Let's make the most of our special New Year, writes Meg Liptrot.

A homely touch in the form of a community garden set amid industrial surroundings is taking root at Wynyard Central.

Local supporters of the Ellerslie International Flower Show have offered a home in Auckland for the event.

Next year's Ellerslie International Flower Show has been cancelled as the Christchurch City Council considers how to make the event financially viable in future.

Don't hesitate if you think your soil harbours dangerous chemicals, warns Meg Liptrot.

Meg Liptrot finds fertile riches in her garden this month.

Learning about fruiting trees enthrals wee ones. Meg Liptrot reports on a winning kohanga reo that has gone green.

Although the summer garden is winding down, there's no time to rest on your laurels because right now it's action stations for serious gardeners.

In the parks, beaches, back gardens and forests of the country, non-scientists can help with with a raft of research projects.

Chores are not chores, Greg Dixon writes, they are opportunities to find inner peace.

Meg Liptrot praises Neptune's great gift for gardeners - seaweed.

Meg Liptrot dishes out the goods on community food growing.

Conservation 'wonder woman' shows Meg Liptrot how it's done.

Meg Liptrot reports on a Pacific staple's exciting potential.

Meg Liptrot takes pity on plants that hanker after shade and a drink.

Black Magic is in demand, as sweethearts prepare to cast spells over loved ones this Valentine's Day.

A berm in Ellerslie has been entered into a national landscaping competition as part of a vegetable, fruit and flower garden. It even has a beehive.

Meg Liptrot has the perfect Valentine's gift - botanic fragrances from the garden.

As part of a series by POD Gardening, Weleda gardener David Millin gives a glimpse of the company's vast biodynamic gardens in Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay.

Want the freshest produce possible for your restaurant? Start a garden next door. As part of a series of organic Kiwi garden visits by POD Gardening, we call on The Refreshment Room's John Pountney.

As part of a series of interviews with organic Kiwi gardeners by POD Gardening, we visit Fleur Sullivan at Fleur's Place in Moeraki.