How to get the most out of your cut flowers | Conditioning for flower types
An extract from The Picking Garden: Grow and gather cut flowers for homegrown arrangements all year round by Jo Turner
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Stewarding the land | Wānaka’s regenerative market garden
A novice grower turned market gardener, Caitlin Ovenden’s Wild Things
Wānaka is a family-run farm that focuses on regenerative practices.
Her varied produce is sought after by locals through The Farm Shop, and
also features on restaurant plates across the region.
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Recipe | Sichuan dry-fried green beans
Give your plain green beans a delicious makeover with this quick and easy recipe from Hong Kong Cult Recipes by Tony Tan.
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Recipe | Vietnamese yellow curry
This delicious curry recipe is courtesy of Peggy Chan, former owner of Grassroots Pantry, an authority on food sustainability.
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A life in colour | Anna Worthington’s sprawling Ōtautahi garden
Topping her much-loved cakes with homegrown flowers was the motivation behind baker Anna Worthington’s garden. Now her sprawling garden, with colour as a central thread, is a creative outlet of its own.
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Natural order | A Rosanna garden with softness & connection
This cleverly designed Melbourne garden has been influenced by the contours of the land and its surrounding plantings. The result is a palette that favours softness, connection and a sense of gentle continuity.
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Recipe | Roasted vegetable and burrata tart with cheese pastry
A roast vegetable and burrata tart, filled with fresh veggies and fresh herbs from Easy as Pie by Wendy Morgan.
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Recipe | Roast apricot tart with cinnamon pastry
The perfect recipe, by Wendy Morgan, for apricots are in abundance.
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Recipe | Pumpkin & blue cheese crostata with olive oil pastry
Use your favourite variety of pumpkin in this pie recipe by Wendy Morgan
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Recipe | Broccoli, garlic & chilli radiatori pasta
One of the speediest pasta dishes – tasty, comforting and nutritious. Recipe by Olivia Cavalli from Pasta for the People.
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Recipe | Brothy veg & rigatoni pasta
More is more, in the case of this pasta, which is essentially a minestrone of sorts. Recipe by Joe Woodhouse from Pasta for the People.
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Recipe | Mushroom & blue cheese gigli pasta
The mushrooms in this pasta are flavoured with shallot, garlic and basil and come together in a white wine, cream and blue cheese sauce that clings to all the frills of the gigli pasta! – delicious!
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Rethinking roses | Simple tips for planting, growing & pruning roses
We’re here to defend the honour of the long- misunderstood rose and its high-maintenance reputation. As the team at Matthews Roses knows well, just a little love goes a long way… and keeps the blooms coming.
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A garden room with a view | The Glasshouse at Hillandale
Brimming with an array of succulents, fuchsias and geraniums potted in simple terracotta, this glasshouse sits within Hillandale Gardens in the countryside of Yetholme, NSW
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Recipe | Autumn minestrone
A cosy and delicious soup, perfect as the weather cools down, from Easy Italian Dinners by Melanie Lionello
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Recipe | Warm potato salad with celery, dill & lemon
Melanie Lionello shares a recipe for an Italian-style potato salad from Easy Italian Dinners From My Little Kitchen
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Recipe | Filo crinkle pie with greens, ricotta & lemon
A modern Mediterranean recipe for filo crinkle pie, extracted from Easy Italian Dinners From My Little Kitchen by Melanie Lionello.
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Recipe | Peach & moscato trifle
A reimagining of the classic trifle, infused with South-East Asian flavours. Recipe from You’re Welcome! by Raymond Tan
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How to design a small garden with NZ native plants
A practical guide to planning & planting a small native garden, with planting combinations and tips
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The hidden kingdom that keeps our planet alive | The Secret Life of Fungi
Insight into Aotearoa’s remarkable fungi and their vital role in sustaining the planet, by author and fungi photographer Jay Lichter.
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A garden over time | Case study of a dry garden over 8 months of growth & learning
A garden with resilient structures and 'electric softness,' built to thrive in tough, dry climates – observed through an 8 month case study by Jac Semmler.
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Recipe | Caramelised courgette, fennel & garlic orecchiette
A thirty-minute pasta recipe packed full of flavour, from I'll Cook! by Sophie Godwin
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Recipe | Brown butter roasted cauliflower
Take your roasted cauliflower to the next level with this recipe from I’ll Cook! by Sophie Godwin
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Recipe | Gnocchi with charred tomato salsa & ricotta
Simple, fresh & tasty gnocchi — recipe from I'll Cook! by Sophie Godwin
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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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