Growing your food can elevate your meals from the ordinary to the amazing and the great thing is now is the perfect time to get started

Do you grow your carrots or, perish the thought, buy them?

Beepocalypse. That's how an Australian journalist described the drastic decline in in bee numbers taking place in many parts of the world.

As the days lengthen and become warmer we hanker to scratch about in the dirt and grow something

Our garden guru Steve Wratten on buzzwords and biological control.

Hiring a contractor to cut down a tree is standard household business - except when the tree is in your neighbour's garden.

Our new gardening guru on the joys of growing your own.

All is not lost for the keen gardener in the coldest season, writes Sarah O'Neil

Think conservation, think kakapo and kiwi. But birds aren't the only natives under threat

With summer almost over it's time to feast on the last of the season's fruit and veg and start making plans for autumn, writes Sarah O'Neil

Organisers of the flower show that cost Christchurch City Council $516,000 last year want public money from Auckland to start a new, multimillion-dollar garden event.

Getting vertical with your garden ensures even the smallest plot yields a bountiful harvest, writes +Plus gardening columnist Sarah O'Neil.

Take the chance to poke about in cream of others' landscaping crop.

A sneak peek at this year's edible, fragrant, exotic and native finery gives Catherine Smith dreams, inspiration and determination.

It's hard to believe, as you walk around the Kelmarna Gardens, that the busy thoroughfares of Jervois and Richmond Roads are metres away.

Mud, dirt, soil - call it what you like, but respect it. It's full of life.

Despite money not growing on trees, gardening seems to be the most popular way for NZ's white collar criminals to while away the hours behind bars.

It's all flash and colour as plants entice bees to spread the love.

The weather's getting warmer so it's time to plant your veges.

If you met nurse Lisbeth Alley or former landscaper Robyn Laurenson on the street, the word guerrilla would probably not be the first description you would reach for, writes Catherine Smith.

Trees are featuring more often in the media these days, sadly because they are under threat from developers in the private or public realm.

It was a crisp, clear winter's day when I caught up with Rob Velseboer at the 7.3ha property in Riverhead he owns with his partner Murray Joyce.

Vodka, mouthwash, bleach? Do any of these tips really work? Here is what happened on seven identical bouquets.

Professional planters do it the easy-on-the-spine, no-blisters way.

Far from being boring, winter vegetables jazz up our meals.

If your pruning is behind take a brave approach with secateurs.

Clever planting and decorative touches hint at maturity, writes Carol Bucknell.

When we talk about the French urban garden it conjures images of a courtyard with cafe-style iron table and chairs to sit at for a coffee in the sun.

We kiwis love a good deck. They suit the design of most of our houses, are perfect for the casual barbecues we love so much.

Hope, recovery and restoration are what Matariki and the Maori new year are all about and this Auckland project has it in spades.