There are a few tips to keep in mind when planning a small garden, courtyard or patio garden to help maximise the feeling of space. Try and limit the functions that are only absolutely necessary for one particular area. For example if a washing line is paramount but...
A how-to guide for combining edible plants & ornamental plants in your garden. We’ll view the topic from both angles: introducing edibles into your ornamental garden, and bringing ornamentals, preferentially beneficial ones, into your practical, edible garden....
A mighty Proteaceae! Indigenous to the Cape Floristic Kingdom and exported worldwide for their magnificent long-lasting flowers and bracts. Proteas and plants within the Proteaceae family are not a rare sight here in the Western Cape, where they thrive growing in poor...
Lately, walking through some of the residential projects installed by Contours Design Studio, I noticed some unusual plants making a regular appearance. Many of these you might not know yet, but welcome them into your garden and they will reward you with their hardy,...
Today’s blog is an article with three lists of common gardening situations with five plants or trees listed per topic which we would choose for this situation. These are for each topic the most popular and are not all which you can choose. These three topics are Pond...
Today’s blog will provide you with essential information on the different grass types in South Africa. It serves as chapter two of our previous lawn care guide, which covered year-round maintenance based on regional rainfall patterns. In that post, we explored basic...
