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What edimentals are, which ones to grow in NZ, and how to weave edible ornamental plants into the garden you already have. No redesign required.

Which vegetables to soil block, which to sow straight in the ground, and the block sizes to use. Plus the August to October timing that decides whether you are picking tomatoes at Christmas or in February.

A potager is a French kitchen garden, and planning one is like preparing for a dinner party. Who to seat next to who, who can't be trusted together, and how to sketch the whole thing before spring arrives.

The five movements shaping how gardens look, behave and feed us in 2026. Naturalistic planting, edible flowers, climate-conscious design, mosaic meadows, perennial food gardens.

Cut garlic scapes for bigger bulbs at harvest and a bonus crop of one of the season's best green vegetables. When, how, and what to cook with them.

A shaded garden isn't a dead garden. The vegetables, herbs, and roots that prefer (or at least tolerate) low light, and how to get the most from a shady bed.

Beckham has a rose now. So does Kate Moss. The Dirt on the slowest celebrity comeback in horticulture, plus the full NZ care programme to keep yours on top.

A hardy annual lives its whole life in a single year and shrugs off frost while doing it. Sown in autumn or winter, overwintered cold, flowering through late spring and summer. The cut flower grower's quiet head start.

Sow sweet peas now for a spring garden that smells like nothing else. NZ winter sowing, soaking debate settled, supports, pinching out, and the varieties worth your time.