Glasshouse ready
If you have visited the botanic garden in the past few months, you may have noticed the winter garden glasshouse getting a major makeover.
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Let them be lilies for a day
Let them be lilies for a day
Gillian Vine looks at a misnamed plant, the day lily.
Eclectic elegance
Eclectic elegance
A Dunedin house built more than 120 years ago is a treasure trove of historic items and details. Kim Dungey reports.
Your garden: February 15
Your garden: February 15
What's happening in your garden this week?
Growing a woodland garden in your suburban plot
Growing a woodland garden in your suburban plot
Woodland gardens aren't only for large uncultivated areas, but can be created in your own backyard.
Your garden: February 8
Your garden: February 8
What's happening in your garden this week?
Plenty to enjoy in the upper garden
Plenty to enjoy in the upper garden
Dunedin's flat lower botanic garden is a much-loved destination. The duck pond has provided hours of fun for generations and the winter garden glasshouse has been a hit for more than 100 years. But...
Native greens fill the gap
Native greens fill the gap
Gillian Vine suggests a Kiwi approach to summer vegetables.
Your garden: February 1
Your garden: February 1
What's happening in your garden this week?
Allure has staying power
Allure has staying power
Gillian Vine peeps into a piece of paradise in a Dunedin garden.
At home in its setting
At home in its setting
Great holidays start here, Kim Dungey reports.
Your garden: January 18
Your garden: January 18
What's happening in your garden this week?
Tips on making the cut as a gardener
Tips on making the cut as a gardener
Pruning is often dressed up as complicated and difficult, but follow these simple rules and your plants will be healthier and happier, writes James Wong.
Tiny houses: what they don't tell you
Tiny houses: what they don't tell you
Tiny houses, despite being in vogue, have their dark side, writes Megan Carras. She looks at three things not included in the marketing blurb.
Energy flows in ‘hobbit home’ hewn from nature
Energy flows in ‘hobbit home’ hewn from nature
Bryce Langston has spent the past five years travelling the globe exploring trends of alternative living and small space design. He visits a hobbit-style home.
Closeness emphasises family bonds
Closeness emphasises family bonds
Kiwi Bryce Langston has spent the past five years travelling the globe exploring trends of alternative living and small space design. He visits a family of five in Napier.
Karitane crib 'just a fantastic place'
Karitane crib 'just a fantastic little place'
One of the hardest decisions Andrew Borthwick makes while on holiday is which of his dozen or so flags to hoist up the pole outside his family's crib in Karitane.
Home is home, wherever you may be
Home is home, wherever you may be
Bryce Langston is a NZ-based actor, musician, film-maker, environmentalist and tiny house dweller who travels the globe exploring trends in alternative living and small space design.
Understated flowers great in any garden
Understated flowers great in any garden
The name alone - Sicilian honey garlic or Nectaroscordum siculum - attracts me to this plant, but the understated flowers make it a great choice for any garden.
Thinking outside the hive
Thinking outside the hive
Gillian Vine encounters a honey of an idea for gardeners.