A fund-raising event for a decade, the Milton Primary School's garden tour gives people the opportunity to see some of the best gardens in the area.
The garden at Matanaka, the Waikouaiti home of whaler and entrepreneur Johnny Jones, is open tomorrow.
Gillian Vine takes a look at some excellent new books on gardening.
Camellias have been grown in China for at least 2000 years and many varieties grow well in the South. Gillian Vine talks to Jim Jackson, chairman of the Otago-Southland branch of the New Zealand Camellia Society, on the eve of its annual show.
Gillian Vine gets the blues, but in a good way.
Finance is an issue for many garden clubs but Gillian Vine finds one group has come up with a brave way to raise money.
Sixty years ago, a group of keen gardeners got together in Clinton to form a club. Gillian Vine looks back on those good old days.
With our Olympic results in mind, Gillian Vine considers going for gold, in the garden not on the track.
What's in, what's out . . . Gillian Vine follows the fickle fortunes of garden fashion.
About 80 people from as far away as Alexandra attended a fruit workshop in Dunedin last week. Gillian Vine was among them.
Useful tips are important in good gardening. Gillian Vine gives her top 10 ideas.
Looking at other people's gardens is a pleasurable activity. Gillian Vine reflects on ways to get the most out of garden visits.
When Raylene and Ronnie Waddell moved to Stewart Island eight years ago, they knew what to expect, as they had owned Glendaruel as a holiday home for more than 20 years.
Gillian Vine delays planting her tulip bulbs to reflect on their history.
Absolutely the best buy in gardening books at present is Waimea Nurseries' Product Catalogue & Growing Guide 2008 and not just for its price tag.
Although best known for its heritage roses, Tudor Park, near Invercargill, has much broader appeal, as Gillian Vine finds.
Many common vegetables are descendants of coastal plants, which is why adding seaweed to the vegetable plot has much to commend it, Gillian Vine suggests.
Dunedin Horticultural Society president Dave Young loves his taties and is delighted the importance of potatoes is being recognised through the United Nations' decision to make 2008 the Year of the Potato.
Some great gardeners over the years have found time to write letters.
One of China's oldest gardens has been the inspiration for the Dunedin Chinese Garden. Gillian Vine makes some comparisons.