Gil Hanly's garden is a verdant wonderland in Mt Eden. On a sweltering day a welcome wave of cool, forested air greets the visitor at the gate.

The Heroic Garden Festival offers the chance to visit 26 gorgeous Auckland gardens.

Herne Bay’s community garden will be under new management.

Renting can be hard for creative people because we want to enhance beauty and you're not allowed to change much, but gardening is one way you really can do that.

Up and down our country, home gardeners are enjoying the fruits of their hard work.

Make summer last even longer with some relaxation-inducing outdoor living furniture and accessories.

Barnardos has always led the charge in putting children first. The Garden Project is their newest initiative to promote gardening among South Auckland children and families...

This Christmas we're catching the train to Kaikoura to spend a few days with my husband's family, who live up Mt Lyford, in a village of log houses surrounded by beech trees and mountain tarns.

I enjoyed researching this story, as I don't often peruse websites for garden gift-giving. My go-to presents for special days are often plants (not a surprise).

Gardening is the gigantic seller for New Zealand's biggest DIY, homeware, trade and household goods chains, dominating all other product category lines.

No room, no problem; options include pots and mobile beds.

Throw in longer days, warmer temperatures and regular rain, stir up the soil and you have the perfect recipe for a weed explosion. Fortunately, weeds come with benefits. If you're pulling out your hair and reaching for expensive herbicides, think again. I

When I arrived back in Auckland, the difference in temperature to Wellington was blatantly apparent.

Make use of your outdoor space for entertaining, Carol Bucknell writes.

Get your pruning right and your trees will be happier than ever.

A food forest is an orchard the way nature intended. Humans get the benefit of fruit, nuts, herbs, fibre (and sometimes firewood) and wildlife get a home.

The birthplace of the country's biggest garden centre is for sale for the first time in 102 years.

Keeping chickens and growing your own veges is the first step to being self-sufficient.