Up and down our country, home gardeners are enjoying the fruits of their hard work.

1. The battle of the berms

The view is still to die for as the build takes shape.

1. Win for firm that dug up carpark

Make summer last even longer with some relaxation-inducing outdoor living furniture and accessories.

1. Gardening: Taro lore a sharing experience

It's the morning of New Year's Eve and I'm writing this from Matarangi in the Coromandel. Kylie's parents have a bach here…

1. Prefabs sprout a new idea

A bit of brute force and the walls appear.

1. video Design & build: Episode eight (4:27)

Masonry blocks will become a piece of art.

1. Consent for Block couple

I enjoyed researching this story, as I don't often peruse websites for garden gift-giving. My go-to presents for special…

1. Gardening: Summer insurance for gardens

The builders are getting stuck in, even by hand.

1. Design & build: Through a glass, lightly

A small fibre-cement-board do-up cottage on a large tree-lined site in the Waitakere Ranges has been bought for TVNZ's new…

1. Colin Hogg: Finale best way to knock The Block off (2 comments)

There’s a lot to be said for wet weather.

1. Design & build: From the inside out

I was looking forward to visiting friends Gilbert Wong and Jo Boese to check out a landscaping project at their Herne Bay…

1. Gardening: Wind warning

Yvonne Thomas believes New Zealanders are the luckiest people in the world. She says it's not about whether we have money…

1. Gardening: Space for summer veges

Tricky weather gets building progress stuck in the mud.

1. video Design & build: Update (0:40)

Mud sticks, as the piling contractors found.

1. Design & build: Clad me perfect

Builders are on site and the dream will soon be a reality.

1. video Design & build: Episode seven (4:11)