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From gate to plate - chefs grow their own
Chefs from London to Loch Voll are growing their own produce, from bumper crops of carrots to unusual herbs they find difficult to source.

Edible garden: Dwarf trees
Plant dwarf trees and your rewards will be in easy reach, writes Janice Marriott.

Garden Guru: Chop and change
A flower doesn't mind if you deadhead it, feed it or spray it this week or next - whether you jumble the order or do it fast, slow or naked on horseback.

Garden Guru: Back to basics
It's easy to get complacent and take your backbone planting for granted - it's part of the furniture, after all.

Edible garden
A garden tunnel lets you grow veges even in the depths of winter. Janice Marriott explains.

Nurseries fear impact of cheap prison labour
An emergency meeting has been called as the horticulture industry confronts what its says is the negative impact of cheap prison labour.

<i>Garden guru:</i> Let's rock
Rock brings a sense of quality and permanence to a plot - whether it's part of a path - a dry-stone wall or some other feature.

Edible garden: Fruit trees benefit from a prune
Prune your fruit trees as soon as the leaves have fallen. Even small, dwarf and potted trees.

Police freeze cash, $1m home
Police have frozen a $1m home and nearly $190,000 belonging to the man who runs the Switched On Gardener.

Edible garden: Garlic season
Winter's the perfect time to pop in some garlic says Janice Marriott.

Chelsea Flower Show: In a horticultural league of its own
Sophie Morris looks at what will be on offer at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

Hamilton: Swan in the Tron
Paul Rush takes a blissful stroll around Hamilton Gardens' glorious Paradise Collection.

Police 'testing courts' in drugs case - lawyers
An barrister says charges against gardening equipment suppliers may be difficult to prove.

15 appear in court after massive drugs bust
Fifteen men arrested on drugs charges have been remanded on bail until next month.

It's Cannabis & Co - cops
An indoor gardening chain would not have made a profit if it hadn't knowingly supplied equipment and advice to cannabis growers, police say.

Scattering of ashes ruining roses
The covert scattering of human ashes in Wellington's Botanic Garden is upsetting gardeners and ruining the roses.