LifestyleFungi and lichen garden wins flower show's supreme awardThe Christchurch Botanic Gardens' <i>Life and Death</i> garden exhibit takes the top award at this year's Ellerslie International Flower Show.11 Mar 12:40 AM
LifestyleEllerslie Flower Show winners for 2010The gold and supreme award-winners from this year's show.11 Mar 12:28 AM
LifestyleEdible Garden: Tips for fruit and vegetablesPicking your own produce is all about timing and technique.10 Mar 03:00 PM
LifestyleGarden Guru: Grand vision blossomsThe weather has been kind in the run-up to this year's Ellerslie Flower Show, and the organisers are confident they can build on the success of last year's show.06 Mar 03:00 PM
LifestyleEdible Garden: Plant in the shadeIf you've depleted your salad crops and tomatoes and gobbled all the beans, it's time to plant again. This time in the shade.02 Mar 03:00 PM
LifestyleSeeds of subversionA local horticulturist is plotting to remove the blandness from our gardens.24 Feb 03:00 PM
LifestyleEdible Garden: AvocadoAvocados are easy to grow - but the stone's only good for foliage.14 Feb 03:00 PM
LifestyleGarden Guru: Beside the seasideWhen Jackie Michelmore and her husband bought a derelict mussel works on the banks of an estuary, their friends thought they might have been drinking the seawater and gone a bit mad.06 Feb 03:00 PM
LifestyleA long path to the perfect gardenPerseverance paid off when Samantha Hayes jumped on the garden bandwagon.26 Jan 08:00 PM
LifestyleEdible Garden: cucumberCucumbers are the perfect plant for the summer party season.18 Jan 03:00 PM
LifestyleTake a walk on the wild sideGet in touch with the artistry of nature at the Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens exhibition.07 Dec 03:57 AM
LifestyleEdible garden: Protect and prosperVegetables grow better behind shelter but a windbreak doesn't have to be conventional.23 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandGreen wall - it'll grow on youNew Zealand's first ever green wall, consisting of more than 1000 plants, has been created inside a new salon.17 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandProject helps homeless find their rootsNgati Whatua has given up part of its land at Bastion Point for homeless people to grow vegetables for the City Mission's foodbank.11 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandTropical 'first' in backyardA New Zealand couple have produced the first vanilla crop outside the tropics.18 Oct 03:00 PM
