Every year in Japan, groups of family and friends gather for a ‘hanami’ party, or ‘flower-watching’ party. They lay picnic blankets on the grass surrounding the trees. Then they eat.…
The recent cold snap may make it seem like spring is still far away in the distance, yet it really isn’t. It simply must be close as ‘nature’s calendar’ tells…
There’s only so much highlighting of the wonders of winter that’s acceptable. At some point, the cold really does bite, that ferocious little dig from the wind, as we turn…
There’s no hibernation during winter. And no discontent either. Instead, it’s full steam ahead (or moisture vapour from warm breath anyway) as we busy ourselves with receiving a few thousand…
Some trees are that impactful, they have an entire National Park named after them. And in the Sequoia National Park on the West Coast of the USA, you’ll find General…
Hidden away from the world in the Glenorchy, Aro Ha Wellness Retreat offers 6 & 8 Day Adventure Wellness Retreats where you can go to escape daily routines, kickstart your…
As a good portion of the garden hibernates over winter, retreating into inaction in much the same way as we find ourselves doing in an effort to keep warm, there…
Beauty grows as the temperature plummets down South. A sprinkling of frost at the nursery makes for a wonderful spectacle. So much so, we thought we should share a few…
This week, we’re highlighting two of the trees from our Top 10 Winter Interest Trees Poster (available for download below).The ‘Himalayan Birch’ and ‘Tibetan Cherry’ both have a trick up…
Winter never really creeps in does it? We don’t talk about temperatures slowly moving lower. We talk about them plummeting. We don’t talk about the gradual onset of snow. We…
There’s something about ornamental pears, particularly the white blossoms of spring with their almost freshly laundered linen-like softness. That might sound a little abstract, yet it fits, the flowers creating…
A few weeks ago we featured the Liquidambar 'Worplesdon’. Now it’s the turn of its rather fetching and smaller growing relative. Sometimes known as the Sweet Gum Gum Ball, it was…
