Creative thinking in spades ... and hoes

If either Craig Paddon or Shirley Welsh can’t find the garden rake, they do know where they can find a spare.

The Dunedin couple have created a novel picket fence at the front of their Mornington Rd property using an assortment of vintage gardening implements. 

Forks, hoes, shovels, spades and even a scythe take the place of traditional palings and are an appropriate nod to the couple’s four-year project landscaping the section with a variety of native plants.