weed and prepare for new plantings of deciduous trees

sounds wonderful oklouise!

Replace a lawn section with a garden bed of deciduous tree and nectar bearing shrubs. Dig over veggie beds and put in wintering veg. Prune the fruit trees and plant more berries in the netted area - otherwise the lorikeets get the benefit!

Turning my sand pit into a lovely new garden.

More edibles and bulbs. We've moved to a townhouse with an established garden, which we are tinkering with, pulling out a bit, replacing. And thinking about what else we want to do. Front garden we're adding mid height shrubs to cut view of road from bedroom window.

I live on the Gold Coast. It's still too hot for 'autumn' tasks. I'm waiting for it to cool down to put in some new shrubs and ground covers. Autumn is the best time to do that so plants have months to establish before it gets hot again. I'm itching to get planting again.

Planting bulbs gives me something to look forward to in Spring!

We lost all of the young shrubs planted along outer edge of large circular garden bed; the summer heat radiated off the stone drive and, despite irrigation and thick mulch, scorched the life out of them. There were so many. We had decided not replant...then my husband got to thinking maybe bulbs would survive. I love a bulb garden but I'm not sure I want to risk another huge loss. The rabbits are a plague where we live and we get the odd athletic kangaroo hop over the kangaroo fencing...they do an awful lot of damage.

compost fertilise and rationalise plants to give the best impression of my land and house

mulching and planting succulents in pots and in the garden, placing steeping stones in garden bed and placing gravel around them

Divide perennials and so much more to do.....

I'm transplanting & subdividing dahlia bulbs to a cooler area of the garden for next year's blooming and popping sunloving bulbs into the space which is going to be bare, followed by annuals in summer.

Rake up leaves and get compost ready for the spring veggie garden.

The other project we have planned is to make a meandering path beginning at the far edge of a garden bed all the way to the spot where my husband's fire pit is located. The path will be about 50-60m long and will gradually widen to open to form a circular area, maybe 6-7m in diameter. We think we will edge the structure with the same river stones we used as edging to our other garden beds, and then fill in with small gravel or stones. I gave him the fire pit for his birthday, and that coincided with bushfire season, so he hasn't yet been able to use it. This area out the back is near a dam with wonderful undulating rural views. It's the spot where he hosts his friends on men's night. They like sitting fireside, swapping tall tales and watching the sun set over the hills. Creating a better and safer pathway for him to negotiate from house to this area is the primary purpose. I may also edge the path with solar lights.

Mine is a brand new garden I will be taking hardwood cuttings from everyone and from everywhere!

Establish my native garden in our front garden with plenty of flowering species to benefit insects and birds then plant a Manchurian pear in the backyard so we can enjoy the autumn colour for years to come.

Apart from new bulbs, I hope to prepare a new area for vegetables and plant out hanging baskets with annuals for sheltered sunny areas to bring autumn and winter colour.

We have started converting a large lawn area on a slope into a shrubbery with some deciduous trees so will continue with that this Autumn as the soil is still warm for planting for a couple of months to get them started before winter,

i like knowing what to expect...we have more than enough surprises to cope with

A woman's work is never done - I think that applies to gardeners too.

A lot of our customers have had great success by combining real and artificial plants for year-round vibrancy - we’ll go with that!

I hope very much some rain arrives soon to your area, telperien. Did you have good rain last winter?