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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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.
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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A pollinator’s haven | Beauty in a Cape Woolamai garden
A garden designed for two young homeowners, featuring a pollinator-friendly planting scheme intended to attract bees and butterflies.
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Barefoot luxury & the restorative magic of nature
Emma Doman looked to her home state of Queensland for inspiration when creating a resort-style subtropical retreat at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
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A biodiverse, coastal-inspired haven in the city
‘We the Wild’ by Ratio’s Matt York at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (MIFGS) is a resilient garden filled with native Australian planting, designed to bring environmental benefits to its surroundings, and serve to reconnect and restore those who visit.
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A family-friendly Victorian garden planted for wildlife
Ben Saunders Landscapes thoughtfully designed this garden to provide a space where a young family can play and relax, while also creating a welcoming habitat for local wildlife.
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Cecelia Fox | On floral design, Ikebana & breaking rules
Florist and author of Pretty Dirty, Melanie Cecilia Stapleton, shares her creative approach to floral design.
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Autumn seed sowing guide | Vegetables & flowers to sow in autumn
Seed sowing is one of the most important jobs in the autumn garden. It’s time to sow winter vegetables and hardy annual flowers. This autumn seed sowing guide outlines what to sow in your autumn garden and the methods you can use to guarantee successful germination.
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Ordered beauty | A mod take on a classic European garden
With ‘Urban Luxe’, garden designer Andrew Stark’s 2026 Show Garden at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show offers a contemporary take on formal European gardens, with clipped structure, symmetry and lush planting.
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Climate, culture & migration | A Silk Road-inspired Show Garden
The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show garden, ‘Echoes of the Ancient Silk Road’ by US-based designer, Iftikhar Ahmed, uses layered planting, modular structures and reflective water to invite visitors to slow down and consider the enduring relationship between land, culture and time.
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Maximising sunshine & space | The pocket garden in Point Chevalier
This Auckland garden embraces the home’s sunniest corner. Compact yet considered, it is a place to pause and unwind but also meets the homeowner's practical needs.
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Cricket & cement | A Show Garden that remembers a childhood
In a nostalgic twist, this Show Garden at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show is inspired by Joel Barnett’s childhood spent around the Geelong Cement Cricket Club.
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Thinking about beekeeping? | 5 things to consider before you begin
Cedar & Stuart Anderson, of Flow Hive, highlight the necessary steps to take before you start your journey into beekeeping.
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