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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Plot twist | The Little Barn Garden
Wedding flowers are usually sourced from growers and florists, but Liv Wynne-Lewis decided hers would come from the soil of her parents’ Hawke’s Bay farm.
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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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The anatomy of a kōwhai flower & how it unfolds for bird pollination
Kōwhai is regarded by many as New Zealand’s unofficial national flower, providing abundant nectar for some of our most-loved native birds.
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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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Recipe | Plum & pistachio bars
A rich recipe for plum & pistachio bars, from Baking & the Meaning of Life by Helen Goh
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Recipe | Broccoli, leek & ricotta pie
A pie inspired by the classic orecchiette broccoli pasta, from Baking & the Meaning of Life by Helen Goh
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Recipe | Prawn and avocado salad with basil and green chilli sambal
A lovely chilled starter for dinner on a hot day, or a light, feel-good lunch. Adding some soba noodles to this wouldn’t be a bad shout either.
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Recipe | Grilled broccolini with ‘everything bagel’ chilli oil
Beautiful things happen to brassicas when you grill them over high heat. This simple, spicy broccolini recipe is no exception.
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Recipe | Dumpling salad with the ultimate dumpling sauce
This fun little dish casts dumplings as the protein in a fresh salad, with the ultimate dumpling sauce and a cumin buttermilk ranch dressing.
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