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Shrubs in the city
A homely touch in the form of a community garden set amid industrial surroundings is taking root at Wynyard Central.

Call to bring blooms back to Ellerslie
Local supporters of the Ellerslie International Flower Show have offered a home in Auckland for the event.

Ellerslie Flower Show canned
Next year's Ellerslie International Flower Show has been cancelled as the Christchurch City Council considers how to make the event financially viable in future.

Gardening: Look up history of toxins
Don't hesitate if you think your soil harbours dangerous chemicals, warns Meg Liptrot.

Gardening: Big lessons outdoors
Learning about fruiting trees enthrals wee ones. Meg Liptrot reports on a winning kohanga reo that has gone green.

How to plan a winter garden
Although the summer garden is winding down, there's no time to rest on your laurels because right now it's action stations for serious gardeners.

Citizen science
In the parks, beaches, back gardens and forests of the country, non-scientists can help with with a raft of research projects.

Greg Dixon: Zen and the art of hedge trimming
Chores are not chores, Greg Dixon writes, they are opportunities to find inner peace.

Gardening: Seaside bounty for soil
Meg Liptrot praises Neptune's great gift for gardeners - seaweed.

Gardening: Follow the food crowd
Meg Liptrot dishes out the goods on community food growing.

Gardening: Water need never go to waste
Conservation 'wonder woman' shows Meg Liptrot how it's done.

Gardening: Veges feel the heat, too
Meg Liptrot takes pity on plants that hanker after shade and a drink.

Roses are ready for Valentine's lovers
Black Magic is in demand, as sweethearts prepare to cast spells over loved ones this Valentine's Day.

Berm garden chasing prize
A berm in Ellerslie has been entered into a national landscaping competition as part of a vegetable, fruit and flower garden. It even has a beehive.

Gardening: The importance of perfume
Meg Liptrot has the perfect Valentine's gift - botanic fragrances from the garden.

Waste Not: Weleda's David Millin
As part of a series by POD Gardening, Weleda gardener David Millin gives a glimpse of the company's vast biodynamic gardens in Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay.

Wild West: John Pountney
Want the freshest produce possible for your restaurant? Start a garden next door. As part of a series of organic Kiwi garden visits by POD Gardening, we call on The Refreshment Room's John Pountney.

Perfection in Imperfection: Fleur Sullivan
As part of a series of interviews with organic Kiwi gardeners by POD Gardening, we visit Fleur Sullivan at Fleur's Place in Moeraki.

Urban Oasis: Deborah and Nicholas
As part of a series of interviews with organic Kiwi gardeners by Pod Gardening, we visit Deborah Smith, photographer, and Nicholas Stevens, architect, at their Parnell apartment in Auckland.