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Tauroa Farm | An English garden set in rural Hawke’s Bay

Just outside Havelock North, with views to Te Mata Peak, Tauroa Farm is a working property where organic garden and farmland are being shaped together. Under head gardener Carla Pick, the garden is a gradually evolving landscape.

Gardens, People

From bare block to cottage garden in the Yarra Valley

Jala’s lush boundary planting creating privacy and depth.

Gardens

A Carlton worker’s cottage reconnected through landscape

Vertical timber installation within Rowdy Meadows landscape, Ohio, by Reed Hilderbrand

Gardens

Rowdy Meadow | A conversation between art & ecology

Gardens

A pollinator’s haven | Beauty in a Cape Woolamai garden

Ben Saunders X Sage Journal - Thornbury Project

Gardens

A family-friendly Victorian garden planted for wildlife

Shop the Sage collection.

Shop the collection – our journal, caps and some handpicked gardening books – treat yourself or your garden-loving friends.

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Gardening Guides & How-tos

Books, Guides

Cecelia Fox | On floral design, Ikebana & breaking rules

Guides, Plants

Autumn seed sowing guide | Vegetables & flowers to sow in autumn

Image from Flow Hive's Book of Bees & Beekeeping by Cedar & Stuart Anderson

Books, Guides

Thinking about beekeeping? | 5 things to consider before you begin

Guides

February Gardening Guide | Late summer gardening

GARDEN guides

Autumn gardening guides.

What to do, sow, plant & plan in your autumn garden — read our autumn gardening guides to stay on top of your autumn gardening tasks.

ALL AUTUMN GUIDES

All About Plants

Books, Plants

A garden over time | Case study of a dry garden over 8 months of growth & learning

Dianella intermedia (blue berry) illustration from Aotearoa in bloom book

Books, Plants

Dianella (Tūrutu) | Bringing in the birds with this native perennial

Guides, Plants

Autumn seed sowing guide | Vegetables & flowers to sow in autumn

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Guides, Plants

Autumn seed sowing guide | Vegetables & flowers to sow in autumn

Seed sowing is one of the most important jobs in the autumn garden. It’s time to sow winter vegetables and hardy annual flowers. This autumn seed sowing guide outlines what to sow in your autumn garden and the methods you can use to guarantee successful germination.