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Gardening Australia celebrates its 25th birthday with a very special episode. All the presenters come together at Ripponlea Estate in Melbourne to share their experiences and memories of the program while we delve into the rich Gardening Australia archives to showcase the sweep of the show over 25 years.
Organics: Costa, Josh and Jerry talk about the show's backbone.
Beautiful Gardens: Clarence, Sophie and John talk about what it means to visit people's homes.
Peter Cundall: Peter talks about his experiences on the programme.
Philosophy: Jane, John and Jerry talk about the functions of Gardening Australia.
Practicality: Sophie, Tino and Angus discuss the show’s commitment to giving good advice.
Autumn Jobs: Josh gets stuck into some timely autumn maintenance.
Sydney Tomato Festival: Costa is at the Sydney Tomato Festival to get some growing, cooking and preserving tips.
After the Heat: Sophie takes stock of the garden after summer's record-breaking heatwave, replanting where plants haven't coped.
The Patch: Tino shows us the renovated Patch at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hobart, before he gets to work.
Growing Natives in Pots: Jane meets an expert native plant grower to have a look at some natives well-suited to growing in pots.
Battling Battens: Josh meets a gardener whose garden not only gives her enormous joy; it's also raised thousands for a charity close to her heart.
Picking Tough Plants: Sophie showcases some new plant varieties bred for improved resistance to pests and diseases.
Fruit of his Labour: Josh plants a selection of dwarf fruit trees to get the best out of small spaces.
On the Move: Costa enlists the help of an expert to split his native beehive so he can give half to his local primary school.
Coming Up Roses: Jerry meets a character on the Darling Downs whose enthusiasm for roses is infectious.
The Patch: Tino is improving the soil at The Patch and showing the best crops to plant when starting a new vegetable garden.
Food for the Soil: Jerry is talking dung, looking at a range of weird and wonderful manures to keep his soil fed and thriving.
Transplanting Tips: Angus shares a number of great tips to help give transplanted plants every chance of survival.
A Meadow in the City: Jane discovers a flower meadow in the heart of Melbourne growing a range of flowering annuals for diversity and insect habitat.
Autumn Jobs: Tino gets stuck into some autumn tasks around the perennial borders at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Hobart.
"A Mongrel Garden": John visits the stunning garden of innovative garden designer, Rick Eckersley, to discuss his design principles and explore his bold use of plants.
Little Inventions: Jerry drops in on an old gardening friend to see his latest methods for growing a variety of produce.
The Bamboo Man: Josh visits a gardener in Albany in W.A. whose collection of bamboo is vast. He finds out how to grow, maintain and keep control of it.
The Garden Tower: Costa discovers a stunning, botanically-rich garden designed around a high rise apartment block on Sydney Harbour.
Aussie Stunners: Jane meets a native plant grower to find out about some proven performers and how to grow them.
Every Component Counts: Josh visits the home garden of designer Janine Mendel, whose series of courtyards shows how to get a lot out of a series of small spaces.
The Patch: Not everyone has a six-bed vegetable garden, so Tino discusses the principles of single bed planting.
Cultivating Peace: Jane explores a stunning, tranquil garden planted and cared for by a Buddhist order of monks.
Potted Delights: Sophie shows how to grow small bulbs in pots for some indoor colour and fragrance in spring.
Meet the Family: Angus visits the Sydney Botanic Gardens for a snapshot into the world of the stunning and vast species that make up the Solanaceae - the potato family
Autumn Jobs: Josh gets busy with some autumn jobs to keep his garden looking good after the long, hot summer.
Grow Local, Eat Fresh: Sophie visits a cafe owner who grows her own organic fruit and vegetables at home using some techniques inspired by nature.
Growing Abilities: Costa drops into a production nursery growing plants as well as the skills of people with disabilities.
Autumn in the Subtropics: Autumn signals a slowing of pace in Jerry's garden, so he's planting tomatoes, protecting beneficials and dealing with insect pests.
Southern Exposure: John visits a garden designer who has created a beautiful home garden with a mixture of native and exotic plants, which thrive in the challenging conditions.
A Reconstructed Garden: Costa visits an ex-GA presenter to see his latest project; an arts centre and surrounding garden built entirely of recycled materials.
The Patch: Tino is completing the first crop rotation at The Patch by planting legume and brassica in the last two beds.
Self-Sown Colour: Sophie looks at some self-seeding annuals for low-maintenance, reliable colour in both the flower and vegetable gardens.
Backyard Bananas: Jerry talks about some of the banana varieties available to home gardeners, how to grow them and finds out about some diseases to watch out for.
Finding the Balance: John talks with award-winning garden designer Paul Bangay about his approach to design and how it has evolved over his 20-year career.
Making an Entrance: Sophie plants out her driveway avenue with native trees and talks about the dos and don'ts of establishing one successfully.
A Coop on the Cheap: Jerry drops in on his old friend Roman Spur to see some of his latest inventions for the chicken run.
After the Fires: Angus visits a botanist whose garden is recovering after being devastated by the 2013 Blue Mountains bushfires.
Perpetual Parsley: Josh talks about parsley and how to encourage its self-seeding habit for a year-round supply.
The Patch: Tino unveils The Patch's new three bay compost system, and shows how to build a successful heap.
Revered Beauties: John discovers a spectacular water lily and lotus garden and finds out about some varieties and how to grow them.
A New Botanic Garden: Costa visits Jane in Melbourne who shows him around a project close to her heart - one of the country's newest botanic gardens, in Melton in Melbourne's west.
Building a Wicking Bed: Sophie shows how easy it is to build an instant, water-efficient garden bed out of easy to come-by materials.
Hungry Citrus: Josh shares some tips on feeding the soil to keep citrus thriving all year round.
Farming Fungi: Tino visits the University of Tasmania to find out about the latest research into fungi and bacteria and its potential uses in the garden.
A Succulent Obsession: Josh drops by a neighbour's place to explore her collection of succulents and gets some tips on how to grow them.
Peng's World: Jane visits an aquaponics gardener who has built his huge set-up from the ground up and who has some ingenious growing methods and ideas.
The Power of Pruning: Tino explains how to get the most out of trees and shrubs by following some easy to follow principles of pruning.
Planting Winter Vegies: Josh shows how to prepare garden beds for a bumper winter crop and plants out some productive, seasonal vegetables.
The Real McCoy: John continues his series profiling Australia's leading landscape designers and meets with Michael McCoy in one of his colourful, plant-driven country garden designs.
Growing More than Plants: Costa drops in on the Wayside Chapel to explore their extensive roof garden and find out how it helps their community work.
Producing More Plants: Jerry shows how to successfully propagate a few of his favourite and highly productive subtropical vegetables.
Growing Habitat: Angus gives some pointers to a gardener who is creating a range of habitats to attract local animals into her urban garden.
Prune and Propagate: Josh explains that the time for pruning perennials is also a great time to propagate, and shows how simple it is combine the two.
The Patch: Tino shows how to get tender plants through the winter for a head start on spring.
A Cornucopia of Colour: Jane explores Frogmore Gardens near Trentham, home to one of country Victoria's most exciting and colourful gardens.
Time for Change: Jerry's making some much needed changes in his garden, removing trees while planting and propagating others.
Winter Work: Winter is a colourful time in native gardens and Jane is getting stuck into some essential winter maintenance to keep plants thriving.
An Australian Dream: Angus explores a gorgeous cliff top garden on Sydney's northern beaches with a view as iconic as the native plants growing in it.
True Blue: Sophie profiles a useful genus of plants to provide a burst of blue as the weather cools down - Ceratostigma.
A Paradise by the Sea: Tino visits a coastal gardener who has harnessed the sea's bounty to create a thriving and colourful cottage garden.
An Aussie Icon: Costa finds out all about the history of one of Australia's oldest and most famous horticultural exports - the Granny Smith apple.
A Flying Start: Sophie drops in on a friend whose garden is well advanced for its young age, and gets some tips on how he's done it.
The Patch: Tino looks at what's done well in the new patch, and shows how to turn failures into opportunities for more planting.
A Mountain of Pleasure: Jane is in the Dandenong Ranges visiting a large garden that's filled with colourful treasures around every corner.
From the Archives - A Master Gardener: Josh introduces one of his favourite stories from the GA archives involving a productive garden, a cheeky local and an even cheekier nickname.
Growing a Village: Jane explores a garden started and run by an African migrant to benefit other new Australians by helping them engage with their new community.
Potting Up Plants: Angus goes back to school to demonstrate some of the basics of potting up plants to give them the best chance of success.
Veteran Trees: Jerry and an arborist look at some spectacular old trees and demonstrate some techniques for how to manage them in their old age.
Filling the Gaps: Josh is showing how to take advantage of tricky spots in the garden with a range of herbs for every situation.
'Bolobek': John visits one of the most visited private gardens in Australia, Bolobek, in the foothills of Mount Macedon.
The Family Farm: Tino visits a family of market gardeners outside Hobart who grow unusual varieties of vegies.
Mermaid Pool: Costa finds out about a group of local residents who came together to clean up and revegetate a historic local waterway behind Manly Beach in Sydney.
The Old-Fashioned Way: Jerry shows some of his favourite old-fashioned gardening techniques, and talks about some plants that have stood the test of time.
Weaving the Garden: Sophie meets a local gardener who grows plants for material for weaving, furniture, fences and baskets.
The Biggest Room: Josh visits fellow eco-friendly gardener, Chris Ferreira, to explore his 50s house and garden that is retrofitted for sustainable living.
The People's Park: Costa gets some ideas in Fagan Park, a large park filled with examples of many different garden styles in Sydney's northwest.
The Patch - Perennial Vegetables: Tino is shows how to grow a range of perennial vegetables that will keep on giving for years to come.
A Lifetime of Growing: Jane visits her home town of Mildura to meet a gardener whose award-winning passion for everything horticultural is reflected in her sprawling country garden.
Native Groundcovers: Josh profiles some WA groundcovers that are both beautiful and adaptable to a wide range of conditions.
A Garden for Play: We pay tribute to the late, great Colin Campbell by revisiting one of his favourite stories from the Gardening Australia archives.
Dividing Dahlias: Jane shows how to give dahlias all the winter care they need, including lifting, dividing, storing and propagating.
Calling All Gardeners: Jerry finds out what it takes to get a garden into the Open Gardens Australia calendar by talking to Queensland selector, Di McCrae.
Designing with Pots: John plants up some pleasing pots for both sunny and shaded areas and outlines the design ideas behind them.
Sumptuous Strawberries: For sumptuous summer strawberries now is the time to plant, and Sophie's got all the tips to make sure they thrive.
"My Garden is Everything": Tino visits a stunning garden whose owner loves flowers of all colours, shapes and sizes.
The Patch Overview: Costa visits Tino to have a look at the recently renovated Patch to find out how it's going.
Planting Roses: Sophie plants some of her favourite climbing, shrub and miniature bare rooted roses for colour and fragrance.
Horticultural Legends: We continue to celebrate 25 years on air as Jane introduces one of her favourite stories from the GA archives.
The Patch: Costa and Tino talk about the do's and don'ts of repotting and caring for large fruit trees in containers.
Old Friends: Josh visits an old friend who is working with nature to create a large productive garden that's also low on maintenance.
Diversity in the Desert: Sophie visits the Desert Park in Alice Springs to see some of the plants that thrive in the continent's harsh interior.
The Patch: Tino gives some tips on planting and training caneberries for an abundant and easy summer harvest.
Desert Culture: Costa looks at some plants in the Desert Park that are significant to local aboriginal people.
Feeding the Soil: Josh shows how he keeps his plants thriving with the right nutrition.
Winter Climbers: John profiles a couple of his favourite climbing plants for winter colour.
Tropical Delights: Jerry visits a gardener growing a huge range of exotic tropical fruit in his luscious mountain garden.
Shade Lovers: John highlights some plants that will brighten up the darkest corners of the garden with flowers and foliage.
Seeds for the Future: Jerry visits Jude and Michel Fanton, founders of the Seed Savers Network, to find out why saving seed is vital.
Productive Climbers: Tino is using the vertical space in his garden to plant productive climbers, including passionfruit, kiwifruit and hops.
The Good Oil: Josh shows how to use horticultural oils to effectively deal with insect pests while sparing the beneficials.
'Anlaby': Sophie visits a grand property in the Barossa Valley with a long and colourful history, and sees how the gardens are being re-established by its current owners.
The Patch - Sowing Seedlings: Tino is sowing the first of The Patch's seeds for spring and gives some tips on how to grow strong, healthy seedlings.
Roll out the Barrels: Costa finds out about a project in Alice Springs that's providing self-contained and self-watering garden beds to the community.
25 Years - Cloudehill: John revisits one of his favourite stories from the rich GA archives, when he visited Cloudehill in the Dandenong Ranges in 2006.
Divide and Multiply: Josh shows how easy it is to get more plants for free by dividing rhizomatous perennials.
Winter Colour: Sophie profiles some of her favourite plants for winter colour and fragrance.
'Kumbartcho': Jerry visits a community nursery that grows unusual and rare dry rainforest plants that are indigenous to Southeast Queensland.
Late Winter Work: With a week to go before the start of spring, Jane gets into some last-minute winter maintenance to keep flowering perennials thriving.
A Blanc Canvas: John chats to Patrick Blanc, world-renowned designer and inventor of vertical gardens, about his latest project in Sydney.
A Miniature Orchard: Costa visits a suburban gardener who demonstrates that a limited space and lack of soil is no barrier to growing a large variety of fruit trees.
Heading Indoors: Josh shows how to choose appropriate plants for varying levels of indoor light and how to care for them.
Think Local: Sophie visits a botanic garden in Quorn in the Flinders Ranges that is successfully trialling local plants for their suitability for home gardens.
Driveway Design: Sophie plants out her driveway with local species to provide habitat and food for birds, lizards and butterflies.
James Street Reserve: Costa explores a thriving community garden in the heart of Sydney whose members are getting a lot out of a challenging space.
Cactus Merv: Jerry visits a cacti and succulent collector par excellence outside Brisbane, and gets some tips on growing them in pots.
Making Art: Josh drops in on a couple whose garden is also their working studio and source of rest as well as inspiration.
Citrus Care: Jerry gives some tips to keep citrus well-fed and thriving.
The Patch – Spring Vegies: Tino plants out some spring root vegetables and experiments with spuds.
New Opportunities: Josh turns the loss of some plants on his verge into an opportunity to trial some tough natives.
25 Years of Landcare: Costa celebrates the 25th anniversary of Landcare Australia by talking about its founding principles with Bob Hawke, who launched it in 1989.
A Simple Hothouse: Sophie shows how to build a self-watering propagation house that's perfect for home-grown seedlings and cuttings.
Perfect Plants for Pots: Jerry shows some of his favourite bomb-proof plants for pots and how to care for them.
The Grassroots: Costa helps out a local Bushcare group to find out how thousands of others like it are helping to restore local bushland.
Caterpillar Control: Sophie shares some strategies on dealing with one of the gardener's greatest adversaries - the cabbage white butterfly.
A Spring Delight: Tino visits a delightful garden with a huge collection of rhododendrons as well as rare and colourful surprises around every corner.
Tool Maintenance: Tino shows how to maintain some common garden tools to ensure they last a lifetime.
An Oasis in the Sky: Costa explores a low maintenance rooftop garden that combines clever design with a stunning array of tough plants.
Tom and Lorna's Garden: Sophie introduces one her most memorable stories from the archives, about a couple whose garden has grown with them over decades.
Spring Propagation: Angus demonstrates some methods for propagating native plants, including striking cuttings and breaking seed dormancy.
A Colourful Transformation: Josh visits a design duo that has turned a drab suburban block into a vibrant place for entertaining.
Filling the Fenceline: Josh gets stuck into filling some gaps along his driveway with fruit trees and unusual productive shrubs.
Tips for Trees: John meets up with an arborist to show how to give young trees the best chance in gardens, including how to correct some common problems.
Spring Colour: Sophie looks at some of her favourite bulbs and corms for spring colour.
Pruning Grevilleas: Angus shows how to correctly prune a variety of grevilleas, including groundcovers, shrubs and trees.
Di's Garden: Jerry explores Di McCrae's garden in country Queensland and finds some rare beauties perfectly suited to the challenging climate.
A Labour of Love: Sophie visits a date farm outside Alice Springs to discover how this exotic crop is successfully grown in our arid interior.
Peg's Passion: Costa meets a gardener whose ethos of waste as a resource is exemplified in her eclectic garden, which is packed with ideas to inspire everyone.
The Patch - Lean Times: Tino makes the most of what can be a lean time in the garden, sharing some tips to extend the harvest until spring's bounty arrives.
Booderee Botanic Gardens: Clarence visits Australia's only indigenous-owned and managed botanic garden and national park on New South Wales' south coast.
Trees of Life: Jane meets a bonsai grower with a stunning collection of trees that not only look beautiful, but which tell a story as well.
Moving On: Josh helps out a special lady in his life who is moving house and garden after 60 years.
A Worker's Retreat: John discovers an indoor garden that has turned a dead space into a verdant retreat for workers.
Dryland Vegies: Costa visits market gardeners in Sydney's west who grow a huge variety of crops on natural rainfall alone.
Enticing the Insects: Sophie uses a range of plants that insects find irresistible and shows how to build habitat to encourage them to hang around.
A Gold Coast Attraction: Jerry explores the Gold Coast Botanic Garden and finds some rare local natives that make great garden plants.
A Thriving Patch: Tino explores how The Patch has grown from a humble vegetable garden into a thriving hub of community connection and health.
A Solution to Stress: Angus discovers a couple who relieve workplace stress by getting them out of their home office and into the garden.
Birdwing Butterfly: Jerry explains how gardeners can help save an endangered butterfly by planting a beautiful native climber.
A Spectacular Show: Josh explores one of the best natural wildflower displays WA has seen in years, with stunning massed-carpets of colour and some unusual species.
Building a Future: Jane visits Karen refuges who tend the garden at Werribee Mansion in Victoria to find out how it helps with their mental and cultural wellbeing.
Manure Matters: Tino explains the differences between manures and how they're best used around the vegetable garden.
Taking in the View: Costa visits a garden designed to take advantage of a magnificent view of Sydney's Pittwater region.
Peas and Yams: Jerry harvests crops and plants some productive spring perennials, including cocoyams and pigeon peas.
Flowering Hedges: Sophie profiles some of her favourite plants for flowering hedges.
A Drop of the Good Stuff: Angus discovers a cut flower grower who has increased the health and vigour of his crops using worm juice.
A Compulsive Collector: Jane visits a former Gardener of the Year to see his newest garden, which is looking great after only three years.
Prince Alfred Park: Costa visits Prince Alfred Park to explore how a new design has improved the beauty and value of this historic urban hub.
Friends and Foes: Jerry talks to an entomologist to find out how to distinguish between good and bad caterpillars and learns some strategies to keep on top of the pests.
Crazy for Tomatoes: Josh is planting heaps of tomatoes in pots and in his garden, giving tips for a bumper summer harvest.
A New Lease on Life: Jane visits a heritage conservatory in a public park that's home to a vast collection of stunning species orchids.
Gardening on the Edge: Sophie visits an artist on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia to have a look around her colourful garden, which is thriving in the tough conditions.
The Flying Doctors: Sophie discovers how soil fungus is being used to combat a disease in cherries, and how the delivery method being used is creating quite a buzz.
Adding Calcium: Tino explains how limes and gypsum correct nutrient deficiencies.
Two Paths: Costa visits the Hawkesbury in Sydney's west to see how land use in the region has changed over the years.
A Grand System: Angus visits a pair of farmers in country NSW who are using a large-scale composting system to increase the health of their soil and crops.
Rock Minerals: Josh explains exactly what rock minerals are, how to use them and why they're great for the garden.
Chasing Orchids: Clarence meets up with a native orchid hunter for find out how these unique Australian plants have adapted to grow both in and out of our poor soils.
Playing Tricks: Jane visits a production nursery to find out how light is manipulated to get plants flowering out of season.
Give Them Shelter: Josh explains how too much light can be bad for productive plants, and shows some strategies to protect them.
Shady Plants: Tino shows some of his favourite plants for shady spots and explains how to choose plants for different levels of shade.
Look to the Leaf: Sophie teams up with a plant professor to take a closer look at how plants have adapted their leaves to cope with hot, dry conditions.
Greening the Leaves: Jerry explains the differences between magnesium and iron deficiencies and how to correct them.
Light and Shade: Costa visits a heritage property where every spot in the garden has been skilfully utilised, from deepest shade to the brightest aspect.
Pruning for Light: Tino explains how letting more light into fruiting trees will increase yields, and shows how to prune for it.
Coolibah Swamp: Costa visits a group in Alice Springs who are restoring the health of a local waterway that's a central part of the town's culture.
Water Plants: Josh shows how to build a containerised water garden that's not only productive but is a habitat for frogs, fish and insects as well.
Blending In: Jane explores the largest green roof in the southern hemisphere, at the Victorian desalination plant.
Master Grafter: Jerry visits a grower to find out how grafting is used to create prolific fruit trees.
A Touch of Green: Tino finds out how Australian scientists at Casey Station in Antarctica grow a variety of fresh produce all year round.
Gardener of the Year: Costa visits the 2014 Gardener of the Year and explores her garden
Banking Our Future: Angus explores how the Australian Plant Bank at Mt Annan is ensuring our unique flora's future
The Perfect Fit: John profiles a garden that shows how microclimates can be used to great effect
A Change of Seasons: Jane chats to Tim Entwisle about rethinking Australia's seasons
