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Sold | Tauranga property with English-inspired gardens and river valley views is on the market

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.

Gardens, People

A landscape of luxury and legacy | Clifton Glamping

At Clifton Glamping, Tom and Lucia Gordon balance luxury accommodation with their dedication to sustainability and reforestation, creating a unique retreat immersed in nature.

Gardens, People

Heartfelt hues | The inflorescence Havelock North garden brimming with colour & texture

The instinctual gardener, Suzanne Beaumont, cultivates her Hawkes Bay grounds with vibrancy and swathes of colour. A story told in partnership with Resene.

People

A season of growth | The life of artist Mollie Howard

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.

Gardens, People

Garden-centric cuisine | St Georges garden-to-table restaurant

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.

Botanic Landscape Architects - Lyttleton Garden

Gardens

Habour views | A lush, lawnless forever garden in Lyttelton

Based on a compact section in Lyttelton, this garden is a sanctuary that connects to both the house and the harbour views beyond.

Gardens

From the gully to garden | Creating a native haven at home in Wellington

Inspired by the regeneration in their neighbouring gully, a family have set out to transform their garden into a sanctuary for native birds and plants. A space where nature thrives alongside daily life.

Gardens, People

The Pegasus Bay Gardener | Cultivating the expansive grounds of a North Canterbury winery

Paula Kelly, gardener at Pegasus Bay Winery, transforms its grounds with decades of horticultural passion and experience, creating stunningly beautiful gardens in North Canterbury.

Gardens, People

Nurturing the land | Jannine Rickards on gardening, winemaking & kaitiakitanga

For Jannine Rickards, gardening is more than just a hobby, it's a connection to her whakapapa—a practice steeped in tradition, sustainability and spirituality. As a winemaker and the founder of Huntress Wines, Jannine weaves her love for the land and her passion for kai (food) into every aspect of her life.

Gardens

Enchanted wilderness | A natural wonderland in Browns Bay, Auckland

This Browns Bay, Auckland based garden was designed with the natural world and two young children at the centre of all of its planning and decision making.

Gardens

An Asian-inspired sub-tropical garden in Herne Bay

After a full redevelopment of this Herne Bay garden, the homeowners now have their own private sub-tropical oasis with an array of ‘Asian-fusion’ inspired plantings and features that are a nod to their own heritage and culture.

Gardens, People

The Central Otago homesteader who grows, harvests, preserves & hosts tourists

In the quaint settlement of Lauder, Central Otago, Gillian Swinton and her partner Hamish have cultivated a lifestyle that seamlessly blends their love for gardening, hospitality and rural living.

Gardens, People

From urban plot to rural refuge | The Pomeroys’ journey to country living & abundant gardening

In the North Canterbury country town of Amberley reside quantity surveyor Keeley and chef Jen Pomeroy – two garden enthusiasts whose journey into gardening reflects a deep-rooted connection to family, food and community.

Books, Plants

Plant profile | Rengarenga (Arthropodium cirratum)

Peter Langlands’ guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Rengarenga.

Gardens, People

A Mid Canterbury edible garden designed for hospitality & self-sufficiency

In the farming town of Seafield in the Ashburton District, Stevie Young’s garden stands as a testament to a dedication and passion for simple and sustainable living.

Gardens

A Mediterranean and coastal-styled Haitaitai garden

This hybrid Mediterranean and coastal-styled garden sits on the coast of Wellington’s suburb of Hataitai. Large olive, fig, apple and citrus trees thrive amongst the garden spaces that Noble Fox landscape architects helped revitalise.

Gardens

A hosting haven in Howick | Gardenias, guests & golf

Nestled against the picturesque backdrop of East Auckland Bay, this Howick garden provides an idyllic setting for homeowners Roger and Robyn to host classic kiwi barbecues for their friends and family.

Wellington Garden | Secret Gardens of NZ

Books, Gardens

Wellington Garden | Secret Gardens of Aotearoa

Since buying their Lower Hutt property in 2021, Jacob and Lucy have wasted no time rethinking and designing their site and putting their self-sufficiency plans into action. Two years on, the 3000 square-metre-section is almost unrecognisable.

Gardens

Mountains & mānuka | Olivia Bird Design

For this Wānaka home, maintaining the surrounding views of the mountains as well as having a private living space was the priority.

Gardens

Te Whare Māra: The Garden House — Pōneke Wellington

Te Whare Māra - The Garden House - blurs the lines between landscape and architecture. This Wellington garden exemplifies landscape design that boasts beauty, sustainability and meaningful spaces to inhabit and enjoy.

Designed by local.

Gardens, Travel

How Chelsea Thorpe blends landscape, creativity & comfort | Black House Studio

Then came the newly built accommodation studio. Set against the backdrop of Gisborne’s landscapes, Black House Studio goes beyond the conventional notion of accommodation. It effortlessly marries architectural elegance with the natural splendour that envelops it. Chelsea’s interview with us invites you to appreciate the thoughtfulness and creativity that converged to shape Black House ...

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Making waste materials bloom | Metal METcALfe’s botanical sculptures

Hawke’s Bay based sisters, Amy and Katie, are the creative duo that design and fabricate botanical metal sculptures from waste material. Their story is unique, and straddles the world of product design, craft-lead production and high-end artwork.

Books, Gardens, People

Through the seasons in Kate Williams’ Canterbury garden | The After-hours Stylist

Kate Williams, known as The After-hours Stylist, lives with her family on a lifestyle block in Canterbury, where she is kept busy with running floral workshops, and looking after her extensive 5 acre garden.

Gardens

Villa Garden with Modern Tropical Twist — New Plymouth

A contemporary sub tropical garden to compliment the former railway cottage’s new renovations. Designed by PARKER.

Plants

34 Drought-tolerant plants for dry gardens

By early summer in some gardens you may struggle to keep your plants from becoming victims to dry soil and severe drought, especially if they are new plants or plants with lots of new growth. Find out what will thrive in the garden in drought conditions…

Gardens, People

Behind the green door | Phil & Gillian’s woodland-inspired garden

Step into the Havelock North garden of Phil and Gillian, former owners of The Green Door garden centre. This vibrant, woodland-inspired space is filled with unique, colourful and textured plantings.

Gardens

Wild & Woolly in Waikanae — Riverbank 1965

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.

People

From Soil to Spoil — Easthope Family Winegrowers

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.

Books, Plants

Plant profile | Tītoki (Alectryon excelsus)

John Dawson’s guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Tītoki.

Books, Plants

Plant profile | Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)

John Dawson’s guide to one of New Zealand’s unique native plants - Pōhutukawa.

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Te Whare Māra: The Garden House — Pōneke Wellington

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