Plant dwarf trees and your rewards will be in easy reach, writes Janice Marriott.

A flower doesn't mind if you deadhead it, feed it or spray it this week or next - whether you jumble the order or do it fast, slow or naked on horseback.

A garden tunnel lets you grow veges even in the depths of winter. Janice Marriott explains.

It's easy to get complacent and take your backbone planting for granted - it's part of the furniture, after all.

An emergency meeting has been called as the horticulture industry confronts what its says is the negative impact of cheap prison labour.

Rock brings a sense of quality and permanence to a plot - whether it's part of a path - a dry-stone wall or some other feature.

Prune your fruit trees as soon as the leaves have fallen. Even small, dwarf and potted trees.

Globe artichokes are one of the few things worth growing in June.

Police have frozen a $1m home and nearly $190,000 belonging to the man who runs the Switched On Gardener.

Winter's the perfect time to pop in some garlic says Janice Marriott.

Tamarillos bright despite cold, says Janice Marriott.

Bust mildew with an easy spray.

Sophie Morris looks at what will be on offer at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

It's time to harvest fab feijoas.

Paul Rush takes a blissful stroll around Hamilton Gardens' glorious Paradise Collection.

Don't forget to rotate crops, says Janice Marriott.

An barrister says charges against gardening equipment suppliers may be difficult to prove.

Fifteen men arrested on drugs charges have been remanded on bail until next month.

An indoor gardening chain would not have made a profit if it hadn't knowingly supplied equipment and advice to cannabis growers, police say.

The covert scattering of human ashes in Wellington's Botanic Garden is upsetting gardeners and ruining the roses.

Edible gardens not only feed us, they need to be fed themselves.

Why don't garden centres segregate their stock and drop the practice of an A to Z of shrubs?