When I arrived back in Auckland, the difference in temperature to Wellington was blatantly apparent.

Make use of your outdoor space for entertaining, Carol Bucknell writes.

Get your pruning right and your trees will be happier than ever.

A food forest is an orchard the way nature intended. Humans get the benefit of fruit, nuts, herbs, fibre (and sometimes firewood) and wildlife get a home.

The birthplace of the country's biggest garden centre is for sale for the first time in 102 years.

Keeping chickens and growing your own veges is the first step to being self-sufficient.

Let's make the most of our special New Year, writes Meg Liptrot.

Local supporters of the Ellerslie International Flower Show have offered a home in Auckland for the event.

Next year's Ellerslie International Flower Show has been cancelled as the Christchurch City Council considers how to make the event financially viable in future.

Don't hesitate if you think your soil harbours dangerous chemicals, warns Meg Liptrot.

Meg Liptrot finds fertile riches in her garden this month.

Although the summer garden is winding down, there's no time to rest on your laurels because right now it's action stations for serious gardeners.

In the parks, beaches, back gardens and forests of the country, non-scientists can help with with a raft of research projects.

Chores are not chores, Greg Dixon writes, they are opportunities to find inner peace.

Meg Liptrot praises Neptune's great gift for gardeners - seaweed.

Meg Liptrot dishes out the goods on community food growing.

Conservation 'wonder woman' shows Meg Liptrot how it's done.

Meg Liptrot reports on a Pacific staple's exciting potential.

Meg Liptrot takes pity on plants that hanker after shade and a drink.

Black Magic is in demand, as sweethearts prepare to cast spells over loved ones this Valentine's Day.

A berm in Ellerslie has been entered into a national landscaping competition as part of a vegetable, fruit and flower garden. It even has a beehive.