Better Homes and Gardens Australia

Better Homes and Gardens - full of ideas, inspiration and information for you and your family. Every issue of Better Homes and Gardens is packed with inspiring, affordable and achievable ideas plus step-by-step projects for all areas of your home and garden.

Hello! • Home updos and delicious family meals shouldn’t mean shelling out the big bucks

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Tray Bake Triumphs • Bake your way to clever weeknight dinners and fab desserts all on one tray!

Clarissa’s Cuisine • Bite into flaky spiced pastries, then fill your cookie jar with ghee-whiz treats!

Colin’s Kitchen • Warm up with cheese-loaded roast cauli, easy meatballs and moreish roasts with the most!

Handmade Dumplings • Make easy dumpling wrappers from scratch, or grab premade shortcuts, then roll and fold your way to flavourful parcels that are kind to your wallet too!

Pillow Magic • Make a batch of fluffy gnocchi with ease in your Thermomix, then dress it up for a delish dinner!

eat well • Designed for foodies with diabetes, this recipe is so good the whole fam will love it!

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Being Tree-Mendous! • If you’re yearning for something to look up to in your yard, you literally can’t go past impressive, magnificent trees!

Brom Bombs • In winter, bromeliads bring explosions of vibrant colours and it’s easy to keep generating new ones with our tips

Lift Your Mood • When it’s dull outdoors, add drama to your indoors with collections of plants in strong, contrasting colours that brighten up your space!

One Extreme To The Other • When the time you have in your garden is fleeting, you need plants that survive on their own – this is when and where only the fittest thrive!

Magic Moss • Moss can be troublesome on your paths in winter as it can be a slip hazard. Turn it around and make moss marvellous by gathering different types to create miniature mosaics or making it part of a fabulous hanging fern feature!

Black Pearls • ...or brown, green or yellow ones. Whatever their colour, olives are ancient, symbolic and highly nutritious

Cute And Curious • Succulents don’t cry out for regular attention – put some in your garden, though, and you’ll be giving them constant love!

Fancy Foliage! • Don’t just settle for green indoor pot plants, glam it up with pink, white or variegated leaves, which can be striped, blotched, speckled or freckled!

Welcome To Frog Hollow • Bring frogs back into your garden with this wicked, ribbit residence!

Fern Gallery • Extend your garden and take it to the next level by hanging staghorns on a wall!

In Your Garden • All seems still and quiet in winter, but there are always surprises!

Better Gardening

Moon Guide • Use the phases of the moon to your advantage by following Milton Black’s planting guide

Luxe For Less • Home makeovers don’t need to be grand affairs. Try these small updates to get your spaces feeling lusher without the big spend

Four On The Floor • Nothing beats the look and feel of timber under your feet, and with endless options there’s one to suit every lifestyle

Stroke Of Genius • A fab before-and-after result can be as easy as using paint power and woodwork wizardry!

Leaning Tower Of Timber • If you’re angling for an easy DIY project, create simple and quirky storage that slots together for a fuss-free assembly. Scrap the glue and screws for a new slant on shelving!

Play It Cool • Make family time even better with space-efficient Scandi-style pieces you can DIY

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Better Decorating

Be Funky Up Front • Refining a few details in your garden will take it from bland to beaut – and enhance your lifestyle to boot!

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