August Gardening Handbook - Download

August begins Late Winter in New Zealand and for the gardens of the Southern Hemisphere. On the finest days it is easy to feel that spring warmth in the air. Changeable August can bring a few of our coldest days, storms, heavy rain and hail, winds or the first real spring weather. “Be prepared” is the wise gardeners’ motto for August. There will surely be times when it will be necessary to protect tender treasures from the ravages of late winter.

Then again, especially near the end of the month, be ready whenever weather permits to sow, plant, fill in gaps and holes in the flower border...