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.
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The huge flower that smells like rotting flesh is growing about 10cm a day.
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The lawnmower debate: How early is too early?
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Flower show finally back in Auckland
It's hoped 70,000 people will attend the NZ Flower and Garden Show this week.
NZ Flower and Garden Show hits Auckland
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Sarah O'Neil: November is a waiting game
November gardening - there's little to do but prepare and plan, writes Sarah O'Neil.
12 questions: Garden show queen Kate Hillier
Kate Hillier talks about gardening, royalty and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Local Focus: Growing vegetables is easy, but also hard
The art of growing your own produce. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Learning by cooking wins school award
Children at Haumoana School are learning reading, writing and maths by cooking.
Gardeners' passion prompts ministry warning
Not so fast, Ministry of Primary Industries warns amateur gardeners over banned seeds..
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We took a tour of some of the gardens featured in the Auckland Garden DesignFest.
People you meet at the garden centre
Ruth Spencer digs out the truth about our gardening fetishes.
Superfoods you can easily grow yourself
Experts reveal 10 very ordinary superfoods you can grow at home.
Gardening: Doing the ground work
Now is a good time to find your gardening style, says Sarah O'Neil
Man mistakes snake for fallen branch
A Queensland man almost had a very nasty surprise while he was out gardening.
How weather will affect veggie prices
Kiwis will have to adjust to unusual gaps on supermarket shelves.
Sprinklers on despite water crisis
Auckland may be in its worst water crisis for 23 years — but it seems someone forgot to tell the council's development arm, Panuku.
Woman's plant grows six metres tall
A Kiwi who bought a small plant had no idea that it would shoot up overnight.
Next season starts now
We are now long past the first throws of the new season and without wanting to cast doom and gloom, autumn is on our doorstep and
Conservation Comment: Big Ag threat to food diversity
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Gardening: Spring a gateway to goodness
Sarah O'Neil finds that spring gardening is about more than the planting
Overwhelming Cranford fundraisers in HB
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