Famous for its connection with Tasmanian television gardening guru Peter Cundall, the site regularly hosts ABC’s Gardening Australia program featuring local TV celebrity Tino Carnevale. Tino works his wonders in a specially made vegetable patch designed by Gardens staff.
You can learn the best way to mulch your spuds, stake your tomatoes and make compost from the professionals.
Organic gardening principles are adhered to in the Patch, with the soil naturally enriched by the addition of animal and green manures and compost. The six main beds are designed on a six-year crop rotation system, where the same plant or crop or its botanical relatives are never planted in the same place two years in a row. This is to prevent the build up of pests and diseases and to keep the soil healthy.
Visit the Gardening Australia Website:
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/