GARDENING

Be inspired and feel equipped to become the best plant parent you can be with Style Curator’s gardening advice. Answering all your top plant questions and providing helpful advice, get your garden ready to bloom with all our expert plant care tips.

Style Curator is a leading interiors blog helping 100,000 readers each month to create a home they love. Founded by Interior Design Gina Ciancio, she and her team cover all aspect of the home, including the outdoors. Having had a bit of a black thumb herself, Gina shares her top plant tips that helped her keep her indoor plants and garden alive.

Our most popular gardening articles

Keep on top of your garden with our seasonal gardening guides. We share gardening advice on what you should do in preparation for every single season, including maintenance and what to plant.

Pick up expert tips on how to landscape your garden with our advice articles. Some of the most popular include choosing the right mulch and common landscaping mistakes to avoid. We also have a 5-step guide to choosing the right trees for your gardens.

Explore real gardens with our image round ups including 10 contained, cosy and private gardens. Or explore real gardens from real homes!

Select the best indoor plants to style and care for with our roundups. These include the 5 most popular indoor plants trending at the moment, creating your own tropical jungle with 10 plants that thrive in the home, as well as 12 reasons why you’re killing your indoor plants.

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If we’ve missed anything, let us know! We’d love to help you with your garden and plant choices! Send us an email at hello@stylecurator.com.au and we’ll get working on it asap.

Everything you need to know about keeping a rubber plant alive

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The rubber plant is one of this year's trending indoor plants and overall quite easy to care for — we did after all include...

Guide to keeping a Pilea Peperomiodes alive

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Without a doubt, the latest 'it' plant to take over interiors is the Pilea Peperomiodes! Yet this plant can be so fickle! Gina's lasted...

10 common landscaping mistakes and how to avoid them

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With the warmer months nearly upon us, entertaining outdoors is a common ritual for Aussies. The warm seasons tend to encourage us to change...

7 ways to organise your garden shed #shedspo

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Is it time to dust away the cobwebs and get your garden shed under control? I recently tackled this job and it's made such...

Extend the life of your flowers with these tips!

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We looooove fresh flowers in the home! It's a little luxury in life that we think is more than worth the expense, especially when...

DIY and home decorating ideas for the long weekend

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Long weekends are the perfect time to tick off renovation projects or spruce up a dull pocket of your home. As well as bigger...

Top 10 trending indoor plants and where to use them

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There's no denying the love of indoor plants just keeps gaining momentum! Like fashion though, indoor plants also go through trends. So let's check...

Potted colour: Flowering pot plants for the home

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This article came about thanks to a reader's request (our fave kind of articles to write). She wanted to know the best way to...

What is the best soil for indoor plants?

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Over the years of killing more indoor plants than I care to admit, I've learnt a lot about what NOT to do... And simply...

Patio design ideas

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Are you ready to build your dream patio but need inspiration? Let us help with these patio design ideas to create your ideal outdoor...

What to grow in spring in Australia: Spring planting guide

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With spring in full bloom, it's when our gardens really comes alive. And there are so many delicious fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs to...

A guide to choosing the right shed for your storage needs

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When choosing the right shed, various factors come into play. From size and material to design and functionality, finding the perfect shed necessitates careful...

3 plants you can grow in water: Propagating Swiss cheese plant,...

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If spring has you in the mood to propagate plants, I'm sharing 3 of the easiest plants you can grow in water. These are...

10 contained, cosy and private gardens

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Gardens make houses feel like home — and no matter what size space you have, it is possible to create your own outdoor oasis....

Top 20 hard to kill indoor plants

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Here at Style Curator HQ we love indoor plants... trouble is, we're not that great at keeping them alive! Some of our recent victims include...

What to grow in autumn in Australia: Autumn planting guide

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The transition from summer to autumn is well and truly here. The weather is slowly getting cooler and we're seeing subtle changes in the...

Product review: Hoselink retractable hose reel

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On the search for a new hose? There are plenty of options on the market, all offering different features... and at varying quality standards....

Ideas for a stylish garden upgrade: Design features to elevate your...

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In Australia we're lucky enough to enjoy the outdoors most of the year so even though the weather is cooling off, it's the perfect...

How to make a natural weed killer with just 3 household...

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All this rain lately has been great for the garden... but how about the weed situation?! 🤯 I don't know about you, but...

In the garden: How to start a veggie garden

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Growing your own veggies can seem like a daunting task and we're the first to admit, it's something we've previously put in the 'too...

In the garden: Summer gardening guide

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It’s not exactly our typical summer (when will it ever stop raining?!) but there's still plenty we can and should be doing in the...

Learn how to grow succulents: Two ways to propagate succulents

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I have a confession to make... I've become a crazy plant lady. My home is filled with indoor plants including dozens of succulents that...

12 reasons why you’re killing your indoor plants

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If you're reading this, chances are you've killed more than one or two indoor plants in your time. Don't worry, no judgement here... we've...

In the garden: Autumn gardening guide

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Supported by Merry People Autumn is a beautiful time of year. The days become mild and mellow as the crazy heat starts to subside. There's...