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Books, Recipes

Recipe | Hazelnut romesco sauce

A tasty romesco sauce pairs perfectly paired with seafood or roast veggies.

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Roast butternut & beet salad with orange whipped feta & hazelnuts

A sweet and sticky roast veggie salad bursting with flavours from Gretchen Lowe’s: My Weekend Table

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Kūmara gnocchi with burnt sage butter & pecorino

A rich yet relaxed recipe for Kūmara gnocchi from Gretchen Lowe's: My Weekend Table

Vegetable Mix can be combined with Garden Mix in a raised or edged bed

Gardening Series, Guides

A simple guide to soil mixes & amendments

A guide for understanding your options and discovering the most effective soil mixes and amendments for your garden.

Gardens, People

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.

Guides, How-to

Planting & underplanting fruit trees and passionfruit care | Mid winter edible gardening

Quick tips for planting + underplanting your fruit trees & passionfruit care in winter.

Plants

Winter plant picks | What do landscape designers choose for winter planting?

We asked some New Zealand based landscape designers to share their favourite plants for winter – here are their top picks for colour, structure & seasonal beauty.

Apricot and blackberry cobbler. Comfort Cooking by Wendy Morgan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Apricot & blackberry cobbler

A cosy recipe for apricot and blackberry cobbler. From Wendy Morgan's: Comfort Cooking.

Brown butter sage sauce on brown gnocchi. Comfort Cooking by Wendy Morgan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Brown butter sage sauce with gnocchi

A recipe for brown butter sage sauce, perfect for drizzling over gnocchi. From Wendy Morgan's: Comfort Cooking.

Crumbed mushrooms with sherry sauce. Comfort Cooking by Wendy Morgan

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Crumbed mushrooms with sherry cream sauce

A classy little entrée to serve to dinner guests. Crumbed mushrooms, served with a delicious sherry cream sauce. From Wendy Morgan's: Comfort Cooking.

The RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this morning.

Gardens

A garden for dogs & those who love them | Monty Don’s Dog Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Much-loved broadcaster and esteemed gardener Monty Don stepped into the Show Garden spotlight, bringing his own design to 2025's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Gardens, People

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.

Pruning berries and brambles - Sage Journal X PICKY

Guides, How-to

Pruning berries & brambles, growing winter greens, fruit tree care + pruning | Early winter edible gardening

Quick tips for pruning berries & brambles, growing winter greens & herbs and winter guides for fruit tree care & pruning.

Plants

How to grow, prune & care for raspberries

A guide on growing, pruning and caring for raspberry plants.

Books, Plants

How to grow pansies & violas in the garden or containers

A practical and poetic guide to transplanting pansies and violas, with tips on soil prep, container growing and supporting pollinators. Excerpt from Pansies by Brenna Estrada.

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Eggplant fries with artichoke dip

A divine recipe for eggplant fries, paired with a creamy, zesty artichoke dip. From cookbook: Take Me to Spain.

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Roasted beetroot + orange salad with berry dressing

This zesty beetroot and orange salad from the cookbook - Take Me to Spain - is as stunning as it is delicious.

Books, Recipes

Recipe | Grapefruit + basil gin & tonic with smoky paprika nuts

A pretty and refreshing twist on the classic G&T from cookbook: Take Me to Spain.

Guides, How-to

What to do in your edible garden in mid-late autumn | Fruit tree care, supporting pollinators & strawberries planting

Mulching fruit trees, growing strawberries from runners, supporting pollinators, pruning feijoas & checking over fruit trees.

Gillian Swinton ‘The Good life’ - Growing Garlic

Books, Guides, Plants

How to grow garlic | A homesteader’s guide to growing garlic

Gillian Swinton shares her tips for growing garlic as a self-sufficient crop. Words from her modern homesteading book: The Good Life.

Guides, How-to, Plants

Everything you need to know about growing & caring for dahlias

Dahlia lovers, this one’s for you. A roundup of all of our top articles for growing, caring for and propagating dahlias.

Guides

The pros & cons of keeping chickens in an urban backyard

We reckon keeping chickens is pretty rad: A little bit frugal, a little bit feral and a little bit fancy. Here are some pros (and cons) of keeping chickens in your garden, according to Phoebe Atkinson.

Books, Gardens, People

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

Guides

Mid autumn gardening | A quick task rundown

A quick run down of tasks you need to focus on in the garden for early autumn.

Beech Strawberry, Cyttaria gunnii, Rebecca Bowater

Books, Plants

Forager’s favourites | 6 interesting edible fungi to find in Aotearoa

This article highlights six edible fungi found in Aotearoa, selected from A Naturalist’s Guide to the Fungi of Aotearoa New Zealand by ecologist Ruben Mita

Gardening Series, How-to, Plants

A comprehensive guide to planting & growing spring bulbs | Autumn gardening

A complete guide to which spring bulbs, and how to plant and grow them, this autumn.

Guides

Sowing success | Autumn seed sowing tips

Learn how to sow hardy annuals in autumn with key tips on spacing, direct sowing vs. seed trays, and the best methods for growing sweet peas, sugar snaps and snow peas.