Whether they’re honey bees or bumbles, they’re much on our mind over the summer months when ...
Gardening
White roses
January columns are always the hardest to write with the spring flush of bloom and the ...
Rose of the month – Quintessential
We begin 2018 by featuring a promising new rose variety that will be released this winter ...
Berry different – 3 unknown berries you can grown in your garden
Asked to name 5 varieties of berries, you’ll almost certainly come up with the most well ...
Self-guided edible garden tour
If you’re a lover of ornamental gardens, there’s no shortage of venues to visit. But what ...
Sensational seaweed
Seaweed is a sensational source of goodness and is well known to the frugal gardener. Less ...
Spinach and its year-round cousins
Summer is closing in. The days are growing hotter, the soil’s drying out, and crunchy, nutty, ...
Rose season in review
It has been a busy few weeks for those in the world of roses with the ...
Rose of the month – St Margaret’s Gold
Every now and again, a rose variety will produce a sport which is a naturally occurring ...
One-stop WOW! 7 reasons to love Invercargill’s Queen’s Park
It’s quirky, it’s crazy, it’s dignified and dramatic; Invercargill’s 81 hectares of eclectic public open space ...