BAAG Member Specials – May 2025
BAAG membership is free, all you need to sign up is an email address. Our members receive a monthly newsletter packed with gardening advice as well as exclusive monthly specials and special member prices on selected products. To receive these specials you’ll just need to tell the register staff you…
Plant Tiles
Plant tiles create stunning, alternative lawns and outdoor solutions instantly at half the cost of using traditional pots! Each tile covers the same area as ten traditional 100mm pots. As the plants grow, the roots bind the media together so that the Plant Tiles can be removed from the tray…
This month in your Garden – May
Waring or wombat season is still in play, but the promised rains are yet to fall. The mornings are misty but the temperatures are still summer like. Despite the warm weather, the deciduous trees are slowly turning to deep reds, oranges and buttery yellows. It is not just the eyes…
Art Workshops
We are pleased to announce that there are four new dates for Limestone Sculpture workshops with Jenny Whiteside. Come and spend a day learning how to sculpt limestone with Jenny Whiteside, an award-winning sculptor who works in many types of stone and specialises in figurative works. We have been running…
Gallery Exhibition – ‘Colour and Movement’
A joint exhibition of colourful paintings ranging from bold semi-abstract to intricate garden inspired paintings by two Eltham artists, Joan Denison and Kathy Allan. They both tutor at U3A and Joan was responsible for the very popular Eltham Iso Chooks.
Raspberries
If you can grow apples you can grow raspberries, and why wouldn’t you? The sweet juicy fruit is delectable when picked ripe and warm from the canes, truly placing the taste of the sun on your tongue. Nutritionally dense and a fantastic snack for kids, raspberries require a small amount…
Acer – Japanese Maples
Acer palmatum and Acer japonicum Of all the ornamental trees, the Japanese Maples are easily my personal favourites. Light, airy, layered. You will see from the slide-show above (which features multiple pictures of a few cultivars) how radically different Acers can look depending on the season. The Acer palmatum is…
Deciduous Shrubs that Pack a Punch
A group of plants often overlooked in Australian gardens are the smaller deciduous shrubs. These are many and varied, from beautiful and striking flowers of the Forsythia in spring, the radiant stems of Cornus alba sibirica in the winter, the gorgeous scent of Chimonanthus praecox in winter and the wow…
Persimmon
Persimmon are a highly ornamental deciduous fruit tree with dense bright green foliage, spectacular orange and red autumn colours, light grey bark, and a beautiful twisted form in old age. In same cases, the large orange fruit are held on the bare branches after leaf-fall, creating a jeweled sculpture! Height…
Bulbs & Perennials
There are many beautiful plants that may be grown from bulbs, tubers, corms or roots. Many are suitable to grow in pots or small spaces and produce prolifically in the first season. They provide seasonal colour and many are excellent cut flowers. There are three main seasons for plants grown…
Cyclamen
Cyclamen tend to come in pink, red and purple tones, plus pure white, but within this range there is incredible variety: from pale pink to deep saturated cerise, from soft salmon to brilliant scarlet red, pinky mauve to purple, bi-colours, ruffles, splashed variegated leaves etc. They look gorgeous in everything…
Pot Recycling is back at BAAG
We are very happy to let you know that we are once again able to take your used nursery plastic pots for recycling. (The pots need to be Recycling Code PP5). The recycling bin in located in our driveway on your left.
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