Horticulture

Welcome to the horticulture section here at Rural Trader. This is where you’ll find all sorts of information about horticulture.

You’ll find relevant news and articles, upcoming events, related blog and forum entries and horticulture related video clips. Also you can gauge community opinion through our polls.

This page is very much community driven so if there’s anything you’d like to see included here please get in touch.  Among the things we’d be delighted to receive are any of below:

Horticulture news and articles, events, bloggers, videos and photos.

If you’d like to have any of above published send your material to contribute@ruraltrader.co.nz

Features

  • Horticulture News

    Horticulture News

    by Rural Trader

    This is where we will keep you updated with the latest horticultural news from across New Zealand

  • Gardening Calendar

    Gardening Calendar

    by Yates New Zealand

    Kindly supplied by Yates New Zealand, this gardening calendar will give you expert advice every month

  • Autumn’s the Season for Moving Plants

    Autumn’s the Season for Moving Plants

    by Yates New Zealand

    March and April – when it’s not too hot and not too cold – are great months for transplanting evergreen shrubs and small trees

  • Gardening and Health

    Gardening and Health

    by Wally Richards

    If 51% of our diet was natural (they used the word organic) and consumed raw, then most if not all, chronic illness would be prevented or reversed

  • Caring for Natives

    Caring for Natives

    by Yates New Zealand

    Many native plants have interesting flowers and foliage and, once established, need minimal extra care

  • Looking at Lawns

    Looking at Lawns

    by Wally Richards

    Autumn is the ideal time to sow new lawns or patch up existing ones

  • Gardening in February 2010

    Gardening in February 2010

    by Wally Richards

    February is the last month of summer and the time when many pest insects have built up big populations if you have not been on the ball with your controls

  • Organic Garden Business Continues to Flourish

    Organic Garden Business Continues to Flourish

    by Organics Aotearoa New Zealand

    An Auckland business, which creates organic vegetable gardens in people's backyards, has grown so rapidly in the past two years it now employs five people full-time

  • Cacti & Succulent Care

    Cacti & Succulent Care

    by Yates New Zealand

    Cacti and succulents are popular because of their drought tolerance but also because their structural good looks are so well suited to modern gardens

  • Improving Crops and Gardens

    Improving Crops and Gardens

    by Wally Richards

    Many gardeners are always looking for ways to improve their gardens whether it be vegetables, roses, ornamentals or fruit trees

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