Garden
The basics of planting a garden
Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White provides some tricks and tips relating to planting, pruning and harvesting. Audio
Xanthe White's tips for low cost gardening
Landscape gardener Xanthe White is with us this spring day - with some tips on how to keep the costs of gardening down. Just how can you get plants for free?. This is particularly pertinent for… Audio
Jonathan Drori: on listening tomatoes and ragwort-filled gardens
Author, plant lover and former BBC documentary maker Jonathan Drori joins the show for a chat about some of the latest botanical news. This week, Drori discusses a ragwort-filled garden and the fact… Audio
Stopping the march of our worst weeds
How and when non-native ornamental plants, like agapanthus or bamboo, jump the garden fence and go rogue, is a major area of focus for Lincoln University plant bio-security professor, Phil Hulme… Audio, Gallery
Wendyl Nissen: Living Simply Through the Seasons
A Natural Year follows Wendyl Nissen's tranquil life in the Hokianga countryside over a twelve month period. She joins the show to discuss her new book and how the move to self-isolation in the… Audio
3MM: Vaughn Davis on things of beauty in times of crisis
Vaughn Davis is the owner and creative director at The Goat Farm. He offers his thoughts on a public toilet built in the darkest hours of WW2 - a story of beauty and hope that is entirely relevant in… Audio
How to compost well
Jennifer Kerr from The Compost Collective explains the basics of the three main methods of composting, and gives us her top composting tips. Audio, Gallery
Garden to Table : 10 years on
It's been ten years since chef and food writer Catherine Bell co-founded the Garden to Table Trust, teaching children to grow, cook and share food. Since then, 23,000 children, in years three to six… Audio, Gallery
Lawns vs carparking stoush at Hamilton gardens
Hamilton council under fire for proposing to tarseal over a lawn at Hamilton gardens which locals say would be a huge loss as a venue. Audio
Urban farmers living the good life in Taranaki
New Plymouth couple Carl and Kati Freeman have converted their quarter-acre section into a small-scale organic market garden and now they want to teach others how to do it too. Video, Audio
Bonsai trees stolen from 93-year-old owner
Seven bonsai trees, lovingly tended over 40 years by their 93-year-old owner, have been stolen from a garden centre in Lower Hutt. Audio
Growing silverbeet and self esteem in Whanganui
A community project in a formerly derelict part of Whanganui, rife with gang tensions and vandalised houses is now providing life skills and employment hope. What began as one man's vision for a… Video, Audio
Judge throws out appeal against Chinese garden
A High Court judge has dismissed an appeal against a plan to build a Chinese garden in Frank Kitts Park on Wellington's waterfront.
The 1769 Garden
The 1769 Garden commemorates the first encounter between Maori and the crew of the Endeavour, under the command of Captain James Cook, at Gisborne in October 1769. Audio
Lost ring turns up - embedded into a carrot
Carol Creighton lost her eternity ring while gardening in Balclutha 11 years ago. It turned up yesterday on a carrot in her garden. Video, Audio
"Just plant sh*t !" Gangsta gardener promotes spades not guns
Ron Finley and other gangsta gardeners like him are planting to transform their neighbourhoods, in some of America's most notoriously dangerous places. For Ron the story begins in front of his house… Video, Audio, Gallery
The Green Lady
Fiona, Lady Elworthy has turned a derelict pine plantation opposite the Maungati Church Hall in South Canterbury into a park and walkway for all to enjoy. Audio, Gallery
Blockhill
Motivated by the converging problems of environmental degradation, over population, peak oil and climate change, Olmec and Melisa Sinclair employ permaculture principals to develop resilient solutions… Audio, Gallery