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Garden Angels is a brand new 12-part practical gardening series. Presented by three well known and eminently qualified horticulturalists Melissa King (Battle Fronts and Gardening Australia), Jody Rigby (Backyard Blitz and The Outdoor Room) and Linda Ross (Better Homes and Gardens and radio show, The Garden Clinic) our Garden Angels will help you bring the confidence you feel inside your home… out into the garden. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or simply want ideas and inspiration this brand new series will show you how to get out into your garden, get your hands dirty and start growing. It will be the complete garden guide – taking you through everything that needs to be done in the garden, no matter what part of Australia your in.
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Hey Garden Angels! :) My name is Lauren Brown, I live in Adelaide I'm only 13 years old and i'd love to surprise my parents with a garden makeover. They have been working on it for quite awhile and it seems to be getting nowhere we need some creative and fresh ideas coming in so I'm here to wonder if you girls could help me out! I'm hoping to have a party for my up coming birthday but I'm a little ashamed of our garden right now. Every time we get a job done another pops up. It would mean so much to them if you could come and so much to me because it would put such a big smile on my parents faces and defiantly help out a lot with the stress. cheers.
wanting to sell my mum's home on the Muray River and move her down to Melbourne. House has been for sale for 6 months without an offer. It's a little tired like me ... any shows interested in doing some renovating?
Hi there Our names are Scott and Sharon Kneen and we’ve recently purchased a small 60 place child care centre, which desperately needs a playground makeover. Thankfully, it is a beautiful, natural playground, however it is a little bit “too natural” and needs some work. As this is our first centre we are on a very tight budget, but we desperately want to improve this playground for the gorgeous children in our centre. Is there any chance you would do a "natural playground makeover" on your show? We are in Karana Downs in Queensland, not too far from Ipswich. Thanks heaps Scott and Sharon
I just wanted you to know that Melissa King on your show has a twin on this current series of The Farmer Wants a Wife. Melia the Wine maker from Western Australia. Her mannerisms are so similar...even there mouths are very similar when they talk. I just thought it was interesting. I thought it was the same [person to be honest when I saw the add for Garden Angels the other day. Jenny Martin from the Gold Coast.,
Dear Jason
I am writing to you in a state of desperation and in need of some advice. We have a 35m Norfolk Pine Tree in our back yard. It is the most beautiful tree which is home to many native birds. It provides our garden with shade for most of the day, which makes it hard to grow plants, however, we have put pine bark mulch under the canopy and it provides a fantastic play area for our two small children who have all their play equipment under it and can play year round. Even in the heat of the day it is still cool enough for the kids to play outside, and their favourite time is when it is raining they play under the tree and don’t get wet. The tree has become a pivotal part of our life with fairy lights decorating it at Christmas and being able to host many children’s parties in the shade.
Early November I noticed the tip of the tree has turned brown and over the following weeks the branches below the tip have been dying rapidly. I have had an arborist come out and he has confirmed the worse case scenario. Our beautiful tree has Botryosphaeria – trunk canker disease, as you are probably aware there is little we can do to save our tree. The arborist has said it will be a rapid decline of the tree and we need to look at removal fairly quickly. Initial quotes have come in around the $10 000 mark, which is going to cripple us over the Christmas period. However worse than the financial situation, we are not plant savvy and will shortly be left with a baron garden with no shade as we enter the hottest months. I have also read on the net that this disease can in some cases damage the surrounding soil.
We really want to replant shade tree / trees in the area but don’t know where to start, or what trees would be most suitable. We have no idea about garden design, our yard is unusually large on 3 levels and could be a fantastic space but with out our tree we are at a loss – and totally depressed.
If you could provide any support, guidance or advice we would be eternally grateful.
Kindest Regards
Trudy
Hi my name is Staci and im from Wollongong NSW. I am writing to you as a gesture to one of the most lovely ladies I have ever and will ever meet. I am not sure if you do these kinds of things but thought it was worth a try. Where to begin with this lady......Her name is Karen she is 50+ years old and is having a real rough time of late. Me and my partner met her 13 years ago as she was his Yr 12 HSC teacher at Wollongong TAFE . She helped him through as he struggled with reading and she noticed signs of dislexia. She took him under her wing as she has done with hundreds of other kids and he got through TAFE and she encouraged him and helped him through 4 years of Uni, he is now working for the Navy. She had fostered many children a couple of them permanently, along with her husband Richard and also cared for his elderly mother Gladys. She works tirelessly with struggling children and even invited them into her home for out of school help. She taught me at TAFE aswell as many of my friends and is ALWAYS willing to help. Long story short- she is incredibly generous. A few years back her Husband( who was her childhood sweetheart) got ill- and was eventually diagnosed with Parkinsons and after a Long, painful, fight he died in March last year. She cared for him right up until it became absolutely impossible and he bacame a danger. She was heartbroken but put on a brave face and still spent her mourning helping others with whatever they needed. Quick after her husbands death she lost her father aswell. She was still caring for her 90+ mother in law up until recently when her sister in law took her and put her in a nursing home 3 hours away out of spite and want for financial control of gladys. She is completely crushed as this year she will celebrate chrissy without her husband father and mother in law. Her mother is now poorly and she is spending all her time caring for her. She seems to be getting quite ill herself but is still trying to care for others. She is struggling to keep her house and garden in order and I really would like to help. She does sooo much for others i would love to be able to repay her in some small way. I know reading this she may not seem a likely candidate but words fail to describe precisely how wonderful of a woman she is and how much she deserves something good to happen to her. Her home is full of wacky wonderful things from years and years of collecting. I can recall may OLD signs from shops, 50's advertisements, paintings, war artifacts and collectibles, old memorabilia it really is something to be seen. You could spend a good few hours looking at all the history collected there. We discussed all the things we could do. Holiday, money, pamper, but none of those things are fitting for her. She is too selfless to accept things like that. However someone to come and revamp her garden and freshen her house while still keeping all the important memories of Richard and her dad and their long colourful life together I thought would be welcomed. i hope i have not rambled on too much but its so hard to convey how much i really think she deserved this. Thankyou and I hope to hear from you. Regards Staci Talbot
Does anyone remember where the herb/plant ladder can be purchased from? It was featured on one of the earlier shows.
Are there plans for another season? Keep the veggies coming through the seasons ladies. Please!
Simple and refreshing...keep it coming !
oh my god, what a load of .... how about some substance, sex doesn't sell gardening, what a load of absolute ...!
Robert Prince
II think u three girls are doing a wonderful job.Keep it up.From Corine. My email address is cfelsinger@aapt.net.au
Love the new show girls - thankyou