Gardening
Splendour on the hill
The Southland Times
Last Saturday afternoon, when half Southland was apparently gathered at Ascot Park for the racing, a fair proportion of the rest seemed to be making their way to a property in East Gore.
Colour of goodness
Southland
Two days of suffocating humidity have brought the garden on with a vengeance. In one sense it is gratifying; in another, bewildering.
Gifts from and for the garden go down a treat
By Rosemarie Smith - Southland
Now that the season of goodwill and consumer excess is fast approaching, gardeners — generous people that they are — will likely be thinking along the lines of gifts that grow.
Garden clubs provide vital resources
By ROSEMARIE SMITH - Southland
New Zealand's most famous gardener, 86-year-old veteran Sister Loyola Galvin, who directs 4ha of gardens on Wellington's wild southern coast, has a piece of advice for aspiring gardeners.
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Room with a view: Although the garden has not been tended this season, this must be one of the most magnificent wake-up outlooks in Gore.