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Gardens, People

Enduring romance | Red Hill Cottage

How do you create a romantic cottage garden – with all the charm you would expect – while also facing the realities of hot summers and limited water? Landscape designer Ashley James shows us how careful planting can deliver beauty that stands up to the elements.

Gardens

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

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

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

The hidden kingdom that keeps our planet alive | The Secret Life of Fungi

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

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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.