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.
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Here, you’ll find stories that explore and celebrate the beauty of places and people found within green spaces. Plus, loads of practical gardening advice and how-tos.
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.
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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!
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Rethinking roses | Simple tips for planting, growing & pruning roses
We’re here to defend the honour of the long- misunderstood rose and its high-maintenance reputation. As the team at Matthews Roses knows well, just a little love goes a long way… and keeps the blooms coming.
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We spent two days at The Newt in Somerset | The Great Garden Show
After two days exploring the gardens and exhibitions, and hearing from growers and makers at 'The Great Garden Show' at The Newt in Somerset, Holly, our UK-based content coordinator, shares her highlights from the event.
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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
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Caisson Gardens | Where canal lines shape a landscape
Located in Bath, United Kingdom, Caisson Gardens has been lovingly restored and nurtured by Phil and Amanda Honey, whose vision has created a sustainable landscape rich in beauty and thriving wildlife.
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Recipe | Autumn minestrone
A cosy and delicious soup, perfect as the weather cools down, from Easy Italian Dinners by Melanie Lionello
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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
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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.
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A New Zealand coastline, reimagined in Shenzhen
The award-winning garden Ocean's Edge was proudly featured among a small collection of internationally designed gardens at the 2026 Shenzhen Greater Bay Area Flower Show in China.
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Recipe | Peach & moscato trifle
A reimagining of the classic trifle, infused with South-East Asian flavours. Recipe from You’re Welcome! by Raymond Tan
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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
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May Gardening Guide | Weeding, feeding & protecting
May is a last chance to give the garden a good tidy up before temperatures plummet – lots of weeding, feeding and protecting. It's also the last chance to get your spring bulbs in, and a great time to plant veggies for spring harvest in the veggie patch.
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Enduring romance | Red Hill Cottage
How do you create a romantic cottage garden – with all the charm you would expect – while also facing the realities of hot summers and limited water? Landscape designer Ashley James shows us how careful planting can deliver beauty that stands up to the elements.
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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.
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Farnworth Farm | An English garden set in rural Hawke’s Bay
Just outside Havelock North, with views to Te Mata Peak, Farnworth Farm is a working property where organic garden and farmland are being shaped together. Under head gardener Carla Pick, the garden is a gradually evolving landscape.
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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.
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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.
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Recipe | Caramelised courgette, fennel & garlic orecchiette
A thirty-minute pasta recipe packed full of flavour, from I'll Cook! by Sophie Godwin
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Recipe | Brown butter roasted cauliflower
Take your roasted cauliflower to the next level with this recipe from I’ll Cook! by Sophie Godwin
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Recipe | Gnocchi with charred tomato salsa & ricotta
Simple, fresh & tasty gnocchi — recipe from I'll Cook! by Sophie Godwin
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A Carlton worker’s cottage reconnected through landscape
Landscape designer Josh Arkey of Jala has transformed the garden of Melbourne architects Stephanie Burton and Joseph Lovell’s inner-city worker’s cottage, dissolving the boundary between house and garden.
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Recipe | Roasted tomato soup with cheese soldiers
Perfect for soup season, this soul-warming tomato soup is from More Than Toast, by Rhiannon Baldock
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Recipe | Fridge fritters with garlicky chilli yoghurt
A simple recipe for fritters that can be substituted with almost any veggies from your fridge from More Than Toast, by Rhiannon Baldock
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Recipe | Honey mustard smashed potato salad
Rhiannon Baldock's take on the classic potato salad, recipe from More Than Toast
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Dianella (Tūrutu) | Bringing in the birds with this native perennial
Discover how perennial and NZ native Dianella (Tūrutu) can transform your garden into a thriving haven for Aotearoa’s native birdlife.
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Recipe | Green curry stew
An aromatic Thai recipe built around your choice of slow-braised meat and infused with herbs, from Tender by Lucy Tweed
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Recipe | Unctuous eggplant shakshuka
A hearty, spice-laced and deeply satisfying recipe for Eggplant Shakshuka recipe from Tender by Lucy Tweed
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Rowdy Meadow | A conversation between art & ecology
Rowdy Meadow in Ohio is a meeting of art and ecology. Landscape architect studio, Reed Hilderbrand has restored 150 acres of former orchards and steep woodlands and created the setting for an extraordinary, contemporary sculpture collection.
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