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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.

People

Slow Growing — Katie McHardy

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.

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How-to

How to: Create a Pollination Garden

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.

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Plants

How to Grow: Strawberries

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.

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How to Grow: CORIANDER

How-to, Plants

How to grow & care for coriander

Arguably the most polarising of herbs. While some are mad about this lemony addition to dishes, others are utterly perturbed by its presence. Whatever your preference, there are a few tricks to growing it successfully through the seasons.
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Gardens

Deadly Ponies Store — Jared Lockhart Design

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.

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