Garden Bounty
Words Vicki Ravlich-Horan Images Ashlee DeCaires Dotted through Hamilton Gardens you’ll spot some of the healthiest Quince trees around and at this time of year they are laden. An ancient fruit, the quince has fallen out of favour in recent times, possibly due to the work involved in turning the rose scented fruit into anything […]
TE PARAPARA
Words DAVID WRIGLEY | Images VICKI RAVLICH-HORAN It’s Wednesday 28 April, one of those beautiful, early autumn mornings that the Waikato does so well: wispy, high clouds in a glorious deep blue sky, the year’s first threat of frost in the air. The full moon lingers above the western horizon. The Hamilton Gardens are almost […]
GARDEN HARVEST
Words: Kate Monahan-Riddell | Photography: Vicki Ravlich-Horan With summer just around the corner, Hamilton Gardens’ gardener Geoff Herbert has been hard at work preparing the soil and planting seedlings. The qualified gardener is in charge of the Kitchen Garden and Sustainable Garden, a site of envy for most home vegetable gardeners. The quarter-acre Kitchen Garden […]
