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Stirling Sports Glenfield where sports meets fashion, come and shop our new house of winter range instore now!
Our team work hard to keep up with today’s fashion trends and fill our store with the latest and greatest of the brands you love. Shop Adidas, Nike, Champion, New Era, Aim’n and more.
www.stirlingsports.co.nz 09 441 2402 Glenfield Mall, Glenfield
COSI FAN TUTTE
Cosi Fan Tutte welcomes Jason Lingard to their collection of carefully chosen brands. Pictured is the stunning wool mix Goth Coat paired with the Amarda Charms Dress. Check out the full range of Jason Lingard clothing in-store or online. Cosi Fan Tutte 73 Victoria Road, Devonport 021 247 2469 www.cosifantuttedevonport.co.nz
RESENE COLORSHOP
Bring the beauty of nature indoors with timber finishes stained with the Resene Colorwood range of interior wood stains. Refresh and rejuvenate old timber or enhance the colour of new timber. 1 Auburn St, Takapuna, 09 489 1540 2 Tawa Drive, Albany, 09 414 6500 8 Croftfield Lane, Wairau Park, 09 444 4387
CRAVEHOME
Layer up with a cosy sweater this season - the new Marci in beautiful colourblock blush is the perfect piece for lazy weekends and casual cool. 30 Mokoia Road, Birkenhead 09 419 9535 www.cravehome.co.nz
THE FAIRY LIGHT SHOP
Create a magical table setting for your next dinner party with fairy lights lanterns and candles from The Fairy Light Shop. Visit our showroom at 32D Barrys Point Rd, Takapuna 09 486 1586, thefairylightshop.com
WALLACE COTTON
Sleep in a meadow of pretty wildflowers in soft shades on midnight blue, with beautiful Bloomfield bed linen. Made from certified organic cotton, Bloomfield bedding has a petite blush stripe on the flip side which offers a lovely contrast when folded back or styled on the reverse for a different look. 34 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna 09 551 7767 www.wallacecotton.com
THE SHEEPSKIN FACTORY
Say goodbye to cold feet! 5pm Mon - Sat and 10-5pm Sunday 34 Barrys Point Road, Takapuna Ph 09 486 2679 www.thesheepskinfactory.co.nz
FLORIENNE
June is all about these babies: Cymbidiums!! Stunning NZ grown, long lasting and in various colours. Treat yourself or someone special today.
TANGO'S SHOES
New season in store now. 164 Kitchener Rd, Milford • 09 488 0495 facebook instagram www.tangosshoes.nz
SPERO CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR
CURATE BY TRELISE COOPER Jumper Around Jumper - Butterfly Winter 2021 Collection
Spero - Clothing & Footwear 13a Mokoia Rd, Birkenhead 09 4199781 www.mode.co.nz/spero
Building a warm home
Everyone loves walking into a warm dry home in winter. Being protected from the elements and temperature changes all year round makes for more comfortable living.
At LC Designer Homes, this all starts during the initial stages as we design your home and specify the systems to Michelle and Adam, be included.
NZ Building Code require you have a 'Healthy Home' and that it is insulated to a minimum level. We like to think a bit further than that, ensuring your comfort isn’t an afterthought, which means thinking of both winter (heating) and summer (cooling). Which means we consider a number of factors: • Orientation of the building for the sun. We are fortunate in New
Zealand that we can take advantage of natural heating from the sun and use this to your home's advantage. Sun is free heating, after all! • Thermal modeling is when our design is represented in a computer simulation program and is run to show how it will function thermally. Various elements of the design can be tested in this way and the results can be seen as graphic output as well as text. • Insulation products are based on location and performance of materials specified. We use the thermal modeling to test these products and their locations to get your home working well as a whole building. • With the desire to have large glass elements in homes, consideration of how the joinery units as a whole perform is very important with options of using Low-E glass and thermally broken frames that will decrease heat loss. Also incorporating blinds and drapes for the final layer of comfort, privacy and style to your home. • Heating (and cooling!) systems are best incorporated at the design phase. There are many options available now and each has its own merits i.e. efficiency, initial installation cost vs running cost, aesthetic, energy source/supply, maintenance. • And finally consider your landscaping and greenery so that you don’t end up with large plants or trees blocking windows, which also can stay damp during wetter months.
If you already have a home there are small maintenance tasks you can do heading into winter to keep it warm. Check out our LC Designer Homes Winter House Maintenance article. https://www.lchomes.co.nz/winter-house-maintenance/
Alternatively, get in touch so that we can design and build your new warm dry home.
Top tips from Amanda Graham, Newhaven Gardens. North Shore Hedge Trimming, Garden Tidy Ups, Planting, Pruning and Garden Maintenance.
Lets get planting
Amanda Graham.
Planting season is well and truly here; and new season roses, camellias and fruit trees are arriving in the garden centres.
For immediate winter colour camellias and daphnes are a great choice. As with roses, azaelea and rhododendron, these winter flowering plants prefer slightly acidic soil, so avoid adding lime which raises soil pH. Well-rotted manure and compost are the best organic ways of lowering the soil pH. Peat moss was also previously used for this purpose, but is now known to be extremely bad for the environment so is best avoided.
It’s also a great time to plant spring flowering trees and shrubs such as roses, magnolia, and ornamental cherries. It’s also a great time to get a head start with deciduous fruit trees such as apples, pears, plums, peaches and nectarines. If you are planting bare-rooted trees remember to prune before planting and add a little blood and bone into your planting mix.
When selecting your planting site, take into consideration the mature size of the tree and make sure it is far enough away from buildings, fences etc. It’s also a good idea to think of the effect your new plantings could have on neighbours, taking care not to block views or reduce sunlight.
When planting, the general rule is to dig a hole twice as deep and twice as wide as the pot that your tree came in. Backfill mixing in topsoil, compost, and sheep pellets, and, if planting in clay, it’s good to add some gypsum first. It’s also good to rough up the sides of the hole when planting in clay to help the roots break through and stop a ‘bowl’ from forming and holding water.
Plant the tree level with the ground, or in heavier soils, into a slight mound to improve drainage. If staking to protect them from the wind, make sure you tie softly with a figure of eight pattern so the stake supports but does not become a crutch.
Covering the top of the soil with bark or mulch will also help to protect the roots from too much temperature variation and in the coming some months will help to keep valuable moisture in.
Amanda Graham Newhaven Gardens Ltd Ph: 021 378969 amanda@newhavengardens.co.nz www.newhavengardens.co.nz
