Get your pruning right and your trees will be happier than ever.

A food forest is an orchard the way nature intended. Humans get the benefit of fruit, nuts, herbs, fibre (and sometimes firewood) and wildlife get a home.

The birthplace of the country's biggest garden centre is for sale for the first time in 102 years.

Keeping chickens and growing your own veges is the first step to being self-sufficient.

Let's make the most of our special New Year, writes Meg Liptrot.

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

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.

Don't hesitate if you think your soil harbours dangerous chemicals, warns Meg Liptrot.

Meg Liptrot finds fertile riches in her garden this month.

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

Chores are not chores, Greg Dixon writes, they are opportunities to find inner peace.

Meg Liptrot praises Neptune's great gift for gardeners - seaweed.

Meg Liptrot dishes out the goods on community food growing.

Conservation 'wonder woman' shows Meg Liptrot how it's done.

Meg Liptrot reports on a Pacific staple's exciting potential.

Meg Liptrot takes pity on plants that hanker after shade and a drink.

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

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.

Meg Liptrot has the perfect Valentine's gift - botanic fragrances from the garden.