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Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON has a hero pl

Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON has a hero plant this week – the Chinese plumbago with its blue flowers and red autumnal foliage.

My hero plant this week is Chinese plumbago, she says, a deciduous shrub that grows well in our region.

Its flowers are in bloom now. They are the most amazing cobalt blue colour and once the autumnal foliage begins to turn red, the contrast is really lovely and has a long-lasting summer and autumn display.

Chinese plumbago (ceratostigma plumbaginoides) can be used as a small hedge. It has a slow suckering habit that can be clipped into shape. It grows best in full sun, where it flowers well.

There is a new, smaller, powder-blue flowering variety available called Summer Sky, which grows under a metre tall.

To read the full story, visit our website at citynews.com.au or tap the link in our bio! 🌱💐

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“The Monster is an omnivore”. This website dec

“The Monster is an omnivore”. This website declaration signals a switch in Monster Kitchen and Bar’s menu from solely plant-based to meat and plant dishes.

We popped in for lunch. Given that the main restaurant is only open for dinner, we settled into a table in the casual dining area tucked into a corner on the ground floor of Ovolo Nishi.

We lucked in with a place near the window, brightening our experience with natural light.

Let’s start with the mains from the bar menu on offer, which were our favourites by far. Sharing was our aim to taste test a wider range of dishes.

@monsterkitchenbar

To read about Monster's newest menu additions, please visit our website at citynews.com.au or tap the link in our bio! 🍽

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Established in 1982, The Handyman’s Trading Post

Established in 1982, The Handyman’s Trading Post has been serving the Canberra community for 43 years. And now it has new owners.

“We are excited to continue the legacy,” says The Handyman’s Trading Post new co-owner John Rivers who, with wife Lauren, picked up the keys for the business on March 31.

“We are incredibly lucky to have the current staff’s support and years of expertise to help us.”

Lauren and John bring different skills to their new business – Lauren has experience as an accountant and John as a project manager.

“We are really keen to be putting down roots in the city that we’ve called home,” says John.

To read about John and Lauren's new "handy" adventure, visit our website at citynews.com.au or tap the link in our bio!

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Eight years in the making, Dr Lisa Fuller’s new

Eight years in the making, Dr Lisa Fuller’s new book Washpool was never intended for publication.

Which is odd given her debut book Ghost Bird won the ACT Book of the Year Award in 2020.

Washpool is a magical adventure about two sisters who need to rely on their own wits and each other when they’re pulled into a new world. It’s aimed at 9 to 12-year-olds, for a very good reason.

A Wuilli Wuilli woman from Queensland, Lisa recently completed her PhD at the University of Canberra where she works full time as a lecturer in Indigenous Studies.

She says she can’t think of a time when she hasn’t been studying, learning and growing.

@lisasfuller @unicanberra

To read on about Lisa's incredible writing journey, visit our website at citynews.com.au or tap the link in our bio!

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At 54, David Austin considers himself a bit of a g

At 54, David Austin considers himself a bit of a goose sometimes.

But the Sacred Heart Primary School principal loves to bring a smile to children’s faces, which is why he can’t help but bring a little Easter magic to the coast each year.

“I’m renowned for dressing up at school and being a bit goosey,” he says.

“I think it’s important for the kids to see that side of staff and teachers.”

Travelling each year to Kioloa Beach, south of Bawley Point on the south coast, to visit his large family, 10 years ago David surprised (at the time) young family members by turning up in a bunny suit and appearing as the Easter Bunny during the holidays to deliver chocolate.

To read on about David's "goosey" Easter Bunny adventures, visit our website at citynews.com.au or tap the link in our bio!

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