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gardeningaustraliamag.com.au is the website of ABC Gardening Australia magazine, an Australian gardening publication. It is an editorial and subscription platform rather than a shop or a plant database: it publishes gardening advice, planting guides, plant profiles, garden features and event listings, and it sells magazine subscriptions and back issues. It suits Australian home gardeners looking for climate-aware, locally written guidance, and readers who want to know what is in the current issue before subscribing. If you need a searchable plant encyclopaedia with cultivation data for every species, or a retailer, this is not that.
What the site covers
The navigation and homepage content point to a fairly wide editorial remit:
- Planting guide and garden planner – tools for working out what to plant when, including a planner that builds a planting calendar for your climate zone.
- Plant index – profiles grouped by category: roses, citrus, native plants, edible gardens, groundcovers, shrubs and trees, grasses and strappy-leaf plants, and indoor plants.
- Advice – edible gardening, pruning, composting and mulching, soil, propagating, pests and diseases, lawn care, and supporting wildlife.
- Gardens & people – feature gardens, a "meet the gardener" strand, small gardens, and coverage of MIFGS (the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show).
- Travel, what's on, events, snippets and competitions – a mix of garden-related travel and a diary of things happening around Australia.
- Marketplace – product showcase and buyer's guides.
- Subscribe and back issues – the commercial side of the site.
The editorial angle is Australian and practical. Climate zones, native plants, native bees and attracting birds to a layered garden all appear as recurring themes, which is a useful signal if you garden in Australia and want advice written for local conditions rather than adapted from the northern hemisphere.
How it relates to the TV show
The site sits alongside the Gardening Australia television programme and carries a "TV SHOW" entry in its navigation, so the magazine and the show share a brand and an audience. Treat them as related but separate products: the website is the magazine's home, and the TV link is a pointer to the broadcast side rather than the site's main content.
What you can read without paying
The homepage presents a substantial amount of free editorial — articles on cottage plants, creating a layered garden for birds, native bees, growing correas and grevilleas, and lawn revival — plus a free spring e-book offered as sponsored content. So the site is usable as a reference and inspiration source even if you never subscribe. The paid element is the magazine itself: current issues and back issues, reached through the Subscribe path.
Deciding whether it is worth your time
| If you want… | This site is a good fit | Look elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Australian-specific planting timing | Yes — planner and planting guide | — |
| Plant profiles by category | Yes — plant index | — |
| Practical how-to on soil, pruning, pests, lawns | Yes — advice section | — |
| Inspiration from real Australian gardens | Yes — feature gardens and gardener profiles | — |
| A searchable species database with full cultivation specs | — | Specialist plant databases |
| To buy plants, tools or seeds | — | Retailers; the site's marketplace is showcase and buyer's-guide content |
| Non-Australian climate advice | — | Regional gardening publications |
One practical note: the site's own framing is seasonal and issue-driven, with content tied to the current magazine ("In This Issue", "New issue – on sale now"). If you are following a specific task, start from the planting guide or the advice section rather than the homepage, which rotates with each issue.