list. Markets, a chilli coffee, a giant Camphor Laurel, and a free range rooster walking the main street like it owns it. Then Dorrigo in the freezing cold, saved by his Onkaparinga blanket and a perfect lamb rack.
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Pink Tulip Trees? What Are They?
11 July 2026
Tim tracks down a pair of old concrete pots on Marketplace and remembers John Bandiera - the Italian pot maker from Dural who only started delivering after Tim sent flowers and a love letter to his wife. Plus Magnolias flowering without leaves, "Cousin It" spilling over retaining walls in Gregory Hills, and a Pink Cascade Lillypilly at St Peter's Primary that nobody plants as a tree but should.
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