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Top 10 Most Wanted: Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa
We’re flipping the other side of the coin today to discuss 10 culprit plants and weeds that are often kept in gardens for their pleasing or extraordinary looks and ornamental value.
Landscaping Costs: The Best Guide to Level Up Your Garden
Welcome to the third instalment of our mega landscaping series! Creating a dream garden is an exciting journey, but it’s important to understand landscaping costs to budget effectively and make informed decisions about your outdoor project. From...
Lawn Mowing 101: Inspiration for a Beautiful Lawn
While mowing may seem straightforward, doing it correctly and with the right equipment can significantly impact your lawn’s health and appearance.
Big Key Role Players in Landscaping You Really Need to Hire
Creating a stunning landscape involves more than just picking out plants and arranging them around your yard. It’s a collaborative effort requiring the expertise of various key role players in landscaping who specialise in bringing outdoor spaces to life.
Hardscaping vs. Softscaping: Achieve Better Garden Harmony
Let’s focus specifically on hardscaping and softscaping, the two essential components of every garden. Understanding how these elements work together will enable you to create a functional, beautiful outdoor space.
Landscape Design Award for the Best and Unique Garden Look
Contours Landscapes leads the way in landscape design excellence, winning the SALI Shield Award for their innovative and sustainable outdoor spaces.
Contours Triumph: Wins Rare SALI Shield for the best Project
In 2024, Contours Landscapes achieved the pinnacle of landscaping excellence by winning the prestigious South African Landscapes Institute (SALI) Shield. They won the coveted prize for their remarkable work on the Baronetcy Penny Park Lane project....
Pests On Plants: How to Eliminate Plant Fungi & Other Pests
When it comes to gardening, winter can be a tough time of year. The cold weather can make it difficult to get out and tend to your garden, and the shorter days means there’s less sunlight for your plants to grow. But there are ways to overcome these winter gardening woes and here are our top tips.
Landscaping Mastery: From Basics to Beautiful Gardens
Explore the transformative world of landscaping, combining hardscaping elements like patios with lush softscaping such as gardens. This guide offers insights and tips for creating beautiful, functional outdoor spaces.
Gabions Are Way More Than Just Simple Rocks In A Box!
Do you want to add some drama and raw appeal to your garden? Gabions can do just that. Stone and rock have long been part of our human experience and the natural language of the earth. When you add them to your outdoor living space, they not only...
Leucospermum Pincushion – All you need to know
Part of the Proteaceae (Fynbos) family, the remarkable Leucospermum (Pincushion) plant, with its bright and fiery coloured flowers, will enhance any garden.
How To Select Fantastic Fynbos Showstoppers For Your Garden
Fynbos, often perceived as rugged and dull by casual observers, is, in fact, a realm of remarkable diversity. This is especially true regarding colour, shapes, and textures, surpassing many other plant kingdoms in this regard.
Spring has Sprung
Spring has officially sprung and now is the time of the year to get stuck into your garden, in particular in regards to adding new flora to your garden. This article is going to cover what you should be doing in your garden over the next two months as well as some suggestions of what to add to our garden.
How To Build A Fire Pit In Your Garden
Staying warm while still using and enjoying your garden space in Winter can be challenging with all the cold rain and freezing temperatures. Having a fire pit in the garden is one way to prolong an evening outdoors around a cosy fire with good company or just you and the stars above. Here we give you some DIY ideas on how to build a fire pit in your garden as well as some amazing images of what is possible!
Thorny Bougainvillea: The One & Only Climbing Beauty
Cheer Up Your Garden With Some Bougainvillea Colour! Expert advice on growing this cheerful flowering vine called the Bougainvillea.
Shrubs as architectural focus points in the garden
Today’s blog is list of plants, shrubs and trees which can be used as architectural form plants to create an eye catching piece in your garden. By adding a couple of carefully chosen plants, trees and shrubs one can go far to increasing the appeal of your garden and adding interest and dimension. Turn dull uniform areas, into modern, jaw dropping show ‘pieces’.
Butterflies in the Garden: Some very Interesting Facts
Everyone is charmed by butterflies! They represent metamorphosis, hope through change and are symbolic of the life-cycle of all living things. Some are brilliantly patterned and coloured with kaleidoscopic markings.
Lights in the Garden: How To Let Your Garden Shine!
Imagine soft, warm lighting claiming your garden back from the shadows. Lights In The Garden will make your Garden Come Alive at night.
How To Attract Garden Birds Using Feeders & Other Tricks
Enjoy the beauty and heart-warming joy that garden birds bring. Learn how to attract various different birds to your garden.
Ultimate How-to Guide For Companion Planting in the Garden
It’s now a well-known fact that certain plants grow better when planted near to each other as they improve each other’s well-being and protect each other from attack by insect pests. Now this is the kind of gardening I like, letting Nature lead the way and do the work!
Child Safety in The Garden
Every year, many children are rushed to the hospital due to accidents that occur in the home and garden. Checking your garden is safe for the littlest members of your family is important and here are some tips and advice for making yours as safe as possible.
Artificial Plants – Make Your Neighbour Green With Envy
Don’t be fooled! Faux is the new cool! The new possibilities for using synthetic or ‘fake’ plants for greening up your interior and outdoor living spaces are reaching new heights, quite literally!
Is Garden Maintenance In Autumn Important?
Essential garden maintenance tips on activities you need to perform during Autumn. A winter-ready garden guarantees a lovely Spring garden.
Helpful Garden Tips for March
The climate starts cooling down and in particular night temperatures go down. So this is the time of the year when you still practice summer maintenance but at the same time start planting and preparing for cooler climate gardening.
Garden Woes: Weeds & CutWorms
If you’re a gardener, you know that weeds, cutworms, and other pests can wreak havoc on your plants. But there are ways to fight back! Here are some tips for dealing with these common garden problems.
Garden Design Tips For The Birds
With summer in full swing and your summer garden design coming along nicely. Let’s think about the birds that are attracted to your garden!
West Coast Garden Style: How To Garden By The Beach
Summer is in full swing, but the deserved year-end holiday is still a few weeks away. And I’m in the office just dreaming of where I would rather be…on a beach, in the sun, not far from home with mussels for lunch and fish potjie for supper. Well, then why not let’s look at the West Coast of the Southern Cape and discover what makes West Coast garden style and the garden plants and elements you will need for gardening by the beach.
How To Grow An Awesome Vegetable Garden – 17 Helpful Tips
If you have a green thumb and some space to spare, why not start your own veggie garden? You can grow just about anything in a backyard garden, from tomatoes and peppers to carrots and potatoes. All you need is our 17 tips, and a little patience. So get out there and start planting!
Ways of Saving Water: Your 10 Easy Water Saving Tips
Water is a precious commodity. We need to know about the many different ways of saving water and do our utmost best to preserve water.
DYI Rain Chain: How To Create Your Own
So what is a rain chain anyway? Rain chains were first used in commercial buildings and modern houses to get rid of the need for downpipes connected to roof gutters. Instead of the rain water being channelled down a sometimes ugly-looking downpipe, the rain runs off the roof
Fynbos Garden Designing: Your Ultimate How To Guide
We are extremely fortunate in South Africa to be living in a country with one of the highest biodiversity ratings in the world. In South Africa we have approximately 23,000 unique plant species, compared with Europe with approximately 10,000.
Garden Landscaping with Popular Low-Maintenance Plants
Several trendy low-maintenance garden landscaping plants can add beauty and value to your home. In this article, we will tell you which ones are best.
10 Fantastic Tips To Start Your Own Vegetable Garden
The return to a much more wholesome way of eating seems to be taking off in many households, as people become more conscious of where their food comes from and how it gets to your plate.
5 Eco-Friendly Ways to Make Use of Autumn Leaves
If you live in an area with deciduous trees, you can make use of the fallen leaves by using them as mulch or compost. You can also rake them up and use them as decoration in your yard or home. There are many ways to make use of autumn leaves, so get creative!
Attention all busy bees: Urban beekeeping is the in thing
The saying goes that everything is better (and sweeter) with a touch of honey.Many Concerned City Residents Are Taking Up Urban Beekeeping To Do Their Part In Securing The Survival Of Bees. Maybe you can also “BEE” of some help!
Artificial Grass Lawns: Everything you need to know!
This is why we at Cape Contours Landscape Solutions are loving artificial lawn right now! If you have a new area of lawn you want done, then fake grass is well worth considering in light of our water crisis in the Cape.
Home Composting: How to Make it at Home
All living things, including green plants, have the same basic needs as us! Food, Water, Air and Protection against the elements. In nature, plant food is found in the soils they are growing in, and so it makes sense that if that food is of poor quality, the plant will not thrive.
8 Low-Cost Ways to Enhance Your Garden
With summer in full swing, we bear witness to a multitude of green coloured plants sprouting everywhere! We can all agree that with the current cost of living, we have to make smart choices in our “gardening budgets.”
7 Garden Design Tips for Small Spaces
The desire to maximise a small space for many different functions and can often cause one to try and cram too much into a small space, creating a rather messy and cluttered feel.
Edible Plants & Ornamental Plants: How To Combine Them
Over the years we have written many articles regarding edible herb, vegetable and fruit gardening. We also covered ornamental gardening and landscaping. Never have we written about these two gardening worlds and principles, meeting and becoming one. This blog will be exactly about this.
Proteaceae: What Are They & How to Grow Them Successfully
Proteaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes some of the most popular garden plants. Learn all about them and how to grow them successfully!
10 Beautiful Landscaping Plants for Low-Maintenance Gardens
Looking for some trendy, low-maintenance plants for your garden? Look no further! Check out our list of trendy plants that will make your garden look great with little effort on your part.
Our Favourite 5: Pond, Topiary & Scented Plants
Looking for a little bit of everything? Check out our favourite 5: pond, topiary, and scented plants! Perfect for adding a touch of nature to any home or office.
Grass Types South Africa: The Ultimate Guide for Every Lawn
Looking to choose and plant the perfect lawn for your home? Check out our guide to find the right type for you and get tips on planting and care.
Comprehensive Lawn Care Guide for South African Homeowners
Looking to take your lawn care game up a notch? Check out our latest article for tips on success and how to grow your lawn successfully!
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