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July gardening guide | Mid winter gardening tasks

Before the end of this month, get your fruit and deciduous trees and roses planted, get your strawberries in, and start preparing your soil for planting your spring vegetables.

Books, Guides

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

Books, Recipes

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.

Recipe for Vietnamese Yellow Curry from Hong Kong Cult Recipes by Tony Tan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Vietnamese yellow curry

This delicious curry recipe is courtesy of Peggy Chan, former owner of Grassroots Pantry, an authority on food sustainability.

Under Southern Skies showcases New Zealand ferns, structural planting and Dawn Conn Sculpture's in UK garden designed by Siobhan Keating.

Events, Gardens

Under Southern Skies | A southern sanctuary at Chelsea

The Under Southern Skies garden, a sanctuary shaped by the spirit of the Aotearoa New Zealand bush, brought together Siobhan Keating’s experience of designing gardens in both England and New Zealand, with the artistic vision of sculptor Dawn Conn.

Gardening Series, Guides

Winter gardening guide | Pruning, planning & planting

The gardening to do list is always a little lighter as we move into winter, and while you might consider having a little break, the soil absolutely isn’t. The life beneath your feet is as alive and as busy as ever.

Roast Vegetable Tart served with Burrata cheese - recipe by Wendy Morgan

Books, Recipes

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.

Apricot tart served on purple plate - recipe by Wendy Morgan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Roast apricot tart with cinnamon pastry

The perfect recipe, by Wendy Morgan, for apricots are in abundance.

Pumpkin crostata served with seeds and rosemary - recipe by Wendy Morgan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Pumpkin & blue cheese crostata with olive oil pastry

Use your favourite variety of pumpkin in this pie recipe by Wendy Morgan

Broccoli, garlic bowl of pasta served on beautiful blue and white china plates

Books, Recipes

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.

Service veggie rigatoni pasta straight from the dish

Books, Recipes

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.

Three bowls of mushroom pasta served alongside white wine

Books, Recipes

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!

Interior view of a beautifully styled conservatory featuring potted plants, natural light and relaxed outdoor living.

Books, Gardens

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

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Autumn minestrone

A cosy and delicious soup, perfect as the weather cools down, from Easy Italian Dinners by Melanie Lionello

Warm potato salad with Celery Dill and Lemon

Books, Recipes

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

Books, Recipes

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.

Recipe for Peach Trifle from You're Welcome! by Raymond Tan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Peach & moscato trifle

A reimagining of the classic trifle, infused with South-East Asian flavours. Recipe from You’re Welcome! by Raymond Tan

Books, Guides

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

Books, Plants

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.

Gardens, People

From bare block to cottage garden in the Yarra Valley

From a bare block in the Yarra Valley, Emily Todd has created a romantic cottage garden alongside a productive kitchen garden, complete with chickens. She reflects on building it from scratch and the connections it has fostered within her community.

Books, Plants

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.