subTropical Gardening magazine
Issue 25, November 2011
Award Winner 2011 – Award of Merit – for excellence in horticultural media.
This consumer magazine focuses on the climate gardening however is well suited to people living in cooler regions of Australia and overseas that have warm microclimates in their garden or grow plants indoors, in shadehouses or in glasshouses.
Featured articles are:
-Garden feature: Sunbird Garden by John Sullivan
-Garden feature: Garden of Dreams by Arno King
-Philodendrons by Stephen Flood
-Passionate Friends by Joanna Roberts
-The Kim Walters Choices Garden by Arno King
-Understanding Ornamental Grasses by Noel Burdette
-Water Plants by Paul Plant
-Garden Plant Names – Part 3 by Annette Irish
-Favourite flowering pot plants by Claire Bickle, Helen Curran, Ross Gelling, Joan Dillon, Carol Cameron
-Organics – water
-Vegies: Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus) by Arno King
-Vegies: Zucchinis by Claire Bickle
-Fruit: Tangelos by Barbara Beerling
-Fruit: Longans, Lychees & Rambutans by Paul Plant
-Bushfood: Native Raspberries (Rubus probus)
-Bushfood: Native Hibiscus (Hibiscus heterophyllus) by Dr Dion Harrison
-Turf: grass weeds by Cynthia Carson
-Gardening calendar for Nov/Dec/Jan by Arno King
-Collectable plants – bromeliads, climbers, creepers & groundcovers, curiosity plants, flowering trees, funky foliage, gingers, orchids, palms, scented plants, succulents, tropical shrubs
-Book reviews
-Places to visit – Philip Park, Main Beach & Memorial Park, Gympie
-Social gardeners – photos of gardeners and club listing
-Directory source guide + classifieds
subTropical Gardening was launched in 2005 and maintains its clear dominance in northern Australia for its focused articles on the specific climate and unique photography. All contributors have suitable qualifications and all live in the climate zone that the magazine focuses on. This magazine provides a fresh approach to gardening publications and clearly targeted at keen and serious gardeners for those who live in warm climates.
This ‘magazine’ is designed more like a reference journal that is collected and kept by gardeners.
Target audience: consumers in warm climates – Sydney north to Port Douglas and across to WA.
RRP: $9.95; 1yr subscription $35.80
100 pages (12.5 pages of advertising) = 12.5% advertising
Frequency: Quarterly – Feb, May, Aug, Nov.
Editor: Paul Plant
Publisher: Subtropicalia Media P/L
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