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|May 2025
Meet gardening content creator and Tui ambassador Poppy Prendergast
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In 2022, Poppy Prendergast left her full-time pharmacy job and decided to study horticulture and organic primary production at Lincoln and SIT. When her parents bought a property outside Alexandra in Central Otago, she decided to leave Christchurch and join them, renovating a second dwelling near her mum and dad's home. The 27-year-old content creator, whose farmyard includes two kunekune pigs, cats, dogs and chickens, juggles co-managing her mum's clothing boutique with pharmacy technician work and being the "official garden gal" for Tui. "As is typical for someone with ADHD I have lots of different hobbies and interests, some are fleeting but others, mainly gardening, have stuck like glue."
What or who inspired you to start gardening?
This story is from the May 2025 edition of Your Home and Garden.
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