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'Mini mountain' a challenge
'Mini mountain' a challenge
It's been four years since the Dunedin Botanic Garden developed the “mini mountain” in the upper garden.
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Renovation no, redesign yes
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Renovation no, redesign yes
One thing led to another when a Dunedin couple thought about gaining more living space. Kim Dungey reports.
Pardon the weeds, I’m feeding the bees
Pardon the weeds, I’m feeding the bees
You don’t have to work hard to create the perfect home for invertebrates in your garden, writes Maureen Howard.
Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape
Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape
Kinetic and colourful, Dierama stops visitors in their tracks at Dunedin's Botanic Garden.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Monster lily steals the show
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Monster lily steals the show
A self-proclaimed "bit of a gardener" managed to swoop first place in her category, and second overall, in a lily show after growing a massive flower that towered over the competition.
Tips for painting
Tips for painting
Summer’s longer days and warmer weather motivates many of us to think about freshening up the outside of our homes.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Wilderness tamed to become five-star garden
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Wilderness tamed to become five-star garden
A Doctors Point garden has been turned from broom, gorse and pine trees into a five-star property, planted with 1400 species from all over the world.
Restoring a piece of history
Restoring a piece of history
A historic Dunedin harbourside cottage that belonged to the same family for nearly 120 years will be restored to its original state, its new owners say.
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
Cascading plants that flower on the Dunedin Botanic rock garden are like an outfit you buy on the spur of the moment, wear to one event, and then put back in your overflowing wardrobe.
‘ODT’ writer recognised
‘ODT’ writer recognised
Long-time Otago Daily Times garden writer Gillian Vine will next year be awarded a Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture’s New Zealand National Award.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Bloom well worth the 22-year wait: owner
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Bloom well worth the 22-year wait: owner
It was touch and go, but an agave is about to have its day in the sun.
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Remodel fosters warmth
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Remodel fosters warmth
The aim when remodelling this Queenstown house was not just to modernise, but to create a warm and thermally efficient home, Kim Dungey reports.
One prickly customer
One prickly customer
In the late 1990s we received seed from a United Kingdom botanic garden through the international seed exchange of this interesting bromeliad.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air
The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air
The spiderplant is one of the most underrated and rewarding indoor plants you can grow, Alisha Sherriff writes.
Nature’s ornaments in time for Christmas
Nature’s ornaments in time for Christmas
We are very lucky in the southern hemisphere to have an ‘upside-down’ Christmas - it is the beginning of summer, and we revel in being outdoors with family and friends.
