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Gardening: Earthy autumnal delights
Dig into your plot before it gets too wet, writes Meg Liptrot.
Harry's memorial to Diana
Prince Harry's garden at the Chelsea Flower Show will reflect his own experience of loss, according to its designer.
Gardening: A bright idea for mothers
Make the garden shine and light up Mum's day, says Meg Liptrot.
Gardening: A seasonal flavour to savour
Meg Liptrot says every backyard should have a feijoa tree or two.
Gardening: Build perfect compost heap
Make use of autumn's bounty for a more fertile garden, writes Meg Liptrot.
Gardening: Autumn sets the trees aglow
The end of the golden weather brings vivid new hues, writes Meg Liptrot.
Gardening: Green future saved by seed
April is prime seed-gathering time, writes Meg Liptrot.
Guerrilla gardening goes off (+pix)
Maybe it's time for you to unleash your guerrilla gardener. Or maybe you already have?
Gardening: Some like it super hot
Meg Liptrot gains fresh perspective on drought at Victoria's Royal Botanic Gardens.
Gardening: Winners without water
Subtropicals come out on top in dry summer, writes Meg Liptrot.
Gardening: Three leaves are lucky too
Meg Liptrot has a swag of reasons toencourage us to sowclover in our lawns.
Final Word: Green thumbs versus the big dry
It’s a sad state when cracks are the only things growing in the garden.
Gardening: Apples under attack
Hot weather hasn't been kind to fruit trees, writes Meg Liptrot.
Better home and garden
Six years ago, Sarah O’Neil was unhappy, unwell and living on one of Auckland’s busiest roads. Now she’s happily feeding her family all year round from her large rural garden south of Auckland. Greg Dixon talks to her about fleeing the city and about livi
Gardening: Ease the big thirst
Is your garden parched? Meg Liptrot says greywater could be a big help.
Fight over garden water fee
A West Auckland home gardener's hope of cutting her water bills by fitting a $150 irrigation meter has been dashed after Watercare Services quoted her $1500 for installation.
Peter Calder: Cultivating a healthy enterprise
It's the hottest day of the summer so far when I meet Tom Wichman.
Plants to avoid in NZ
The National Poisons Centre has analysed more than 11,000 inquiries it received after people came into contact with or ate poisonous plants and fungi.
Planting in the summer heat
Adding to your garden at this time of year doesn't have to be a horticultural death sentence, writes Justin Newcombe.
Gardening: Growing awareness
What's in a garden? Well plants for a start, some paths and a bit of lawn, sometimes water but all together that doesn't make a garden. The one thing a garden always has in it that the natural world doesn't necessarily, is people.