Gardening Tips & Trends

Labour weekend – time to get growing

There’s something about Labour weekend that always makes me feel it’s time to get growing. After lots of garden composting and seed raising it is a busy time in the outside garden. Plants that have...

Winter is here

Workshop with Hannah Zwartz - Kapiti Green Gardener In May we hosted Hannah Zwartz the Kapiti Green Gardener for a well-attended and very inspiring workshop on planning the garden for spring. The ...

May for Manure crops and Mulch

Green Manure crops and mulching May is one of those cross over months for the garden. I start to think about bedding some areas down for winter and feeding the soil where greedy crops may have st...

Exciting times

Chili harvest Exciting times as we harvested chili this week. What a stunning harvest we have this year. The chili plants are definitely the star plants this month – only just beating out the pu...

October - Time for Russian Roulette

I always feel that October is the month for playing Russian Roulette. It’s the month of “Will I, won’t I” plant out. We have plants we have tended in the greenhouse just waiting to be planted int...