AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff’s NZ Gardener monthly is celebrating 75 years in print, with a special collectible September issue, on sale now.
Since 1944, New Zealand’s oldest and most popular gardening magazine has been inspiring and informing keen gardeners, amazing gardens and clever plantspeople all over the country.
The first issue of NZ Gardener sold 3000 copies – now each copy reaches 300,000 green-fingered Kiwis every month.
“Gardening in New Zealand has changed a lot in the last 75 years,” says NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll. “How much time we spend in the garden; how much space we have; what we grow; our attitude to chemicals, to our native plants, to biosecurity – all of that has changed out of recognition.
“Advertising for this anniversary issue will run across print and digital.”
“Trends have come and gone in that time. In the ’50s and ’60s New Zealand was crazy for ikebana, the Japanese floral design. In the ’70s, there was a mania for swimming pools.
“More recently we’ve seen a huge surge in interest in growing food and in indoor plants.
“But while some things have changed, New Zealand is still a nation of keen gardeners. Kiwis love spending time in their own garden and find plants endlessly fascinating and fun.”
Advertising for this anniversary issue will run across print and digital and there are also some special subscription offers for greenfingered gardeners running throughout the month.
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