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    Windbreaks beneficial for more than plants

    Shelter belt at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Windbreaks beneficial for more than plants

    Strong winds can play problematic for plants - increasing transpiration, and knocking flowers, fruit and foliage about.

    Your garden

    Cut any grass around walnut trees to make nut collection easier. Photo: Getty Images

    Your garden

    What to do in your garden for the week.

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    Inside the $11m makeover of Earnscleugh Castle

    Earnscleugh Castle owners Ryan Sanders (left) and Marco Creemers. Photos: Craig Baxter

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    Inside the $11m makeover of Earnscleugh Castle

    Another chapter has been added to the colourful history of an Earnscleugh landmark, Kim Dungey writes.

    Roses having a good year despite weather

    Floribunda rose ‘My Mum’. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Roses having a good year despite weather

    For a lot of us this summer has not been ideal, but for the roses and many other plants growing conditions have been favourable.

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    All the pieces of a fairytale

    This central Dunedin cottage is full of fairytale details. The owners are grateful no-one had...

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    All the pieces of a fairytale

    A Dunedin family fell head over heels for this historic cottage. Kim Dungey reports.

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    You can trick your tomatoes into ripening faster. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    It’s a jungle out there

    An iNaturalist observation of a New Zealand grass skink (Oligosoma polychroma) John Barkla saw...

    It’s a jungle out there

    The urban garden is a rich source of wildlife once you know what you are looking at, writes Maureen Howard.

    Your Garden

    Some of the large bulbs to be auctioned by the Otago Lily Society tomorrow. Photos by Gillian Vine.

    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Plant extremists put on the map

    Plants in the Dunedin Botanic Garden rock garden feature interesting adaptations needed to...

    Plant extremists put on the map

    As part of this year’s sustainability-focused Wild Dunedin festival, we will have a family-friendly, self-directed plant trail set up in the lower Dunedin Botanic Garden called ‘‘Plants that...

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    A shelter and a sanctuary

    Dark Colorsteel blends with timber and concrete in this sculptural Orokonui house by Gary Todd...

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    A shelter and a sanctuary

    The owners of this Orokonui house feel like they are living within a forest canopy. Kim Dungey has the details.

    A pinch and a trim - growing incentives

    Mint (Mentha) is an example of a plant that responds well to trimming.

    A pinch and a trim - growing incentives

    Trimming plants while they are in cultivation can have many benefits.

    Garden full of character

    Barry and Michelle Gillan’s Alexandra garden is shaded by cherry and gleditsia trees and is home...

    Garden full of character

    A garden which is normally showcased in spring, has plenty of interest year round,  Louise Frampton finds.

    Your Garden

    Chrysanthemums. Photo: Getty Images

    Your Garden

     What to do in your garden this week.

    Fountain once part of South Seas exhibition

    The Woolf Harris Fountain can be found  at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO SUPPLIED

    Fountain once part of South Seas exhibition

    The 1925-1926 New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition was a major event for Dunedin and the Dunedin Botanic Garden.

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    Humans have been gathering blackberries (left)  for thousands of years.

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    What to do in your garden this week.

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    No mod cons

    Mid-century modernism changed the way New Zealanders lived. Many homes from the era featured...

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    No mod cons

    A house built nearly 60 years ago is the height of retro cool. Kim Dungey pays a visit.

    Seed exchange growing global connections

    Rudbeckia laciniata growing in the North American plant collection at the Dunedin Botanic Garden....

    Seed exchange growing global connections

    Each year, many botanic gardens around the world exchange small packets of seed.

    Your Garden

    Photo: Getty Images

    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Hearty houseplant

    PHOTO: CC 3.0 / ALEKSANDRS BALODI

    Hearty houseplant

    Ceropegia woodii variegated is cute as a heart-shaped button, writes Alisha Sherriff.

    Christchurch '007' house sells for record $8.3m

    Cantilever House in Fendalton. Photo: Supplied

    Christchurch '007' house sells for record $8.3m

    A Christchurch home, dubbed the 007 house by its designer, has set an auction sale record for the city of $8.34m.
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