Waitoki cottage garden

Waitoki cottage garden Growing my dream cottage flower garden, with a side of veges. Roadside stall coming soon. Waitoki, Auckland. NZ

The most beautiful weekend in the garden! Blue skies & crisp mornings. Nearly caught up on weeding 😅
12/07/2026

The most beautiful weekend in the garden! Blue skies & crisp mornings. Nearly caught up on weeding 😅

Feverfew 🌼🌱 One of the easiest plants to take cuttings from! I've found this easier than getting new seeds started.
05/07/2026

Feverfew 🌼🌱 One of the easiest plants to take cuttings from! I've found this easier than getting new seeds started.

Little before & after from this weekend! Was the most stunning weather here in auckland 🌞 freesia bulbs that I got on sa...
28/06/2026

Little before & after from this weekend! Was the most stunning weather here in auckland 🌞 freesia bulbs that I got on sale from Palmers Albany planted under the sink. And the rest of the garden ready some new top soil & compost.

Throw back to summer, starting to plan my dahlia patch for next season. Genova is one of my favorite dahlias! SO many fl...
21/06/2026

Throw back to summer, starting to plan my dahlia patch for next season. Genova is one of my favorite dahlias! SO many flowers, strong stems and such a lovely colour. What's your favorite purple dahlia you will be planting this season? 💓

Busy Sunday in the garden! SO much done, as my toddler decided to have a 3 hour nap 🥳 lifted tubers that had wet feet, b...
07/06/2026

Busy Sunday in the garden! SO much done, as my toddler decided to have a 3 hour nap 🥳 lifted tubers that had wet feet, built a new garden bed & cut lots of dahlias back and mulched! The lawn is mostly mud now, but hopefully a week of dry weather ahead 🌱🌼

Photo dump from the past week. Not much time in the garden recently with how early it gets dark now & the rain 🌧Zinnias ...
05/06/2026

Photo dump from the past week. Not much time in the garden recently with how early it gets dark now & the rain 🌧
Zinnias are still flowering slowly, collecting seed, lifting dahlias & seedlings desperate to get in the ground!

Dahlias still hanging on! I've started cutting back some of the plants & have had to lift a couple that looked a bit wet...
11/05/2026

Dahlias still hanging on! I've started cutting back some of the plants & have had to lift a couple that looked a bit wet. This time last year, we had our first frost, so we can't be far off this season ❄️🍂

Still a few flowers in the garden, but the dahlias have slowed right down now & getting lots of blown out centres. Alway...
24/04/2026

Still a few flowers in the garden, but the dahlias have slowed right down now & getting lots of blown out centres. Always so bittersweet coming to the end of the season! 🍂

Zinnias still flowering 🌼 starting to get chilly this week though!
24/04/2026

Zinnias still flowering 🌼 starting to get chilly this week though!

Maybe the last bucket of the season! Hopefully the dahlias survive the storm that's coming, they are covered in buds abo...
11/04/2026

Maybe the last bucket of the season! Hopefully the dahlias survive the storm that's coming, they are covered in buds about to open. 🌧🤞🏻

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