Gardening

Autumn's the best time to plant trees, especially deciduous ones, because it gives the trees the longest possible run to establish a good root structure before the stresses of summer heat/drought.  Audio

Margaret Long developed a life-changing passion for gardening 30 years ago after a garden tour of the UK, followed by numerous local visits and the development of her own garden in Canterbury, known… Audio, Gallery

Chefs at Waimauku's The Hunting Lodge can be found digging, weeding and harvesting in the huge permaculture garden just across the driveway from the kitchen. The Hunting Lodge now grows about 60… Audio

Avis Leeson has created 85 gardens in schools around Waikato in the past eight years and instigated hundreds more throughout the country. The 90-year-old has plenty of passion, but not a lot of time… Video, Audio

Gardening expert Lynda Hallinan has good news for people who reckon they can't keep anything alive: being mean to your plants can actually make them perform better Audio

Succulent smugglers have been targeting a particularly beautiful specimen of the plant in southern California and last week two people were in court charged with poaching 1800 Dudleya farinosa, or… Audio

We don't all have big gardens to grow produce, so Lynda Hallinan has advice on the kinds of things you can successfully grow on your window sill Audio

The New Zealand Flower and Garden Show opens to the public today. Kate Hillier is the brains behind the operation, and joins us to explain what green-fingered enthusiasts can expect ... Audio

Celebrating a sisterhood of gardeners from the Far North to Stewart Island. Juliet Nicholas and Barb Rogers take us on a journey through a diverse array of gardens developed to suit landscapes and… Audio, Gallery

The Dunedin Gardening Club is about to celebrate 100 years and it's marking the milestone with a naked calendar. It's a fundraiser but the club is calling for more than donations this year, its on the… Audio

From non-flowering kōwhai to kitten poo to tickling your seedlings - Lynda Hallinan answers more of our listeners' gardening questions. Audio

Mary Holm is away so today and Thursday the 6th September we have gardening expert Lynda Hallinan in to answer your gardening questions - including how to deal with snails and slugs! And when to plant… Audio

Kate Hillier from the NZ Flower and Garden show is here to talk about her lifelong love of gardens and what it takes to organise arguably New Zealand's marquee garden event Audio, Gallery

Former All Black and Crusaders half-back Andy Ellis is just as comfortable in gumboots as he is in rugby boots. He's a landscape gardener who with his side-kick Danny Kamo has won gold at the… Audio, Gallery

Ben Elms – aka Dr Compost – is a man passionate about the difference between dirt and soil. The key to great yields is 'superhero' soil and for that you'll need compost, he says. Video, Audio, Gallery

Kath Irvine is a permaculture designer and has been designing and managing edible gardens since the late 1990s. She runs a series of workshops from her permaculture home garden, called Edible… Audio

Toby Dixon and Ryan Gut didn't set out to be farmers. But in the last two years since meeting, these two millennials have created a successful organic farm supplying restaurants and supermarkets in… Audio, Gallery