Purple has always been one of my favourite colours and, luckily for me, there are a surprising number of purple leaves, flowers and berries in our native flora. The names of these plants are often in use in te reo Māori as words for the colour...
It’s cold out there, but there are still jobs to do if your climate allows. Take a good look around the garden and check that everything is well set up for winter conditions, cover anything that’s vulnerable and replace covers that may have...
Kiwi Gardener featured the Dignan st Community Garden in our January issue. tell us what’s been keeping you busy since then. The Dignan St Community Garden and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei’s Pourewa garden (both in Auckland) are going well. We dug up...
Ithink I might be getting into winter, which is a surprise for me. I’ve never been someone who gets excited about wearing layers of winter woollies and stacking firewood. I barely remember to pack warm socks when we go camping in autumn, so...