Grow A Butterfly Garden

Here's our quick guide to NZ butterflies, plus how to look after them. Read on for tips on how to grow swan plants, for the full Monarch experience!

How to Propagate Plants, by Layering

‘Layering’ is a type of plant propagation where new stems remain attached to the parent plant, while they develop their own roots. Here's how to do it and get free plants!

Get an early start for your heat-lover vegies

A challenge with growing heat-loving vegies is getting started early enough to give them a long enough growing season. In cooler areas it can be a nail-biting race against winter when you’re waiting for your harvest, so get ahead of the game!

Beginners Guide to Indoor Plants

If you've just started on your indoor plant-growing journey, we’ve put together some easy-to-follow tips for you. Starting from which plants to choose and what to grow; through to how to care for your new plant babies.

Kids Gardening

Inspirational stuff for our budding generation of gardeners!

Recipes

Looking for inspiration to make meals from your garden? Here are some of our favourites.

Fun Garden Trivia

Find out all best gardening facts here! Lots of Garden fun, gardening humor and trivia by the Yates Gardening Team.