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.
End-of-spring gardening tips — How-to guides for direct sowing wildflower seeds, watering essentials for spring & summer, presprouting & transplanting dahlia tubers, dealing with slugs & snails, pruning & feeding citrus and taking cuttings of perennials. Written in partnership with Boring® Oat Milk.
A conversation with Paul Roper-Gee of Botanic Landscape Architects. Explore is own garden, and learn about his life as a landscape architect and passionate gardener.
Overlooking Tauranga’s Wairoa River Valley, this restored 1930s home combines historic charm and modern comfort, featuring English-inspired gardens, a travertine-paved pool area, 17 potager beds and expansive river valley views.
Situated right above Castor Bay Beach, this garden offers stunning views of the bay and will be open to the public during the upcoming Auckland Garden Designfest event in November 2024.
At Clifton Glamping, Tom and Lucia Gordon balance luxury accommodation with their dedication to sustainability and reforestation, creating a unique retreat immersed in nature.
A healthy version for a classic comfort food - Tracey Bennett shares her recipe for home-made loaded hashbrowns + her plant-based feta recipe that pairs perfectly as a topping to these hashbrowns.
Mid-spring gardening tips — How-to guides for climbing plants, pricking out and potting on seedlings, and replanting self-seeded seedlings. Written in partnership with Boring® Oat Milk.
This project, led by permaculturist Ben Shaw, transformed part of a rural property into a thriving market garden. It now provides sustainable food for eight families, supporting a small community’s way of living and eating.
The instinctual gardener, Suzanne Beaumont, cultivates her Hawkes Bay grounds with vibrancy and swathes of colour.
A story told in partnership with Resene.
A rustic fruit tart by Christall Lowe, featuring a honey frangipane filling, stone fruit and blueberries. A recipe that captures the warmth of a summer evening.
Hawke's Bay artist Mollie Howard creates floral-inspired paintings that celebrate nature and motherhood, with her deep passion for the natural world and strong family connections shaping her artistic vision.
Take a walk through the garden-to-table experience that is St Georges Restaurant - a family run affair where ingredients are sourced direct from the gardens onsite.
The homeowners of this vibrant Northcote garden wanted to switch things up and replace their main lawn area with an outdoor dining space for entertaining.
A gorgeous strawberry, rhubarb and white chocolate crumble from the Two Raw Sisters' book: More Salad. A dessert recipe complete with substitutions and tips to make it gluten free!
