Explore our home and living resources.
Food and drink
Resources to help cooks and food lovers - from cookbooks, and culinary eResources, to food history and food dictionaries. Booklists feature staff picks of the best New Zealand food related resources.
Festivals, holidays and special days
Find out the history of holidays and how they are celebrated in Christchurch.
Home
Planning some renovations? Use our selected resources to help you achieve a great result. Subscribe to our Home, Garden & DIY newsletter to keep up with our newest and recommended titles.
- Your home
- Building & DIY — what to know when taking on a building project
- Insulating your home — a guide to library resources and links to relevant websites
- Earth day, Earth hour and sustainable living
- Internet Gateway: Home & Living
Gardening
Christchurch has long been called the ‘Garden City’. Christchurch hosts a number of garden-inspired events each year such as the Festival of Flowers. Browse our gardening and garden-related information and resources.
- Gardening
- Garden events in Christchurch
- Festival of Flowers
- Hagley Park and the Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Pet care
Find out how to care for them and your legal obligations.
