Alan Jolliffe

Canterbury and the eastern side of New Zealand is in a drought and many gardens are suffering. Mulching is one easy and effective way to con...

People are talking about sustainability all the time and it seems to be a catchword for a lot of things. Like all similar concepts sustaina...

One of the more interesting aspects of gardening is the identification of areas in the garden which have different climates. In these locat...

Gardens covered in snow are everyone’s fairytale dream. We see movies about Christmas with snow falling gently on the garden and trees. It...

Many times I have written these words, Garden Hygiene, as part of gardening activities, but what does it mean? It is really quite simple; ...

Gardens covered in snow are everyone’s fairytale dream. We see movies about Christmas with snow falling gently on the garden and trees. It...

The cooler winter months are excellent to shift plants around your garden or give them away to your friends for their garden.  This is a gr...

The honey bee is one of the world’s hardest workers. In NZ bees about $3billion of GDP is directly attributable to the intensive pollinat...

here is a link to what to do in your garden in July July in the Garden 2010 Hope you enjoy this and if you have any suggestions for gar...

Pruning demonstration Saturday 14 August 9.30am – 11.30am Mona Vale Gardens Fendalton Christchurch  Open to the public free

2008 and 2009 were years many people would like to forget and fortunately 2010 looks like it will be better. Things are still tough and it w...