Lily show adds summer feel
Bold and beautiful lilies brought a colourful summer feel to Dunedin’s Forbury Park Raceway at the weekend.
Life & Style
Do houseplants improve air quality?
Do houseplants improve air quality?
Received wisdom is all very well, writes James Wong, but sometimes science proves otherwise.
Your garden: January 22
Your garden: January 22
What's happening in your garden this week?
Unearthing a good compost
Unearthing a good compost
Michelle Cox, an organic and permaculture educator who leads composting and healthy soil workshops for the DCC, describes compost as "gold".
Gardener sniffs out unfamiliar fungus
Gardener sniffs out unfamiliar fungus
A devilish diffusion of festering flesh hit the nostrils of a Manapouri man mowing his lawn at the weekend.
Tips and tasks
Tips and tasks
Gillian Vine has some timely tips for gardeners.
Popular tour mixes gardens, art, music
Popular tour mixes gardens, art, music
Billed as a garden tour that goes beyond plants and landscaping, Art in the Garden delivered.
Your garden: January 15
Your garden: January 15
What's happening in your garden this week?
Pungent plant set to bloom again
Pungent plant set to bloom again
A rare and pungent bloom will soon emerge again at the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
A treasure box for education
A treasure box for education
This school arts centre is anything but predictable. Kim Dungey reports.
All of the grandeur without the shade
All of the grandeur without the shade
It is possible to grow a 30m tree without creating a large area of shade, if you chose Knightia excelsa. You will also enjoy extraordinary flowers that support native biodiversity.
Award winners
Award winners
Five pavilions built around a sheltered entrance and forecourt are key elements of this Queenstown home, named supreme house of the year at the recent Registered Master Builders awards.
Blooms for the festive season
Blooms for the festive season
Gillian Vine carols about her three favourite Christmas flowers.
Party’s over but the memories live on
Party’s over but the memories live on
Scores of students passed through this grand Dunedin property before it reverted to a family home. Kim Dungey reports.
‘Striking’ home is category finalist
‘Striking’ home is category finalist
A "striking" Mosgiel home is a category finalist in the House of the Year competition.
Leaf look of ‘broom’ deceives onlookers
Leaf look of ‘broom’ deceives onlookers
What do you call a leaf that isn’t really a leaf? What if the apparent leaf is producing flowers and fruit from the middle of it?
Your garden: December 11
Your garden: December 11
What's happening in your garden this week?
Council to spend $20m to enclose smelly plant
'Like silage and dead animals mixed together': Council to spend $20m on smelly compost plant
Residents who live near a smelly compost plant in Christchurch are elated the city council is finally taking action to fix the problem.
Roses tested in Palmy
Roses tested in Palmy
Gillian Vine reports on the New Zealand Rose Society’s international rose trials at Palmerston North.
A real eye catcher in a woodland setting
A real eye catcher in a woodland setting
Visitors’ eyes are often caught by the blue Himalayan poppy - its gently nodding, sky blue flowers centred by a cluster of golden anthers have an arresting perfection that stands out in any border.
