Megan Backhouse
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- Aug 13, 2026
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How fallen leaves and palm fronds are shaping the future of Australian design (opens the original)
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Dead autumn leaves have begun their great disappearing act. Even if the rot isn’t yet sinking in, they have already turned into the perfectly padded homes of moths, spiders and beetles. They are being worked into the soil by worms and sprawled upon by fungal threads. Microbes are starting to make a meal of them. Within months, they will be unrecognisable. The remnants of these fallen leaves will be loosening and aerating soil and making plant roots breathe easier. As a lesson in reusing what you
Five ways to keep your garden interesting through winter (opens the original)
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Now that winter has stripped much of the foliage and fluffiness out of our gardens, some of us are in for a rude surprise. Without the bounteous growth of spring and summer, all the most uninspiring parts of our patch take centre stage. This can be a season of yawning gaps and dark corners. Winter gardens are often lauded for revealing their bare bones, for making their underlying framework plain to see. But, sometimes, not much of a framework comes to the fore. While paths, pergolas and other b
How to fill your house with cut flowers all year, including winter (opens the original)
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One of the best things about camellias is just how good their flowers look fallen on the ground. Entirely intact with not a petal out of place, these dropped blooms are as fat and frothy as the ones strewn over the tree. Look around now, and you can see plush camellia carpets building up all over town. Flowers have never had to be attached to a plant to look good. Their beauty and radiance lives on even when they are no longer actually growing. That’s why cut flowers are so enchanting. Their hea
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