Gardening Australia: Series 21
Season 21 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Gardening Australia Season 20.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 21 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 6, 2010
A Cluttered Garden: Stephen visits a gardener in Melbourne who has used every available space for plants to create an inner-city haven. Preventing Soil Erosion: Tino Carnevale exp
Episode 2
Feb 13, 2010
A Townsville Garden: Colin Campbell explores a garden where the owners have overcome Townsville's challenging dry tropical climate to create a paradise. Citrus Maintenance: Jerry
Episode 3
Feb 20, 2010
The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale is in The Vegie Patch pruning tomatoes, corn and pumpkins to encourage bigger fruit and preparing the strawberries for the season ahead. Creating a
Episode 4
Feb 27, 2010
Planting Water Lilies: Stephen Ryan plants the newest part of his garden, the pond, where he has converted a difficult boggy spot into a spectacular feature. Tip and Trick: Correc
Episode 5
Mar 6, 2010
Amanda's Garden: Stephen Ryan visits a local gardener to chat about her amazing collection of rare and unusual native plants. The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale is in the Vegie Patch
Episode 6
Mar 27, 2010
Geoffrey's Garden: Stephen Ryan visits a local gardener to chat about his passion for gardening. Autumn Maintenance: Josh Byrne does some autumn maintenance in his small productiv
Episode 7
Apr 3, 2010
Weather Tips: Stephen Ryan gives some tips for protecting the garden in extreme weather. The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale demonstrates how to prune an established olive tree and pl
Episode 8
Apr 10, 2010
A Crash Test Garden: Jerry Colby-Williams renovates his experimental front garden by removing plants that have not coped with the tough conditions and planting some new ones to exp
Episode 9
Apr 17, 2010
Coralee's Garden: Stephen Ryan drops in on a gardener who has created an amazing fernery, mini orchard and vegetable patch and has only been gardening for five years. Fertilising
Episode 10
Apr 24, 2010
Planting Bulbs: Stephen Ryan demonstrates some great tips to get bulbs off to a good start. Planting Winter Vegetables: Jerry Colby-Williams is planting a range of cool season cro
Episode 11
May 1, 2010
The Vegie Plot: John Patrick discusses how to practice crop rotation in a single small garden bed, plants winter vegies for succussive crops and starts his fruit garden by planting
Episode 12
May 8, 2010
Michelle’s Garden: Stephen Ryan drops in on a local gardener to talk about a passion for plants and their garden. Making Potting Mixes: Jane Edmanson shows how to make a range of
Episode 13
May 15, 2010
The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale explains the different types of garlic and how to grow them, sows a green manure crop and harvests Jerusalem artichokes. Moving the Garden: Josh By
Episode 14
May 22, 2010
Harvesting Pumpkins: Stephen Ryan is in his cool climate vegie garden harvesting and dividing Yacon and planting crops for the season ahead. Repairing the Lawn: Sophie Thomson sho
Episode 15
May 29, 2010
Margie's Garden: Stephen Ryan drops in on a local gardener to chat about their passion for plants and the garden. Building a Raised Vegie Garden: Leonie Norrington shows how to bu
Episode 16
Jun 5, 2010
Herb Garden Overhaul: Jerry Coleby-Williams is rejuvenating his herb garden by harvesting what he can, replacing spent plants and putting in some new species, some of which he has
Episode 17
Jun 12, 2010
Stephen’s Perennial Border: Stephen Ryan gets stuck into his perennial border by removing plants that haven’t worked, rearranging those that have and pruning others to encourage vi
Episode 18
Jun 19, 2010
Variegated Foliage: Stephen Ryan looks at ways to add colour to winter gardens by using plants with variegated foliage. Starting a Rose Garden: Sophie Thomson explains different t
Episode 19
Jun 26, 2010
Annie's Garden: Stephen Ryan visits a passionate local gardener to explore her seasonal garden, bursting with the plants she has collected over the last 20 years. John's Plot: Joh
Episode 20
Jul 3, 2010
Stephen's Pond: Stephen Ryan checks the progress of his new pond, pruning and assessing the new plants, removing spent annuals and explains how to keep the fish healthy throughout
Episode 21
Jul 10, 2010
Fertiliser Teas: Angus Stewart shows how to make and use fertiliser teas made from simple household ingredients. The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale is making the most of the Tasmania
Episode 22
Jul 17, 2010
Josh's New Backyard: Josh Byrne is creating a new back yard by assessing and rejuvenating the plants he wants to keep, planting a fast growing screen for privacy and starting his h
Episode 23
Jul 24, 2010
Anthony and Claire's Garden: Stephen Ryan visits a couple in a new Melbourne suburb who have created a garden full of natives, lush tropical foliage plants and personality in only
Episode 24
Jul 31, 2010
Building a Vegie Bed: Josh Byrne builds a simple and portable raised vegetable bed using recycled timber. The Vegie Guide: Stephen Ryan updates The Vegie Guide, a planting calenda
Episode 25
Aug 7, 2010
7 August 2010 The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale looks at the six crops growing in The Vegie Patch rotation system, fertilises for their individual needs and explains the trick to gr
Episode 26
Aug 14, 2010
The Vegie Patch: Tino Carnevale is doing some winter fruit tree maintenance, pruning the pomegranate, inspecting for pest and disease and treating scale and sooty mould. Gum Trees