Sage Journal Vol. 2

The second edition of the annual for people who think about their garden more than is strictly reasonable.

Sage Journal Vol. 2 is here, and this year's theme is Our Creative Nature. It's an ode to creativity in all its forms, from the ideas that turn up when you finally stop and look at what's growing, to the gardens people build when they let instinct do the planning. If Vol. 1 earned a spot on your coffee table, Vol. 2 is the reason you'll need a bigger one.

Across 196 pages you'll wander through fifteen gardens and meet the artists, designers, makers and growers behind them. Landscape designer Hamish Moorhead's Wairarapa garden, Xanthe White in Wānaka, a florist's plot in Heathcote Valley, a garden built around an ancient pōhutukawa, and more. Then there are planting guides, garden design inspiration, art and seasonal recipes, so you come away with something to do as well as something to admire.

What's waiting inside:

• The People: Fifteen gardens and the creative souls who tend them, from Wānaka to the Wairarapa.
• The Know-How: Planting guides for growing things well.
• The Ideas: Garden design inspiration for your next big rearrange.
• The Reward: Art and recipes to make the most of what you grow.

Made for the garden-curious across Aotearoa and Australia, Sage is a keeper, not a flick-through. Read it in the bath. Read it in the glasshouse. Just don't lend it out and expect it back.

The Technical Bits:

• Vol. 2, Our Creative Nature. Published September 2026.
• Softcover, perfect bound.
• 196 pages plus cover.

Collecting the set? Sage Journal Vol. 1 is still available.