Gardening

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A gardening guru gives her top tips for growing your favourite summer fruit Synonymous with summer desserts, strawberries are a sweet addition to any garden. Of course, as a non-native plant, strawberries (Fragaria sp.) require a bit of extra love and care in our harsh climate, but the effort feels more than worth it once those […]

Spring is knocking on winter’s door so it’s time to do a bit of soil prep, pruning and veggie planting in anticipation of the warmer months Chores to consider for August gardening The last month of winter is often the most brutal but it is also when the new season is tantalisingly within our sights. […]

Hydrangeas are a classic, full-bodied flower that adds colour and drama to the garden Nothing indicates summer quite like the sight of hydrangeas in bloom. If you want to learn about growing and caring for hydrangeas, you’re in the right place. This is our ultimate guide to growing and caring for these beautiful flowers. Hydrangeas […]

Clean, fresh and beautiful, white flowers are always a favourite Clean, fresh and beautiful when paired with any other colour, white flowers are a favourite of gardeners, interior decorators and brides all over the world. If you long for a white Christmas, save yourself the airfare and surround yourself with snow-white flowers and ivory petals […]

Looking for a low-maintenance way to add colour, texture, movement and structure to a garden? Here are our top 10 grasses that will easily beautify your outdoor space From the sharply architectural to the wildly pretty, there’s a grass for every garden. Once the domain of roadside plantings, ornamental grasses have become integral to almost […]

Create a healthy garden without wasting water Photography: Hannah Puechmarin Watering plants – it sounds simple, right? Just get the hose, or watering can, and let the water flow until the plants have had their fill. While this does describe the general routine of plant watering, once you actually go to do it, you might […]

Celebrate the appearance of the Matariki star cluster, traditionally a time to plan for the upcoming growing season Pikopiko is a New Zealand native fern. 1. Paydirt On arrival in Aotearoa in the 13th century, one of the first things Māori would have realised was that the plants and seeds they had brought from east […]

Insta gardener and Garden Hacks author Filip Johansson shares a fast and fun way to grow some delicious edibles Garden Hacks: 70 Smart, Sustainable Tips for Gardeners by Filip Johansson, is available at Paper Plus Microgreens have become very trendy. The word may sound high-tech, but they’re nothing more than delicate seedlings of regular plants. […]

The 10 best winter garden tasks you can do for your garden and plants 1. Take stock of your climate and act accordingly In regions with dry summers, you may want to consider building a water tank or at least installing a rainwater butt. Areas with a high water table will need you to think […]