Gardeners are the best people

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, Keen gardeners out there will love to see [the garden transformation]( brought about by Nelson folk Elizabeth and Pete Mazey. They took a bare clay hillside, and, with a lot of labour - and an injection of cash from an inheritance - turned it into the Roman garden of Elizabeth’s dreams, complete with pillars, statues, water urns, mosaic tables with black wrought iron chairs, and paved edges. This Sunday, they’re opening it up to the public, in a [fundraising self-drive house and garden tour]( to support their local Nelson Tasman Hospice. Which just goes to show that gardeners are lovely people. I’m looking out from my work-from-home office onto waist-high grass in part of my backyard. Still there’s one section prettily group-planted in lomandra and the brightest pink phlox. Maybe eventually the tended part will expand its territory. Good things take time. Happy weekend, to the gardeners and those chasing other pursuits. [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Joanna Davis [padding] Homed Senior Reporter [padding] [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Container build beggars belief [spacer] The latest Grand Designs NZ features a cliffhanger house on a very steep section on Waiheke Island, but why did no-one foresee that slicing into containers would compromise their structural integrity? [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Is this the cutest house in NZ? [spacer] This 1860s cottage has been a tearoom, silversmith’s, bookshop and antique shop but its most special use has been as a character-filled home. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Gardening on a budget [spacer] If you want to grow your own food, it’s all about planning, creative thinking and a willingness to get your hands in the soil. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Auckland for under $800k [spacer] First time buyers: The owner wasn’t interested in looking at units when she started house-hunting back in 2018. Then she saw this place. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] How houseplants helped [spacer] By day, Linh Tong is a Wellington “suit” like any other – a project manager working in the city. By night, she’s a plant-mad writer. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] House prices in record fall [spacer] REINZ's House Price Index (HPI), which measures the changing value of residential property nationwide, showed an annual decrease of 10.9%, the largest drop since the institute's records began. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [Discover more at Homed]( [padding] [spacer] You are receiving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]