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Editor’s Letter

Editor’s Picks To Create • Foster an artistic headspace with these items, chosen to boost the right side of your brain. Make the most of more time indoors this winter and let your creativity bloom.

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Contributors • Meet the creative minds shaping this issue with insights and inspo for everyone!

Write to us • From tips, tricks and projects to your greatest stories, we’d love to hear from you.

Supper Club

Crafternoon Tea • Enjoy handheld bites and create beautiful flower craft for this cosy afternoon moment.

Pizza party • Grab your friends and roll up your sleeves. Have guests build their own pizzas and dig in!

creativity & conscience • Editor Megan Osborne speaks to a charity trailblazer, Ronni Kahn, on her passionately creative life.

Forever flowers • Sarah Hankinson’s book Art Class: Flowers and Foliage is a beginner’s guide to creating contemporary botanical art for anyone who loves flowers.

The fabric of a Lifetime • Lessons of simplicity, creativity and perseverance learnt from my grandmother’s 88-year crafting journey. Words TAHNI MESANN

Flower farming With Melissa • What was a muddy cow paddock in 2020, is today the prettiest, most romantic field of flowers you can imagine.

Flower-inspired 4 table settings • Take inspiration from your favourite blooms and bring them to life in a dining setting with these fab collections!

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spark creativity • Embrace small, daily moments to nurture your creative spark.

Artistic Abundance • A Heide Harvest is a visual feast, surveying the rich history and thriving kitchen gardens at the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne’s north-east. It also showcases recipes by top Aussie chefs, inspired by Sunday Reed’s potager plantings.

Slice of Heaven • Sarah Murphy, our senior food editor, takes us on her journey to create this issue’s cover recipe. From concept to cover-ready, it took more than four months of care to perfect this recipe for you!

Cooking with Colin & Clarissa • Add an extra pinch of creativity and elevate your family favourites with these tasty updates.

dinner for one • Delicious everyday ideas for when you’re dining solo. Photography TIM ROBERTS

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Handmade treasures • Treat your pet with unique pieces from local Aussie artisans.

earthly delights • The 2025 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) highlighted some distinctly Australian garden trends, with design ideas that capture global influences while paying homage to our ancient land. Our garden editor, Jenny Dillon, identified six recurring themes.

Quirky Cacti • Cacti are wonders of nature. Tough and resilient, they’ve adapted to survive extremely hot days, freezing nights, and many things in between.

Moon guide

Better gardening

In your Garden • When your garden slumbers in winter, it’s gaining strength for spring!

Rural Idyll With Graham • Beyond the old oak trees that stand guard at the entrance to Oak House lies a rather special garden. It celebrates the idea that open spaces provide positive energy for packed garden beds and tree-lined boulevards.

Inspired Travel • Discover these seven destinations that have roused creative visions for artistic greats.

Better Experiences • [ RACHEL IORFINO SHOWCASES FESTIVALS AND FAIRS THAT CELEBRATE CREATIVITY ]

Signature Beauty • Creating your own products is good for...