Grey Power September 2019

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NZ GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » SEPTEMBER 2019
People
Flower power
goes nationwide
The benefits of a garden, no matter
what its size, are many. Physical
activity, growing food, feeding the
bees, and pure pleasure. Colour your
world - or just your own patch of
neighbourhood - as part of National
Gardening Week (October 21-28).
Get planting now to
ensure some colour
and texture in
your garden, or gather a
group of friends or neighbours
to work on a joint
project.
The call is out to New
Real Gardens for Real People
1 st - 10 th
November 2019
Zealanders to bring back
flowers and create a riot of
colour in gardens for National
Gardening Week.
As well as being decorative,
flowers provide
food for bees and butterflies.
They taste good in
Win a Yates
National
Gardening
Week hamper
Celebrate National Gardening
Week with a Yates hamper
containing everything you need
to flower-bomb your garden.
A selection of Yates flower seeds in pretty pastels will deliver a delightful
colour wave throughout your garden. Nature’s Way Organic seed raising mix
will supercharge your seeds, encouraging germination and establishing strong
growth, giving your plants the best possible start in life.
Yates Thrive Rose & Flower Liquid Plant Food and Yates Thrive Roses & Flowers
Natural Fish & Seaweed+ are complete liquid fertilisers to boost healthy
growth and produce large blooms. Both formulations have a dual action,
feeding through both leaves and roots for fast results.
If you want to take your garden indoors, Yates Top 50 Indoor Plants is a
fabulous new book packed with inspirational ideas for creating the hottest
looks in house plants, plus comprehensive growing tips and tricks and how to
sort those common indoor plant problems.
To enter, email your name and address, with YATES in the subject line to
win@greypowermag.co.nz, or post your entry to Yates Hamper competition,
Grey Power, PO Box 1425, Hamilton 3240. Entries closes October 12 2019.
ships, good health, strong
communities and closer
connections with nature.
Whether it’s a few pots on
the balcony, a small patch
or an extensive garden,
treat yourself to a little
time to experience the joy
of gardening.
WIN WIN WIN
Taranaki
Bought to you by
xcept Auckland) or
eGardenFestival
• Explore a variety of beautiful gardens
• Purchase plants you’ve seen in the gardens
• Get practical advice from garden hosts
• Enjoy arts, craft and vintage machinery
• Only $2 entry per garden
Festival programme available at most Garden
Centres (NZ wide) and most i-SITEs or download
a copy from our website.
TaranakiFringeGardenFestival
www.taranakigardens.co.nz
Photo/A. Clough
Real Gardens for real people
salads and teas, and for
centuries, flowers have
been used to heal.
And to get started with
flower-bombing your garden,
or an area in your
local neighbourhood that
needs a splash of colour,
Yates is lending a helping
hand.
Just register online at
yates.co.nz/nationalgardeningweek
between October
1-14 to receive a free
packet of seeds from Yates
flower range; including
flowers for colour, flowers
for the bees and butterflies
and flowers that are
perfect for picking. The
free seed offer is timed
perfectly for the October
school holidays to get into
the garden with grandkids
for hours of flower fun.
National Gardening
Week aims to foster a
love of gardening with
a focus on growing not
only plants but friend-
Meanwhile, Taranaki’s
Fringe
Garden Festival,
set to run 1 – 10 November
this year, is promising
to be the best in the
event’s 15 year history.
This year’s edition
presents 39 gardens and
13 places of interest that
spans garden art to pot-
Photo/B. Hotter
tery, New Zealand’s largest
collection of rainforest
cacti and riding the rails
on a heritage rail track.
Ten of the gardens are
new or returning after
a break to the Festival,
and include everything
from small compact urban
gardens to large rural
gardens with lakes, bridges
and an abundance of
spring colour.
“This year’s new additions
will showcase a
wide variety of gardening
styles,” says the event’s
organiser Anne Clough.
“That diversity of approaches,
practices and
the resulting gardens is a
really important aspect,
and one that makes the
Fringe Garden Festival
such a unique event."
To discover the heart
of New Zealand’s gardens,
and gardeners,
look no further than the
Taranaki Fringe Garden
Festival, We will provide
full coverage in our next
issue.