A beginners guide to watering
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As a beginner I found myself dumbfounded with when and how long to water my garden and pots.
Well here is what I learned to help you…
EXPLORE ARTICLE CATEGORIES
Guide to plant types
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Perennials…Annuals…Biennials…Inbetweeners…
Now I do understand their need to use gardening terms and their huge importance to designing, learning and growing a garden that I would love. The plant categories below have unlocked my creativity and pathways to further knowledge and I hope they will keep you on track too.
Hanging Baskets for Beginners!
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My first foray into hanging baskets was after finding a big old wire one at our local dump store and wondering if I could bring some floral whimsy to my back verandah. In all honesty I mostly felt that hanging baskets walked the line of old fashioned and gaudy…but there was something about the battered, un finished, galvanised wire basket that I loved.
Read MoreMy 6 favourite flowering plants to grow from seed!
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I’ll be honest. I only started growing plants from seed under duress.
At the beginning of my gardening adventure I found it so easy and honestly, surprisingly affordable to pick up punnets of seedlings from garden centres and hardware stores. They had incredibly good strike rates once planted out and I could often pick them up really cheaply during promotions.
But, the success of these happy purchases added fuel to my flowery fire!
I was wanting MORE flowers and with this, MORE interesting ones like the those I was reading about in my new books (another “MORE” issue altogether).
Starting from seed
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I’ve discovered that gardening is a little like cooking.
Everyone’s Gran has a special way to stop the pasta sticking or weird ingredient to create the best Ginger Gems. It’s the same with gardening…. you’ll show your Mum this article and she will raise her eyebrows and say “hmmm well that’s not how I’d do it”.
The Magic of Gardening for Beginners - Episode 1
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The pilot to our new film series sets the scene by sharing all the ways I began to dip my toe into creating my own, urban secret garden in Christchurch. I share the sources of real life inspiration plucked out of my immediate surroundings and offer tips on what you too can gain from casting your eye out, moving from looking at gardens simply as “life background” and instead, interesting creative spaces to evoke an emotional response.
Read MoreMy Beginner Gardeners Ultimate Resource List
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When launching into the unknown, I’ll admit, it can be really hard to even know where to turn for advice and inspiration!
I’ll also admit, I’ve found it pretty tricky to find resources on growing a flower garden in NZ (beyond vegie gardens) and often turn to the cult gardening scene in the UK for ideas and solid information.
