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Wayne Webster, Whistling Green - Secret Garden X Sage Journal

Finding balance | Thirty years of change at Whistling Green

Located in Hillcrest, Auckland, this garden blends Aotearoa and Asian influences – evolving and transforming since Wayne and Rama first bought the property in the early 1990s.

Drone view of a heritage estate with white gravel driveways, gardens, and surrounding trees.

Books, Gardens

The enduring garden at The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga

The fertile land at Te Papa Tauranga has been cultivated for centuries – not least, The Elms Heritage Garden.

Gardens, People

Restoring Kaikōmako | The garden that sparked the Secret Gardens garden-share platform

Jane Mahoney shares the story behind Kaikōmako — her ten-year garden project in Corsair Bay, Canterbury, and the beginnings of Secret Gardens.

People

Autumn in a subtropical, suburban garden | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Hawke’s Bay

An interview with Secret Gardener, Sue of Texture Garden — a subtropical, suburban garden in Taradale, Hawke's Bay.

Gardens, People

A productive urban garden called Ngā Kaupeka | Autumn insights from a Secret Gardener in Auckland’s North Shore

An interview with Secret Gardener, Phoebe of Ngā Kaupeka — a small-scale, productive garden in Forrest Hill, North Shore, Auckland.

Gardens

Golden light & generations of growth | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Hāwea

An autumn interview with Secret Gardener, Ali of Crosshill Garden — a century old garden in Hāwea, Otago.

Gardens, People

Autumn colour, feijoas & formal roses in Rangiora | Autumn insights from Secret Gardeners in Canterbury

An interview with Secret Gardeners, Raewyn and Dave of Willoughbridge — an established garden complete with an orchard, large specimen trees and bonsai collection in Rangiora, Canterbury.

Gardens, People

Autumn reflections from a historic homestead garden | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Martinborough

An interview with Secret Gardener, Phillipa of Waihora — a thriving garden for a historic homestead in Martinborough, Wairarapa.

Gardens, People

Tending a country garden in autumn | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Manawahe

Gardens, Travel

Exploring secret gardens: The story behind the UK’s G&T Garden Tours

Jason Goodwin and Simon Tiffin turned their passion for horticulture into G&T Garden Tours, offering exclusive access to some of Dorset and Somerset’s most remarkable private gardens. [Discount inside!]

Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria Melbourne

Gardens, Guides

Exploring Melbourne’s most beautiful gardens (and other stunning gardens around the world)

8 public gardens to visit in Melbourne, and beyond.

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.

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.

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.

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To visit

Finding balance | Thirty years of change at Whistling Green

The enduring garden at The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga

Restoring Kaikōmako | The garden that sparked the Secret Gardens garden-share platform

Autumn in a subtropical, suburban garden | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Hawke’s Bay

A productive urban garden called Ngā Kaupeka | Autumn insights from a Secret Gardener in Auckland’s North Shore

Golden light & generations of growth | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Hāwea

Autumn colour, feijoas & formal roses in Rangiora | Autumn insights from Secret Gardeners in Canterbury

Autumn reflections from a historic homestead garden | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Martinborough

Tending a country garden in autumn | Insights from a Secret Gardener in Manawahe

Exploring secret gardens: The story behind the UK’s G&T Garden Tours

Exploring Melbourne’s most beautiful gardens (and other stunning gardens around the world)

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

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

Wellington Garden | Secret Gardens of Aotearoa

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