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Camellias: Varieties, Choice and Care Camellia lovers everywhere are rejoicing right now as it is flowering time! Camellias are an age old favourite for a reason. An evergreen tree or shrub that [...]

By Bec Wenzel Over my summer break I have been working on creating a new vegetable garden, and whilst I found the perfect sunny position for my small vegetable plot to live I also stumbled across [...]

Summer Salads with Edible Flowers Salad, is anybody really eating anything else in summer? I love my salad for lunch and dinner. The good thing about a salad is it can be the main dish or as a [...]

Gardening in Small Spaces Gardening in small spaces is becoming more and more of a reality these days. Not everybody has the room for a big garden these days, many of us live in smaller homes and [...]

Growing Swan Plants Summer is the season of the monarch butterfly, and for children and adults alike it is an amazing sight to see the beautiful monarch butterflies land among the swan plants to [...]

By Bec Wenzel Winter doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. It can make you glad rather than sad. I love sitting outside on a sunny winter weekend, enjoying a coffee. A lot of people think that [...]

By Bec Wenzel Flowers are lovely. You walk by one in the garden, you feel happy. You notice some pretty annuals on your morning commute to work, they’re nice to sit by on your lunch break [...]

By Bec Wenzel It’s not something I like to talk about freely in front of such a kiwi audience, but yes, it is true that I may have sprouted on the Western side of Australia. Born and bred [...]

Growing Natives for Your Winter Garden The absolute best time for growing natives in the garden is through the winter months. I do a lot of work planting native trees and they love the extra [...]

By Bec Wenzel As gardeners, winter can be a time when not much is happening. Most plants come to a standstill, some go dormant and the ability to even grow some plants is lost, but there are many [...]