A colourful life: Violet Faigan and her Ōtepoti Dunedin garden
Dunedin-based gardener Violet Faigan tells us about her wonderful, colour-packed garden.
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All in the details | House of Florelle
Through House of Florelle, Georgia Casey welcomes visitors to her rural property for floral workshops, garden parties and events that showcase her love of flowers, creativity and the finer things.
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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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Finding balance | Thirty years of change at Whistling Green
Located in Hillcrest, Auckland, this garden blends Aotearoa and Asian influences – evolving and transforming since Wayne and Rama first bought the property in the early 1990s.
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A painter’s palette | A garden of gentle colour at The Blue House
Illustrator Jenny Cooper has shaped a soft, expressive garden around her home – The Blue House – in North Canterbury. A story told in partnership with Resene.
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A winter garden gathering | Celebrating 5 years of Sage Journal with Kath Irvine
A look back at our winter garden gathering with Kath Irvine — celebrating five years of Sage Journal.
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A new crop | How a Marlborough farming family blends cut flower & traditional farming
Jo Ensor is blending family life, heritage and a love of horticulture as she transforms part of her Marlborough farm into a thriving cut flower garden — and builds her business, Tyntesfield Blooms.
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Restoring Kaikōmako | The garden that sparked the Secret Gardens garden-share platform
Jane Mahoney shares the story behind Kaikōmako — her ten-year garden project in Corsair Bay, Canterbury, and the beginnings of Secret Gardens.
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Autumn in a subtropical, suburban garden | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Hawke’s Bay
An interview with Secret Gardener, Sue of Texture Garden — a subtropical, suburban garden in Taradale, Hawke's Bay.
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A productive urban garden called Ngā Kaupeka | Autumn insights from a Secret Gardener in Auckland’s North Shore
An interview with Secret Gardener, Phoebe of Ngā Kaupeka — a small-scale, productive garden in Forrest Hill, North Shore, Auckland.
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Bringing order to chaos | A professional garden designer’s own garden
Garden designer Carolyn Campbell transformed a once-overgrown Tawa hillside into a layered, living artwork. A story told in partnership with Resene.
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Autumn colour, feijoas & formal roses in Rangiora | Autumn insights from Secret Gardeners in Canterbury
An interview with Secret Gardeners, Raewyn and Dave of Willoughbridge — an established garden complete with an orchard, large specimen trees and bonsai collection in Rangiora, Canterbury.
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Autumn reflections from a historic homestead garden | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Martinborough
An interview with Secret Gardener, Phillipa of Waihora — a thriving garden for a historic homestead in Martinborough, Wairarapa.
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From backyard to book | Kimberly Andrews on her children’s book, ‘Giraffe the Gardener’
Kimberly Andrews shares how her own garden and other green spaces influenced her latest children’s book, Giraffe the Gardener
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Pottering about the potager | A Waimate cottage garden
Nicola Blunt tends to both her 'zen' and potager gardens in Waimate, South Canterbury. A story told in partnership with Resene.
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The people behind the gardens: Our most-loved stories of 2024
Meet the artists, chefs, winemakers and homesteaders whose love for plants and the land shaped our favourite people-stories of 2024.
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‘Tussock’ | Landscape architect Louise Dunning Morrow’s Marlborough family garden
A conversation and home garden tour with landscape architect Louise Dunning Morrow on designing gardens that inspire — from Marlborough to the world.
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Textured fields | Layers of colour beneath the gums
Horticultural enthusiasts, Sue and Simon Nyhof, lose track of time in the splendour of their central Otago garden. A story told in partnership with Resene.
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Growing together: On Mel Adams’ pollination garden
How Mel Adams offers cover and shelter for not just honey bees and bumblebees, but other insects that benefit from a green, floral-filled, chemical-free garden space.
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A seasonal living canvas shaped for a growing family | Landscape architect Paul Roper-Gee’s Christchurch garden
A conversation with Paul Roper-Gee of Botanic Landscape Architects. Explore is own garden, and learn about his life as a landscape architect and passionate gardener.
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A landscape of luxury and legacy | Clifton Glamping
At Clifton Glamping, Tom and Lucia Gordon balance luxury accommodation with their dedication to sustainability and reforestation, creating a unique retreat immersed in nature.
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Heartfelt hues | The inflorescence Havelock North garden brimming with colour & texture
The instinctual gardener, Suzanne Beaumont, cultivates her Hawkes Bay grounds with vibrancy and swathes of colour.
A story told in partnership with Resene.
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A season of growth | The life of artist Mollie Howard
Hawke's Bay artist Mollie Howard creates floral-inspired paintings that celebrate nature and motherhood, with her deep passion for the natural world and strong family connections shaping her artistic vision.
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Garden-centric cuisine | St Georges garden-to-table restaurant
Take a walk through the garden-to-table experience that is St Georges Restaurant - a family run affair where ingredients are sourced direct from the gardens onsite.
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The Pegasus Bay Gardener | Cultivating the expansive grounds of a North Canterbury winery
Paula Kelly, gardener at Pegasus Bay Winery, transforms its grounds with decades of horticultural passion and experience, creating stunningly beautiful gardens in North Canterbury.
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Celebrating the winter season | Garden musings with Bri DiMattina
Bri DiMattina, recipe developer, gardener & author of Nostrana, shares with us her insight and 6 of her favourite winter gardening activities...
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Nurturing the land | Jannine Rickards on gardening, winemaking & kaitiakitanga
For Jannine Rickards, gardening is more than just a hobby, it's a connection to her whakapapa—a practice steeped in tradition, sustainability and spirituality. As a winemaker and the founder of Huntress Wines, Jannine weaves her love for the land and her passion for kai (food) into every aspect of her life.
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The Central Otago homesteader who grows, harvests, preserves & hosts tourists
In the quaint settlement of Lauder, Central Otago, Gillian Swinton and her partner Hamish have cultivated a lifestyle that seamlessly blends their love for gardening, hospitality and rural living.
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From urban plot to rural refuge | The Pomeroys’ journey to country living & abundant gardening
In the North Canterbury country town of Amberley reside quantity surveyor Keeley and chef Jen Pomeroy – two garden enthusiasts whose journey into gardening reflects a deep-rooted connection to family, food and community.
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