15 photographs of plants.

Spring has arrived. I build a new garden behind an oak tree and do a short botanical course.

I visit a woodland garden in Wellington and think about some of my own woodland plants.

The arrival of September and a visit to a South Seas Garden.

My cousin and I go for a stroll though one of our favourite gardens.

There are two background plants that should be treated like the stars they are.

Finally spring has arrived in my garden.

I think about how to use the colour yellow in my front garden.

The biggest book fair in New Zealand and some excellent garden books.

I’m trying to combine two very different sorts of plants in my garden in an aesthetically pleasing way.

20 roses and only 2 days to plant them.

The inspiration for my meadow garden are the roadside verges of my childhood.

Two dogs and the decimation of the back garden.

I have a go at making gardens out of dustbins and mop buckets and find out about Lady Hamilton.

It’s autumn and I’ve come up with lots of lists.

A visit to Monet’s water garden.

A walk around Monet’s flower garden in Giverny.

I ponder the beauty of rockeries and think about building some sink gardens.

The last of a three part series looking at the old roses in the Bolton Street Cemetery.

The second part in a three part series looking at old roses at The Bolton Street Cemetery.