Gardening
Gil Hanly: Photographing the Rainbow Warrior
Auckland photographer who has been documenting social change for nearly 40 years, and comprehensively recorded events before and after the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour thirty… Audio, Gallery
How to grow and prepare Feijoas
Lianne Wilson is a gardening expert from Tui Garden Products. She shares a recipe for feijoa jelly. Audio
Chef and author, Stephanie Alexander on her memoir, 'A Cook's Life'.
Stephanie Alexander is regarded as one of Australia's great food authors and educators. She has set up several restaurants and is the author of the several cook books, including the best-selling The… Audio
Growing Edibles in containers
Author and florist, Fionna Hill lives in an Auckland apartment, but still manages to have a thriving garden of edible plants. She grows them in pots on her balcony, everything from miners lettuce to… Audio
Tomatoes - many different varieties
Clevedon tomato growers Anthony and Angela Tringham from Curious Croppers.If you have a glut of tomatoes at the moment, they have recipes for Gazpacho, Tomato, Ricotta and Oatcake Canapes and Caprese… Audio
Vandana Shiva - Towards Agroecology
Dr. Vandana Shiva says the dependence on chemicals and fossil fuels that enable large scale agriculture is a threat to the planet, and she is advocating a global change in the practice and paradigms… Audio
Sensory gardens for people with dementia
Andrew Fisher Tomlin is a horticultural consultant and three times UK gardener of the year. One of his passions is designing sensory gardens. He says gardening is a powerful resource for the visually… Audio
Botany - contemporary sustainable gardening practices
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... contemporary sustainable gardening practices. Audio
Gardeners in Pahiatua struggle on in dry conditions
As the long hot days continue many parts of the country are breaking records for dry spells. Audio
Gardening - foraging
The Weekend's gardening series wraps up with a conversation about foraging, which could be argued is the opposite of gardening. Lynn Freeman is joined by My Kitchen Rules winners Belinda MacDonald and… Audio
Gardening - planting native flora
As efforts around the country are being made to eradicate pests to help save endemic species of birds and lizards, home gardeners can do their bit by choosing native plants. The Weekend looks at… Audio
Community gardening (part 2)
Kai o Te Aro in Wellington is a great example of a community garden. Built on the site of an old University carpark, it's been transformed into a productive garden which feeds the community and… Audio
Green ideas for an unkillable garden
Is your garden up to the test of keeping itself alive while you sun yourself on holiday? Audio
Community gardening (part 1)
Community gardens are springing up all over the country, in all ways, shapes and forms. Lynn Freeman visited Kapiti Coast gardener Hannah Zwartz who's involved with helping people wanting to start… Audio
Wrappers' Delight
More than 100 young farmers are growing tasty food on a disused football pitch at Epuni Primary School. With project co-ordinator Julia Milne of the Common Unity Project Aotearoa, schoolchildren and… Audio
Call for suppliers to provide masks on sale
A Christchurch man who contracted Legionnaire's disease last month is calling on suppliers of compost and potting mix to provide masks at the point of sale. Audio
Creating Edible Gardens
Hannah Zwartz, gardener and gardening writer, has researched edible gardens in the US. She recently attended the Edible School Yard Academy which trains educators to create sustainable edible… Audio
Courtney Barnett session
Slacker in sound, philosopher in content, Australian Courtney Barnett plays us a few songs and tells us about where her music comes from. Audio
Gayle Souter-Brown: healing landscapes
Landscape and urban design consultant, founder of Greenstone Design, and author of Landscape and Urban Design for Health and Well-Being: Using Healing, Sensory and Therapeutic Gardens Audio
Testing for Legionnaires' Disease
A new approach to testing for Legionnaires' disease in Canterbury has resulted in a fourfold increase in confirmed cases Audio