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Kōrero: Gardens

Rural vegetable garden

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Rural vegetable garden

Up until the 1960s most rural households had large vegetable gardens and kept 10–20 laying hens for their domestic needs. This chicken run and extensive vegetable garden are probably in the Stratford area, Taranaki, in 1911.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-005870; G

by James McAllister

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Backyard gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18875/rural-vegetable-garden (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.