Seeds and Growing Things

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

This topic covers types of gardens (market, community, school etc.) farming, seasonal planting, composing guides, companion planting, soils, seed types, pests, weeds and fertilisers. Also learn how to make a worm farm and terrarium. SCIS no. 1842351

science, social_sciences, technology, arts

Image: Carver, Robert William Ind 1838-1907 :Bell's kitchen garden 1892

Bell's kitchen garden

Carver, Robert William Ind 1838-1907 :Bell's kitchen garden 1892

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Image: "The camp, the cook and the cabbage, Wairarapa"

The cook and the cabbage

"The camp, the cook and the cabbage, Wairarapa"

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Image: How Does Your Garden Grow: 6

How does your garden grow?

How Does Your Garden Grow: 6

Radio New Zealand

Image: Capsicums growing in a greenhouse

Greenhouses

Capsicums growing in a greenhouse

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Planting seeds, Golden Downs

Planting seeds

Planting seeds, Golden Downs

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Image: Annabel Langbein: companion planting

Companion planting

Annabel Langbein: companion planting

Radio New Zealand

Image: [Hodgkins, Frances Mary] 1869-1947 :[Rose on trellis and garden pots. 188- ]

Rose on trellis and garden pots

[Hodgkins, Frances Mary] 1869-1947 :[Rose on trellis and garden pots. 188- ]

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Image: Gardening Correspondent: autumn and winter crops

Autumn and winter crops

Gardening Correspondent: autumn and winter crops

Radio New Zealand

Image: Market gardeners, 1888

Market gardeners

Market gardeners, 1888

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Image: Scarecrow Festival

Scarecrow festival

Scarecrow Festival

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Image: ‘New Zealand has soil!’

New Zealand's high-quality soil

‘New Zealand has soil!’

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: New Zealand's best soils

Best soils

New Zealand's best soils

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Kowhai seed

Kowhai seed

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Blackcurrant breeding plots at Waipuna farm, Irwell, New Zealand

Breeding blackcurrants

Blackcurrant breeding plots at Waipuna farm, Irwell, New Zealand

Plant & Food Research

Image: Planting pines

Planting pines

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: planting native trees

Planting native trees

planting native trees

Kete Horowhenua

Image: Mānuka seed capsules

Mānuka seed capsules

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Image: School children with gardening tools, Mangaroa, Upper Hutt, Wellington

School children with gardening tools

School children with gardening tools, Mangaroa, Upper Hutt, Wellington

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Image: Pukekohe market gardens

Pukekohe market gardens

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Image: Monsanto Free Range Corn. 4 April, 2007

Monsanto Free-Range Corn

Monsanto Free Range Corn. 4 April, 2007

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Fertilisers

Science Learning Hub

What is this bug?

Services to Schools

How to grow kūmara

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Tiny Seed

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Maths in the garden

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Native seed bank

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Great plant escape

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Birth of farming

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Indoor herb garden

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Farm to table

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Community garden

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Planting calendar

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How plants grow

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Garden crafts

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Epuni School garden

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Vegetable garden

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Organic farming

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Flower pot farmer

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The Koanga Institute

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Seed dispersal

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Most beautiful gardens

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Green Revolution

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Johnny Appleseed

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Sustainable gardens

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Companion planting

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Terrarium

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Biology of plants

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Image: Tulips, Wellington Botanic Garden

Tulips, Wellington Botanic Garden

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Image: Girl Guide, and a Brownie, working in a garden during Bob a Job Week

Gardening for Bob a Job Week

Girl Guide, and a Brownie, working in a garden during Bob a Job Week

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Image: SNOW AS A FERTILISER. (Clutha Leader 16-11-1909)

Snow as a fertiliser

SNOW AS A FERTILISER. (Clutha Leader 16-11-1909)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Māori gardens

Māori gardens

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The iPlot

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Bokashi

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EPIC

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Plants

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Jack and the beanstalk

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Bean Time-Lapse - 25

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Maggie’s Garden Show

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