Get Growing TV Show

What really goes on behind the scenes of a reality television show? We could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you. NZ Gardener editor Lynda Hallinan is filming a new gardening show that screens on Prime TV (Sundays, 7pm). Like our free weekly vegetable growing e-newsletter of the same name, Get Growing with NZ Gardener is all about teaching Kiwis how to sow and grow their own healthy, homegrown food. It covers everything from laying the beds and sowing the seeds to pest control and composting.

Missed the first couple of episodes? Don't panic. Click on over to Prime and watch the full episodes online.

And if you're on Facebook, click here to join Get Growing TV's Facebook fan page. You can ask questions and chat to other gardeners.

Grow your own berries

Don't miss the next special edition in our best-selling Homegrown series.

Homegrown 6: Berries includes practical growing advice and inspiring recipes for berries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, kiwifruit, passionfruit, and more!
Homegrown 6: Berries is being launched at the Ellerslie Flower Show and will be on sale at all good magazine retailers for $14.90 from March 15, but we have a special earlybird offer. Order before March 15 and save 25 per cent. Purchase your copy now for just $11 (RRP $14.90), including free postage. Click here to purchase your copy online, or phone 0800 MAGS4GIFTS (0800 624 744) quoting 'berries'.

Print your own seed packet labels
Want to save your own seeds and save money in the process? Check out the March issue of NZ Gardener for expert advice on saving your own seeds, and soon you'll have your own source of heirloom plants to share with friends and family. Print out our free seed packet labels, stick them onto plain paper envelopes and you'll also have
a nifty seed packet to store them in!
Click here to download your free labels.

We asked Get Growing  readers to share their vege patch photos with us, and here's the pictorial proof that they're just as passionate about homegrown fruit and veges as we are! We've gathered together some of their photos and posted them online for inspiration. Click here to see how other readers like to garden - and if you do feel inspired, why not send us a photo or two of your own.

DIY projects
The NZ Gardener team, and our handy DIY guy Justin Newcombe, get creative with these easy, step-by-step projects. Build a funky compost heap or whip up a cold frame to protect tender seedlings and cuttings. Or try your hand at mosaics or painting pots. Click here for more. If there's a particular project you'd like us to include in the magazine, drop us a line at  mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz

2008 Editor of the Year, Special Interest (MPA Awards)
2008 Magazine of the Year, Special Interest (MPA Awards)
2008 NZ Columnist of the Year, Special Interest – Joe Bennett  (MPA Awards)
2008 Circulation Promotion, Special Interest, Highly Recommended (MPA Awards)
2007 NZ Magazine of the Year – Supreme Winner (MPA Awards)
2007 NZ Editor of the Year, Lynda Hallinan – Supreme Winner (MPA Awards)
2007 Magazine of the Year, Special Interest (MPA Awards)
2007 Editor of the Year, Special Interest (MPA Awards)
2007 Best Circulation Programme (MPA Awards)
2007 Columnist of the Year, Finalist – Joe Bennett (MPA Awards)
2007 Best News-stand Magazine, Finalist (Qantas Media Awards)  

 

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