27 Dec 2017

Best features of 2017: the gardeners

6:40 am on 30 December 2017

Green-thumbs share stories and advice.

A bloomin' good life on the spectrum

Alan Gardner has pink hair, pink fingernails and green thumbs. He also has Asperger Syndrome and presents the TV show The Autistic Gardener.

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Photo: Sky TV

Gangsta gardener promotes spades not guns

So-called 'gangsta gardener' Finley lives in South Central LA, where he says 'drive-throughs are killing more people than drive-bys'.

Ron Finley, the gangsta gardener

Ron Finley, the gangsta gardener Photo: Twitter / Ron Finley

Zoe Reid: 'Doing it as a job hasn't taken any of the joy out of it'

Zoe Reid, 30, is a self-employed gardener who lives in Wellington with her seven-year-old daughter.

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Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

'Gardening is always about change and growth'

Garden designer Dan Pearson loves each of the four seasons, but his least favourite is summer.

Dan Pearson

Dan Pearson Photo: Supplied

Judy Horton: Australian gardening guru

Horticulturist Judy Horton has been an advisor for Yates for 25 years. She talks to Kim Hill about gardening challenges and fashions and her favourite garden in the world.

Judy Horton

Judy Horton Photo: Supplied

Recipes from an English garden

New Zealander Aaron Bertelsen is head vegetable gardener and cook at The Great Dixter - a historic house and garden in East Sussex. He talks about the value of good soil.

Aaron Bertelsen

Photo: Supplied

Bill Brett: controlling pests and disease in your home garden

After seeing one too many websites with dodgy information about pest control, Nelson horticulturist Bill Brett decided to write a book to give people some facts based on science. He shares some tips for keeping your home garden pest and disease-free.

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Photo: Bill Brett

Philippa Jamieson: getting the best out of your soil

The editor of Organic NZ magazine shares some ideas on how to get the best out of your soil.

Philippa Jamieson

Editor of Organic NZ magazine Philippa Jamieson. Photo: Supplied

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