Back to bare basics
Gardening club goes back to basics
Dunedin Gardening Club members have stripped naked to promote their centenary.
Gillian Vine
Oca — the easiest vegetable
Oca — the easiest vegetable
Gillian Vine looks at one of the South’s favourite vegetables.
Gardener grows kumara in Dunedin
Gardener grows kumara in Dunedin
Kumara is not a staple crop in the South, but Gillian Vine talks to a Dunedin gardener who has grown them successfully.
Bird-lover's garden paradise
Bird-lover's garden paradise
Gillian Vine finds familiar plants among the unknown in a subtropical Australian garden.
Plan well and get plenty of pots
Plan well and get plenty of pots
Gillian Vine has some tips for downsizing a garden.
Cascades of colour and style
Cascades of colour and style
Gillian Vine finds plenty to admire among weeping trees and shrubs.
Grape expectations
Grape expectations
Gillian Vine enthuses about grapes.
Tool time
Tool time
Gillian Vine looks at the tools that are needed to start gardening.
Versatile and beautiful
Versatile and beautiful
Gillian Vine considers the baddies and some good guys in the willow clan.
Figs do fine with a little TLC
Figs do fine with a little TLC
Gillian Vine puts forward the case for growing figs.
Riding the sleeping dragon
Riding the sleeping dragon
Gillian Vine takes a gentle cruise on the Murray River.
A little bit of China in Sydney
A little bit of China in Sydney
In some ways, Sydney's Chinese Garden of Friendship is like Dunedin's.
Tulip time
Tulip time
Gillian Vine considers tulips to be one of the great delights of a southern spring.
Two special appearances
Two special appearances
Gillian Vine looks at two dramatic flowers that have bloomed in Dunedin this season.
Weedy climbers
Weedy climbers
Finding a new climber has Gillian Vine ready to climb the wall.
Balclutha garden from strength to strength
Balclutha garden from strength to strength
Gillian Vine meets two women behind Balclutha's prizewinning community garden.
White rooms in Karitane
White rooms in Karitane
Gillian Vine visits a semi-formal garden in Karitane.
Happy Valentine, darling
Happy Valentine, darling
Gillian Vine looks at a Valentine’s Day tradition.
Hot, dry summer
Hot, dry summer
Gillian Vine reflects on the hot, dry summer.
The kindest cut of all
The kindest cut of all
Gillian Vine says growing your own plants from cuttings is a budget-conscious way to fill the garden.