Heather Loughlin’s Matua garden doesn't just provide solace for herself. The site has become an intentional habitat for bugs. This is Heather’s way of recognising the vital role insects have to play in our biodiversity.
According to recipe developer and blogger, Emma Galloway, everyday food should be quick and easy, using readily available ingredients and simple techniques. Emma’s latest cookbook, Every Day, contains a range delicious and adaptable gluten-free and vegetarian recipes including nourishing breakfasts, snacks, baking, easy weeknight meals and desserts.
Orchids are probably the oldest cultivated flowers in the world and are used in many cultures as a flower that represents value. Green orchids symbolise good health, long life and strength, while white orchids symbolise innocence, elegance and respect. They are a flower of substance and are really long lasting.
Sumac has a long culinary history in the Middle East. Ground sumac is sprinkled over all manner of food. Olivia Sisson shares her story of finding and foraging this tart delight.
Liv Worsnop is a Hawke’s Bay born artist and passionate environmentalist. She found her way into the realm of environmentalism through her art studies and opportunities that arose during the Christchurch Earthquake recovery. Back in Hawke’s Bay now, Liv relishes gardening on her family’s property in the Tuki Tuki Valley.
Tara Morton and Nick Walbridge are the proud owners of Waikanae’s mid-century modernist retreat — Riverbank 1965. Riverbank is a renovated architectural gem, originally built in the mid 1960s in a California ranch-style. The property consists of 1.5 acres of secluded trees and landscaping, with direct access to the Waikanae River.
Having a broad understanding of plant types will unlock your creativity and pathways to further knowledge. Learn about the difference between perennials, annuals and biennials…
— Extracted from Petal Power by Julia Atkinson-Dunn
Harvesting your own grapes is an enticing prospect, as a multitude of growers in the Bay will endorse. Rod and Emma Easthope have been entwined with grape growing and winemaking since they were children. So they should know. Their story is one of respect for the land, their craft and family life.
VERBENA BONARIENSIS — A tall airy perennial with long cylindrical stems, sparse leaves and tightly clustered violet flowers. Written by Julia Atkinson-Dunn, Petal Power
Kōtare Estate lies at the very end of Lane Road in Havelock Road. Although only a stone’s throw from the heart of the Havelock North village, its setting provides a blissful disconnection from the rush of life, coupling perfectly with the vision Pip and Mathias Robbie-Gödert had to share their home with others.
Katie McHardy is on a journey to educate herself and others about the Slow Flower Movement – encouraging people to support the local economy by buying seasonal and locally grown flowers. Having recently returned to Hawke’s Bay she is tying her environmental and floristry passions together by establishing a sustainable cut flower garden on her family’s coastal farm in Aramoana.
The Hospice Holly Trail has become an institution for Hawke’s Bay locals and visitors a plenty. A wondrous tour of homes and gardens in Havelock North and surrounding areas, with its main focus on a significant charitable outcome for the local hospice.
A home garden is an increasingly important piece of the puzzle of our planet’s ecosystem. Creating a vibrant and nourishing place for bees and other beneficial insects is easy to do, and effective in even the smallest of spaces.
Strawberries are super easy to grow and harvest, taking up little space in your garden. They are a ground cover plant and spread rapidly with their runners.
Raspberries, boysenberries and blackberries are all members of the Rubus family, also referred to as ‘cane fruit’.
Camilla Jørvad is a mother, photographer and passionate gardener based on the stunning Danish island of Ærø. Taking up gardening has taught her many lessons about life, health, harmony and the restoration of our precious planet.
Leather accessories brand, Deadly Ponies, developed a dilapidated back area into an event and seating space for their flagship store in Auckland. Landscape designer Jared Lockhart was called in to help. He very quickly formed a vision: Naturalistic and rambling.
Camilla Jørvad is a mother and self-taught photographer who is deeply in love with gardening. Her time tending to her land helps foster a close connection to nature and the changing seasons — something she identifies as crucial for her mental and physical wellbeing.
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