- Our latest magazine includes:
- Shop Window
- What's new in Garden Centres? Find out by looking through our Shop Window
- Real Gardener - Jayne's Way
- A story about a modern mum who has developed a passion for edibles and has set about her gardening passion with gusto, and doing things 'Jayne's Way'!
- More Fruit Please
- Wouldn't it be nice to squeeze just one more fruit tree into the garden! Well we have a few clever tricks to allow for 'just one more precious treasure'
- Gourmet Fruit
- When it comes to fruit, there are some less obvious options that yield cullinary delights with a bit of imagination and the right recipe. Top varieties are listed to aid success
- Kids Go Gardening
- A delightful project for the children to try, colourful vegetable and fruit derived dyes are perfectly edible and fun to create!
- Welcome to the Bird Cafe
- This gorgeous range of Bird Feeders will we hope inspire gardeners to create a cafe that will be open all hours for birds in need of a winter feed!
- Winter wonders
- Ten of the best winter shrubs to provide interest and stunning colour in flower and foliage
- Going Nuts
- If you're looking for a super-charged, highly versatile edible tree idea which can also be very ornamental it's time to use your nut and explore the wonderful world of nut trees
- Winter Hellebores
- These gorgeous new Hellebores arrive in stores in June, and they will be well worth the wait! We could all do with a little winter sunshine from these winter-flowering beauties
- Roses - The Do's and Dont's
- A check list of how to tackle the winter management of your rose garden, complete with the Do's and the Do Nots!
Research supports what we instinctively know - that being outdoors promotes a positive state of mind. Our ‘happy hormones’ are boosted after exercise and the vitamin D we get from the sun.
Gardening itself has entered a healthy new era. We still want our gardens to be beautiful, but these days it’s less about keeping up appearances and more about living well.
For many gardeners, the biggest buzz comes from growing barrow loads of healthy fruit and vegetables.
Jayne Craig, our ‘real gardener’ in this issues feature story is one of those gardeners. Jayne is convinced that functional can also mean beautiful. She also knows that you don’t have to have a lifestyle block to grow a wide range of fruit.
You can read about some of the ways urban gardeners are fitting more fruit into their gardens. And you might be surprised to learn how little space you need to grow energy-packed nuts,an edible long forgotten but highly productive as a health giving garden addition.
Above all, gardens should be designed for living.Our gardens reflect the kind of gardeners we are. Yours might be your creative outlet. It might be a place of
productivity and recycling. It might be mainly for socialising, or it might simply be your place to sit with nature. The wonderful thing is that a garden has the potential to be any or all of these things. Winter is a good time to think about what you want from your garden then
set the wheels in motion to make it happen.
Gardening itself has entered a healthy new era. We still want our gardens to be beautiful, but these days it’s less about keeping up appearances and more about living well.
For many gardeners, the biggest buzz comes from growing barrow loads of healthy fruit and vegetables.
Jayne Craig, our ‘real gardener’ in this issues feature story is one of those gardeners. Jayne is convinced that functional can also mean beautiful. She also knows that you don’t have to have a lifestyle block to grow a wide range of fruit.
You can read about some of the ways urban gardeners are fitting more fruit into their gardens. And you might be surprised to learn how little space you need to grow energy-packed nuts,an edible long forgotten but highly productive as a health giving garden addition.
Above all, gardens should be designed for living.Our gardens reflect the kind of gardeners we are. Yours might be your creative outlet. It might be a place of
productivity and recycling. It might be mainly for socialising, or it might simply be your place to sit with nature. The wonderful thing is that a garden has the potential to be any or all of these things. Winter is a good time to think about what you want from your garden then
set the wheels in motion to make it happen.