Recipe | Roasted tomato soup with cheese soldiers
Perfect for soup season, this soul-warming tomato soup is from More Than Toast, by Rhiannon Baldock
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Recipe | Fridge fritters with garlicky chilli yoghurt
A simple recipe for fritters that can be substituted with almost any veggies from your fridge from More Than Toast, by Rhiannon Baldock
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Recipe | Honey mustard smashed potato salad
Rhiannon Baldock's take on the classic potato salad, recipe from More Than Toast
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Dianella (Tūrutu) | Bringing in the birds with this native perennial
Discover how perennial and NZ native Dianella (Tūrutu) can transform your garden into a thriving haven for Aotearoa’s native birdlife.
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Recipe | Green curry stew
An aromatic Thai recipe built around your choice of slow-braised meat and infused with herbs, from Tender by Lucy Tweed
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Recipe | Unctuous eggplant shakshuka
A hearty, spice-laced and deeply satisfying recipe for Eggplant Shakshuka recipe from Tender by Lucy Tweed
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Cecelia Fox | On floral design, Ikebana & breaking rules
Florist and author of Pretty Dirty, Melanie Cecilia Stapleton, shares her creative approach to floral design.
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Thinking about beekeeping? | 5 things to consider before you begin
Cedar & Stuart Anderson, of Flow Hive, highlight the necessary steps to take before you start your journey into beekeeping.
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The ultimate guide to watering your houseplants
Tammy Huynh, a qualified horticulturist and passionate plant woman, shares this comprehensive guide to watering houseplants.
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How to create a shade garden: Shade plants by season
Martha Stewart’s guide on how to choose which specimens to incorporate into your own shady garden.
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The layers of a food forest | The Urban Food Forester
Growing your own fruit, veggies and herbs can be time-consuming. But by harnessing the power of perennials, trees and shrubs, you can establish a thriving ecosystem that requires minimal upkeep – perfect for busy people.
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Your ever-changing orchard | Homegrown fruit: A Practical Guide
If you’ve ever dreamed of growing your own fruit but weren’t sure where to begin, let us introduce you to Homegrown Fruit: A Practical Guide. The book is packed with straightforward advice for your easy orchard life – growing prolific, healthy fruit trees at home.
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Recipe | Michael Rantassi’s simple potato salad
An easy recipe potato salad from Salata, by Michael Rantissi and Kirsty Frawley
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Recipe | Watermelon & feta salad
This salad sings of summer. Recipe from Salata, by Michael Rantissi and Kirsty Frawley
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Floral abundance | How Canterbury gardener Kate Williams creates her flower field each season
Canterbury gardener & floral workshop host shares with us how she prepares her large flower field and what she plants in it.
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Recipe | Teddy’s favourite garden greens pasta
Made from greens found in the garden all year round, this simple pasta recipe if a favourite of Jane & Jimmy Barnes' grandchildren.
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Recipe | Off the vine tomato pasta
This is quick, easy and fresh – straight out of the summer garden. Recipe by Jane & Jimmy Barnes.
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Recipe | Timmy’s never fail pavlova
Jimmy Barnes was taught to make this recipe by New Zealand chef Peter Gordon, who learned it from his mum, Timmy.
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Foraging cherry blossoms + Forest’s cherry blossom gin fizz recipe
Chef Plabita Florence, the force behind Auckland restaurant 'Forest', reflects on foraging cherry blossoms and shares her recipe for a cherry blossom gin fizz with Eat Wild's Sophie Merkins
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Case Studies | A story of plant travel
Case Studies: A Story of Plant Travel is a book that, through striking photography and reflective essays, reminds us that our values and choices shape the land beneath our feet.
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Waxgills Gliophorus | A hidden world of New Zealand fungi
Waxgills Gliophorus fungi – some of the breathtaking, often overlooked New Zealand fungi.
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What is a food forest?
Angela Clifford and Nick Gill from The Food Farm in North Canterbury talk us through what a food farm is, and how they set up their food forest layers.
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How to grow hydrangeas in your cut flower garden
A guide for growing and picking hydrangeas – The Floral Dream by Olivia McCord
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Recipe | Cos, zhoug ranch & spiced nuts
A delicious salad recipe from renowned Auckland restaurant, Fatima’s. Includes separate recipes for zhoug and Fatima's spiced nuts.
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Recipe | Carrots, lentils & labneh
A dish comprising of Moroccan-inspired carrots, lentils and labneh from renowned Auckland restaurant, Fatima’s. Includes separate recipes for labneh and spiced vinaigrette.
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Beatrix Potter’s garden of mischief | Why Mr McGregor’s garden still captivates us
Discover how Beatrix Potter transformed a simple kitchen garden into a story of mischief, danger and enduring charm.
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Recipe | La piña
A non-alcoholic pineapple and lime based mocktail recipe from The Madrusan Cocktail Companion
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Recipe | The Long Island Bar gimlet
Long Island bar gimlet recipe that pays homage to a true modern classic cocktail — recipe from The Madrusan Cocktail Companion by Michael and Zara Madrusan
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Recipe | Ottolenghi lemon & labneh cake
Recipe for a lemon cake created to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the first Ottolenghi store in London, by Helen Goh.
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