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Beginner Gardening 101

Discover everything you need to know to successfully start gardening!

A Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening

Whether your dream vege patch is bursting with salad greens for summer barbeques, or carrots and leeks for hearty winter soups, nothing beats the satisfaction of ‘growing your own’. This guide is designed to help beginner vege gardeners on their way to harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown vegetables in 3 simple steps: Prepare, Plant, Nourish.

Tui Vegetable Mix

Whether your vege patch is bursting with salad greens for summer barbeques, or carrots and leeks for hearty winter soups, nothing beats the satisfaction of ‘growing your own'. Tui Vegetable Mix is a high quality natural-based planting mix containing the right blend of nutrients to provide your veges with the best possible start and sustained growth throughout the season. Use in your garden beds, pots and containers, and you'll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown veges in no time. Follow our 3 step Vegetable Growing Guide > This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.

Tui Grow Guides - Setting up your vege garden

Are you keen to start a vege garden but not sure how? Nothing beats that rewarding feeling of harvesting fresh food you’ve grown yourself at home, and it’s never too late to start. 

Top 5 Beginner Crops

If you're just starting out in the garden you may be wondering what veges to plant first. We've put together our top five beginner crops that can be planted now. We also share tips for vege success, so you can gain confidence growing and then add more to your patch!

Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic

Sustainably sourced seaweed for naturally healthy plant growth. Crafted from sustainably sourced seaweed, regular applications promote healthy plant and root growth to make plants more resilient to common problems including: frost, heat, pests and diseases. Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic is safe to apply year-round, on all plants, to create a naturally healthy garden. When your bottle is empty you can bring it in-store to refill at one of our new seaweed refill stations!

Top garden tips for beginners

Nothing beats that rewarding feeling of harvesting fresh food you've grown yourself at home, and it's never too late to start!

A Beginner's Guide to Composting

Compost is nature’s way of recycling. Made from waste garden material, compost is an essential ingredient for creating rich, friable soil and therefore healthy plants. Find out how to make compost with our guide below and use compost throughout your garden for healthy plant growth!

Tui Enrich All Purpose Controlled Release Fertiliser

Tui Enrich is a premium triple action system to deliver exceptional plant performance. Osmoforte® Microbial Technology creates healthy soil, and is paired with a premium controlled release fertiliser to provide vital nutrients to nourish plants. The inclusion of NovaTec® fertiliser provides an instant boost of easy to absorb nitrogen for healthy green growth. Developed for all plants and areas of your garden, this formulation delivers nutrients to your plants as they require them, for up to six months. N-P-K 15.1-3.2-11.2 + trace elements.

Quick Win Crops

Planting crops that give quick results is a great way to get started in the garden. Try the following 'quick win' options - crops that you will see results from in a matter of weeks. They can all be planted in containers so you can move them around to get some sunshine and also protect them from the elements if you live in a cooler spot.

Tui All Purpose Potting Mix

Ferns, palms, potted colour - it doesn't matter whether your corner of paradise is big or small, growing a plant can be one of life's great little pleasures. Tui All Purpose Potting Mix is specially formulated to give the best start to your indoor and outdoor plants in pots, containers and hanging baskets. This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.