Recreation

Grow your own fruit and vegetables

CoverGrowing your own vegetables and fruit can be both satisfying and beneficial. Minimising the time from plant to plate maximises the available nutrients, so growing and picking your own fruit and vegetables is the healthiest way to eat.

You don’t need a huge garden to grow your own. Even the smallest inner city garden or apartment balcony can yield a supply of vegetables and herbs.

Growing fruit and vegetables is also another step on the path to being sustainable. Your organic household waste can be composted, offering the best and easiest way to reduce your rubbish. Composted material added to the garden promotes soil fertility, moisture retention, and encourages plant growth.

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Our fruit and vegetable growing resources

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Community Gardens
Get involved in your local community garden. Contact information for community gardens in Christchurch from our CINCH community directory.
Gardening links
Recommended gardening websites from our Internet Gateway.

Websites

* Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
Key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. Practical aspects as well as the scientific theory.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Garden-NZ
New Zealand gardening portal
* Koanga Institute
Charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of heritage seeds in New Zealand. Online catalogue of seed and plants available.
* Living Herbs
New Zealand herb grower. Herb identifier lists and uses. Information on companion planting.
* Seed Savers Aotearoa New Zealand
Seed Savers Aotearoa New Zealand (SSANZ) facilitates the sharing of information and resources between regional seed saving groups.
* Vegetable gardening
* Vegetable MD Online
Vegetable MD Online was developed to provide access to the many Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets produced over the years by Media Services at Cornell.