"Gardening gangs" scared off (TVNZ)

A crew of tree trimmers have been intimidating Whangarei residents, but it looks like they've now been scared off. The TV programme Fair Go says the gardening gangs had been operating in Christchurch, where they had received up to 100 complaints about poor service and bad behaviour.

GARDENING: For a successful garden, plan ahead (Lancaster Online)

GARDENERS DEAL WITH an interesting dichotomy. First, we undoubtedly possess some appreciation and respect for deferred rewards; otherwise, we wouldn't be gardening. On the other hand, we manage to exhibit several behaviors that provide an outlet for that all-important instant gratification....

Landscape construction class offers hands-on gardening experience (The Wilmington Star-News)

Just off Sidbury Road in New Hanover county, a group of men and women - including an ex-marine, a surfer from Nantucket and an interior designer - were busy potting 600 poinsettia plants for the holiday season.

Adventure gardening makes great reading (Otago Daily Times)

The stories of eleven hunters searching for new and exotic flowers are told in this great read.

Teens learn responsibility, gardening education at Conley Park (The Ithaca Journal)

Conley Park was once a dumping ground for waste materials, but is now clean and one of the most horticulturally diverse parks in Ithaca.