March 2020
FOR COLOUR: DO NOT RELY ON FLOWERS, COUNT ON FOLIAGE!!
Today’s blog will help you choose the best foliage to help bring out the colour your want. When it comes to incorporating colour into your landscape, one usually relies on [...]
Honey, I shrunk our house, with plants, again
Today’s blog is about how easy it is to grow your plant family and outgrow your space. Don’t you just love those beautiful green babies you buy at nurseries and [...]
February 2020
Trees for small gardens and constricted area’s: Chapter 2
Today’s blog is the second instalment of Trees for small gardens and constricted area’s In January this year we posted a blog discussing trees for small gardens and constricted areas. This [...]
New Year, New Yew
Today’s blog is about the New Year and a New Yew! It’s the longest month of the year, and somehow you've made it to the 74th of Janu-worry without having [...]
January 2020
One person’s compost is another’s dirt
Today’s blog is about the importance of getting your soil ‘Just right’ before you plant to guarantee the success of your planting. The blog is written by Stephen Steyn, one of the owners of [...]
Trees for small gardens and constricted areas
Today’s post is focused on Trees for small gardens and constricted areas This blog will be highlighting and discussing 6 smaller growing trees which we would recommend for small gardens [...]
December 2019
Summer Gardening
Today’s post is focused on Summer Gardening It’s that time of the year again, you are close to going on leave and for most Capetonians it means getting around to [...]
Some unusual medicinal & edible herbs you may not know of
Today’s blog topic should inspire you to add some unusual plants to your herb and general garden which I am sure you will make great use of as natural medicines as well as well [...]
November 2019
Plants that kill
Today’s blog topic is focused on the different types of plants that have the ability to kill. You come home after a long day and open your door to scene [...]
Local is lekker: Indigenous edibles
Today’s blog topic is on an unusual and up and coming topic. Indigenous edible plants are becoming important as a way to help problems of food insecurity as well as the fact that unusual [...]