It is Saturday in Palmerston North, and while I am writing this, nice showers are wetting the soil and plants are growing in response. It has been a poor spring and summer so far for gardening, but hopefully conditions will improve in February, if they don’t then it’s going to be a bad season overall. […]
I would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Xmas and a Happy Gardening New Year. It is a very great pleasure to bring you gardening information each week and to hear about your successes and problems. Your emails and phone calls contribute a lot to these columns and sometimes when stuck for a […]
Like your favourites celebrities, you could be stepping out on the red carpet at next year’s Ellerslie International FlowerShow Premier Garden Party. The public are being invited to experience the glitz and glamour of the Premier Garden Party, which is being hailed as the new season’s hottest social event.
With our new baby arriving soon and so many people away over the summer we have decided to let this newsletter cover January as well. We finally got our chickens last weekend, Bella and Rose. One is a Sussex and the other a Barred rock. We are going to be using their manure to put […]
There is no denying that Natural Stone Paving is the most beautiful, evocative and soulful material in which to clad the ground we walk on. Afterall it is the very stuff our Mother Earth, is made from. Cobbled streets of Europe and South America and flagstone patios of heritage gardens are just a couple of […]
Green is the new Black Takapuna is now home to New Zealand’s newest and most innovative venture, The Department Store, providing a multi-dimensional fashion, art and beauty experience across three floors. The project was spearheaded by Stephen Marr, Karen Walker and Dan Gosling from Black Box. The Department Store showcases the very best of fresh, […]
From formal English gardens to rambling country estates and city hideaways, next year’s Ellerslie Garden Tours will showcase some of Canterbury’s best award-winning gardens. Eight tours have been organised by the Canterbury Horticultural Society during the 2010 Ellerslie International Flower Show, reflecting the diversity of Canterbury’s landscape and the evolution of garden design in the […]
There is a huge interest now in the ancient ways of healing through herbs. Here are a few of the ways people cured themselves in the home from their gardens. Bergamot and catnip were very useful taken as teas with sage added as an extra for any aches and strains. Acne, just as much a […]
