Flourishing gardens

From the Far North to Stewart Island - Juliet Nicholas and Barb Rogers take us on a journey through a diverse array of gardens developed to suit landscapes and locales throughout the country. credit Juliet Nicholas photographer.

Jill Simpson's coastal garden on Banks Peninsula showing clever use of native plants.

Julie Russell's Hawkes Bay garden where she creates from scratch a huge wildflower section.

Kath Irvine food gardener extraordinaire who uses permaculture principles on her property near Levin. But first she had to dig out all the rocks.

Liz Morrow fenced off her familys coastal property to deter grazing farm animals and trapped predators to protect ancient bush and forest remnants.

Loena McCormack who downsized to a garden consisting of two courtyards no bigger than tribal rugs.

Rosa Davison's coastal garden in Marlborough where native plants are showcased in a classical European design.

Robyn Kilty's tiny workers cottage garden in Christchurch got a post-quake restoration inspired by the New Perennial design approach

Sarah Caughley's elegant town garden in Wellington that defies the capitals gales to look serene and green

Sal Gordon loves subtropicals and succulents and colour in her small inner city garden in Auckland. Diverse and delicious

The corner of Eden Tce that Lyn Barnes transformed into a butterfly sanctuary in a semi industrial inner city site.

Looking up to the Bon Bon Palace from the lawn by the house across the rich tapestry of art and garden. Josie's world is inventive and intense and supremely cheerful.

A decorative swirl of buxus hedging keeps the kitchen garden looking not just tidy but fabulous.

This stunning mountain vista with The Remarkables (on the left) shows barely a glimpse of the house and garden. The mountains are a constant inspiration.