Behind fences, hedges and gates throughout New Zealand lies a hidden world of creativity, passion and hard work – thriving diverse ecosystems, organic vegetable gardens, permaculture food forests, secret urban sanctuaries for native flora and fauna… and a wealth of valuable gardening knowledge.
Amongst the compost heaps and pea-straw you’ll find their creator, curator and caretaker, the keen gardener – always eager to share their hard-earnt wisdom, their successes and failures, and to help inspire a new generation of gardeners.
Whether it’s a large-scale formal garden, a compact inner-city sanctuary, a productive kitchen garden or a prized dahlia collection, every Secret Garden offers something unique and inspiring to explore and learn from.
Explore twelve intriguing and unique New Zealand gardens – from a hidden suburban food forest in Coromandel Town to an ever-evolving collage of botanical curiosities in Dunedin.
Though each garden is unique, all embody the Secret Gardens values of sustainable gardening practices, kaitiaki and knowledge sharing.
Merve, Hakea, Raglan
Linda, Ngāmotu, Taranaki
Jo, Greenhills Paradise, Coromandel
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