Ben Gilby Todd

2085 Hamilton Road RD 2 MORRINSVILLE 3372 Phone: 07 889 7597 Fax: 07 889 527...

Camellia sasanqua ‘‘Sparkling Burgundy’’ has had quite a bit of work done on ...

Leaf litter. Autumn is the ideal time to rake up leaves to use as a mulch.

There are five good reasons to mulch your garden: a) Mulches act as a weed su...

The biggest and most luscious fruit come on strawberry plants in their first ...

In an earlier Classroom, we looked at making hot compost where heat helps the...

Wasp nests need to be killed off or they can build up to a dangerous size and...

Compost needs five ingredients – nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, water and microbes...

Trenching is a traditional method espoused lately by Lynda Hallinan in the Ne...

Apple trees can survive and continue to crop despite total neglect, but you w...

Inspired by a tree she saw in London, presumably made with pampas plumes, Cam...

After writing Outdoor Classrooms fortnightly for 18 months, Abbie Jury is see...

If you can avoid staking a plant, do so. A plant can rely on the stake and no...

The single biggest mistake is buying an assortment of large, fancy hostas and...

With the start of the Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival today, Abbie ...

Most cordylines or cabbage trees grow a solid, fleshy tap root below the soil...

While you can buy worm farms, Chris finds a homemade construction using tyres...

This tree aloe (Aloe thraskii) is in the wrong place and has been for at leas...

Sometimes a make-do patch and feed is not sufficient for a lawn and more dras...

This dwarf apple tree has not has not had any attention other than a light ha...

Bushy roses with lots of fine, twiggy growth (some standard roses are of this...

The timing of pruning raspberries is not critical as long as it happens befor...

While we are extremely marginal here for growing fruiting bananas (some of th...

This climber has gone well past the point where a light trim will suffice and...

A Taranaki gardening guru has uncovered another case of alleged plagiarism in...