The long view | North Canterbury’s Flaxmere garden
For nearly six decades, John & Penny Zino have called Flaxmere home, raising their family while gradually evolving the property from a working farm into the beautiful garden it is today.
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Danielle Heyhoe
Hello, I’m Danielle.
At the heart of it, I am a writer. My gardening knowledge is tentative at best, though I love stories about people and what forms them. I have features and essays published in many New Zealand magazines, and of course, Sage Journal.
My love of writing began in fiction, which I fit in between feeding the children and cleaning the house. My work has been nominated for the Sargeson Prize 2020, and was shortlisted for the Michael Gifkins Text Prize 2023. I’m currently completing a Master of Arts at Victoria University, Wellington.
What I love about working with Sage is the opportunity to interview and discover inspiring and beautiful people who are passionate about sustaining our land.
Art in motion | The Unlikely Florist
At 18, Spencer Falls left his family orchard in Hawke’s Bay to pursue a creative life, spanning acting, sculpture and floristry, in the United States.
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Locus Pacis | The practice of peace
Charlotte and Jason, owners of landscape design and construction business Espaso Verde, have named their garden, Locus Pacis – meaning the practice of peace.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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