Locking in the carbon
If you're thinking about reducing your carbon footprint, the garden's a good place to start, writes Ben Elms, aka Dr Compost.
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Your garden: October 19
Your garden: October 19
What's happening in your garden this week?
Rhododendrons radiant but others have own charm
Rhododendrons radiant but others have own charm
The Rhododendron Dell at the Dunedin Botanic Garden is bursting with spring colour as the rhododendron season gets into full stride and spring bulbs continue to delight. However, it's also worth...
10 Labour Weekend projects
10 Labour Weekend projects
Gillian Vine lines up 10 garden tasks for Labour Weekend.
Ingenious plots exposed
Ingenious plots exposed
Gillian Vine previews two garden tours.
Tough Australian nut smooth on the inside
Tough Australian nut smooth on the inside
Did you know that our Australian neighbours have one of the most prized nut producers as a native tree? Macadamia is a genus of four species, of which three are edible. The fourth is poisonous.
Your garden: October 12
Your garden: October 12
What's happening in your garden this week?
Space and textures in large Outram home
Space and textures in large Outram home
This stylish and practical home was the perfect fit for a young Outram family. Kim Dungey reports.
Helping a beloved garden inhabitant
Helping a beloved garden inhabitant
A backyard visit from a kereru is always a delight. It is remarkable that these placid vegetarians, with their ungainly ways and appetising appearance, remain a common sight in urban gardens.
Three wise old men
Three wise old men
Gillian Vine marvels at three conifers that have survived for millions of years.
Your garden: October 5
Your garden: October 5
What's happening in your garden this week?
Humble cowslip a winner
Humble cowslip a winner
After a decline in its natural habitat over the past few decades, the cowslip, Primula veris, is once again becoming a common sight in early spring.
Glorius Cynara adds contrast
Glorius Cynara adds contrast
Adding a structural plant to a perennial border adds great textural contrast. Repeating the planting throughout the border creates a defining design feature.
Your garden: September 28
Your garden: September 28
What's happening in your garden this week?
Over 100, it rocks
Over 100, it rocks
Gillian Vine takes a stroll in the Dunedin Botanic Garden's rockery.
Indoor plant lore
Indoor plant lore
Anyone can grow house plants, say the authors of a news book. Gillian Vine reports.
Local food on the lawn
Local food on the lawn
With just a little bit of work, you too can be producing local food on tha lawn, writes Ben Elms (aka Dr Compost).
Your garden: September 14
Your garden: September 14
What's happening in your garden this week?
Display continues into spring
Display continues into spring
Flower buds on Edgeworthia chrysantha have been causing great anticipation at Dunedin Botanic Garden over the winter months. This specimen, in the Otaru Teien border by the duck pond, is flowering...
Luscious lemonwood
Lemonwood luscious example of foliar scent
Scent engages the senses; it is commonplace to be lured by a flower's fragrance, but what about its foliage?