Monthly Garden Guides
December Garden Tips
Get your garden sorted for Christmas with Central Landscape Supplies. Our tips for December include pruning advice, how to pollinate Aubergine plants and what to do in the garden before you head away on holiday.
Garden tips for November
Get your garden ready for the warm summer days ahead with our tips on mulching, lawn care and moth control.
Mulching with Second Nature
We spent the morning with the amazing team from Second Nature, as they mulched and rejuvenated this stunning inner-city garden.
Garden Tips for October
The fruit and vegetable garden Planting edible flowers with vegetables is a no-brainer - salads become more interesting, the vegetable bed looks pretty and the bees arrive! Flowers to eat include nasturtiums, carnations, daylilies, rose petals and violas. All the summer vegetables can go in at Labour Weekend – the...
Mind the GAP! What’s up with all these metal aggregates, and how are they used?
What's the difference between GAP, WAP and SAP metal? What do these terms actually mean? How do you use the different types of aggregate? Get all the answers in our latest blog!
Garden Tips for September
Spring is here! Here's what to do in the garden this September.
Landscaper Profile – Val Puxty Landscape Design
We talk to Landscape Designer Val Puxty about her recent work, working collaboratively with her clients, tips for winter gardening and the value good landscaping brings to a property.
Grow a green 'wall' fast with climbers
Here's a beautiful way to green up a bare wall or provide privacy without building a fence.
Winter Wellness for the Lawn
Do this now to encourage strong grass growth when the weather warms up! Winter is only just beginning, and for many Aucklanders, the lawn is already a bog! The heavy rain since the beginning of 2023 has caused stress to lawns, resulting in bare patches where water pools, or bursts...
The Mushroom invasion - friend or foe?
In this blog, we’re looking at the widespread outbreak of mushrooms on garden soil and mulch - why and when it happens, and how to deal with it. Auckland’s recent unseasonal wet and warm weather has seen a huge increase in the ‘fruiting’ of fungi in the form of toadstools...