Enjoy Your Garden

It is estimated that 25 per cent of household water is used in the garden, which makes the garden a great place to start gradually introducing more water conservation practices.

Gardening is a wonderful pastime that delivers many positive benefits – for you and your home and for our environment.

Before you can enjoy a thriving, water wise garden it’s important to get the basics right. 

We have joined forces with Sustainable Gardening Australia and Brendan Moar, Landscape Architect from the Lifestyle Channel’s Dry Spell Gardening to share with you four easy steps to creating your own water wise garden.

Whether you’re starting from scratch or already have an established garden, we’ve covered everything you need to know - from understanding your soil, to the types of water wise plants to select, to ways you can save water in your garden.

So take a look at our four easy steps to enjoying your garden. Happy gardening!

• How do you make compost?

  1. Place your compost bin or heap on soil, not concrete, so it drains well and the worms and bacteria can enter the bin to decompose the waste.

  2. All compost bins or heaps need a balance of materials that:

  • are high in nitrogen, such as blood and bone or chicken manure
  • contain carbon, such as dried leaves or shredded newspapers
  • contain both carbon and nitrogen, such as kitchen scraps, pea straw and green garden prunings.

  3. To maintain your compost:

  • add water, but only enough so that the contents are moist but not wet
  • regularly turn the compost to add oxygen
  • put it in a sunny place to keep it warm.