What it does
Gardening Australia is the ABC's gardening programme and online resource. Its website brings together stories, plant-finding and how-to routes, seasonal jobs and episode information.
Gardening Australia's short segments are a useful entry point when a full gardening programme is more than the task needs. The site separates practical stories from complete episodes and provides a Jobs for the Weekend series for seasonal work. Garden visits offer examples of perennial planting, productive beds and transformed suburban sites. Start with the topic or plant-finder route, then use a relevant segment to investigate the task. The Australian seasons and locations matter: a weekend job suggested for October there belongs to a different growing calendar from October in the northern hemisphere.
Full episodes use ABC iview, whose app is limited to Australia. ABC says the website offers a curated selection overseas with a free account; that does not guarantee that a particular Gardening Australia episode is available there. Short topical stories remain a separate route.
Strengths
- Short topical segments provide an alternative to a complete episode
Watch out for
- Full-episode iview access depends on region and account requirements
Best for
- Finding gardening demonstrations and seasonal ideas for Australian conditions
Sources
- Gardening Australia (Oct 26, 2026)
- What are the different ways I can watch ABC television? (Oct 26, 2026)