Editorial: Covid 19 sends Kiwis digging
We say: Gardening skills could be a positive to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
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10 tips to help your wellbeing during lockdown
Remember five key words: Connected, creative, giving, learning and active.
Alice Vincent: Time to get out into the garden
COMMENT: Transforming even the smallest outside space has never been more important.
Dig for victory! Kiwis turn to growing own food, becoming self-sufficient
Garden centres and nurseries raided for plants and seeds.
Panic buying of vegetable seedlings at garden centres
Garden supplies and vegetable seedlings are the latest target for panic buying.
'It's nearly as tall as the neighbour's roof': Aucklanders' monster flower growing in backyard
The 11-foot monster began to grow and thrive in the hot conditions.
Serial plant killers saved by hardware store's unusual promise
If you're terrible at keeping plants alive, this return policy is for you.
Small garden? A recipe from a new book which could change the lives of those who want to grow
Small garden? No problem - how to create and cook from fruit and veges grown in pots.
Local Focus: Trelinnoe Park falls into passionate hands
"Gardening is the only passion that increases with age". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
How to grow: Edible flowers and pineapple sage
A pretty addition to restaurant and cafe fare, here's how to grow your own edible garnish.
Local Focus: Hunters armed with secateurs
Rose Hunters are saving our gardening history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Christchurch gardening legend dies aged 92
Gordon Proctor made headlines when his seedling enterprise sparked a neighbourhood war.
Compost tragedy: Widow wants death to serve as warning to gardeners
A Dunedin man's passion for gardening may have killed him.
Join in the buzz of Bee Aware Month
An interactive storytelling theatre piece around bees is coming to Rotorua.
Crowd of 8000 enjoys 63rd Alexandra Blossom Festival
Crowd of 8000 enjoys 63rd Alexandra Blossom Festival. Video / ODT
Walking lightly on the earth: First steps to reduce carbon footprints
Bus travellers are treated as second-class citizens despite their smaller carbon footprint
Man digs up 6.7kg kūmara in his New Lynn vege garden
"It was hilarious really. Digging them out I couldn't believe my eyes."
Woman's bizarre late night cactus theft caught on tape
The snatcher was spotted crawling on her wrists and knees as she stole the beloved plant.
There's still time for a fresh start
The dying days of summer and the start of autumn are the best days start the garden over.
Talent blooms at the NZ Flower and Garden Show
Judges had to select the winners from over 200 exhibits at the show.
For love and roses
Hastings garden growing love and roses. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Person in intensive care with Legionnaires'
Person got Legionnaire's disease after exposure to the bacteria through garden compost.
Turn clocks forward tonight: What to do with extra hour of sunlight
It's time to enjoy 188 extra daylight hours.
Green thumbs bare their bums for Nude Gardening Day
National Gardening Week Nude Gardening Day will be held on October 20.
Alert over automated gates after child almost crushed to death
A 7-year-old boy was crushed in an accident at the Auckland Botanic Gardens.
Top garden award great legacy to deceased designer
He never got the chance to see the finished product.
Gareth Carter: What to plant in your garden now
Now's the best time of year to start changing the design and shape of your garden.
Gareth Carter: Autumn's here and it's garden renovation time
Autumn is the best time of year to be planting new gardens and renovating existing ones.
New beginnings in the garden
Now is the perfect time to kick start the old and tired garden back into life.
Contain yourself! It's a garden in a townhouse
Plants in containers presents gardeners with endless opportunities to express their flair.
12 questions with Xanthe White
Landscape designer Xanthe White tells Jennifer Dann what makes a great garden.
Thousands queue for flower's stench of death
It was the first time the plant has flowered in the decade it had been at the garden.