Over fifty of New Zealands finest writers express the beauty, joy and satisfaction of gardening, of growing food and flowers, of creating and enjoying a private haven. Extracts and poems celebrate colonial gardens, spring in the High Country, suburban riots of colour, feeling part of the land, Maori salad ingredients, Pukeiti in bloom, summer afternoons, gardens with secrets, a Japanese garden, a wild garden, a pyramid of tomatoes, and exchanging seeds with friends. Authors and poets include: Mona Anderson, Lady Barker,Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, Charles Brasch, Robin Hyde, Keri Hulme, Sam Hunt, Bill Manhire, Elizabeth Smither, Lauris Edmond, Bub Bridger, Jenny Bornholdt, Joy Cowley, Barry Crump, Elizabeth Knox, Rachel McAlpine and Shonagh Koea. Over fifty of New Zealand's finest writers express the beauty, joy and satisfaction of gardening, of growing food and flowers, of creating and enjoying a private haven....Superbly evocative photographs enhance the sensory feast. Over fifty of New Zealands finest writers express the beauty, joy and satisfaction of gardening, of growing food and flowers, of creating and enjoying a private haven. Extracts and poems celebrate colonial gardens, spring in the High Country, suburban riots of colour, feeling part of the land, Maori salad ingredients, Pukeiti in bloom, summer afternoons, gardens with secrets, a Japanese garden, a wild garden, a pyramid of tomatoes, and exchanging seeds with friends. Authors and poets include: Mona Anderson, Lady Barker, Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, Charles Brasch, Robin Hyde, Keri Hulme, Sam Hunt, Bill Manhire, Elizabeth Smither, Lauris Edmond, Bub Bridger, Jenny Bornholdt, Joy Cowley, Barry Crump, Elizabeth Knox, Rachel McAlpine and Shonagh Koea.