Nursery School Part 2

Sow the seeds of a lifelong love for nature by introducing your sprouts to these playful and rewarding projects with plants.

Trimming & Training

Get your climbers looking good, and your garden off to a good spring start.

Eco Tricks To Combat Snails

Snails can become pests in the garden, especially when they eat all the lettuce leaving little for the human family.

On My Watch!

I have come to the conclusion that I have grown too old to be a grandmother…

10 Fun Garden Ideas To Try This Year

10 fun garden ideas to try this year

An Introduction To ‘Biologicals' In Gardening

Gardening is biology, revolving around the biological processes of growth and life. For millions of years, plants have thrived and grown successfully with no human intervention.

Compost Making On A Shoestring

There is a cheap way to turn fallen autumn leaves, lawn clippings and other organic material that has been cut into smaller pieces into valuable compost for your garden without the need to actually make a large compost heap or buy a proper composter.

Superb Bride's Bush For Small Gardens

Members of the genus Pavetta are dwarf shrubs or small trees belonging to the coffee family Rubiaceae, and there are about 400 species, spread over tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Australia.

Taming The Wild At Chelsea

What was evident in all the gardens was our relationship with the natural world and why ‘wilding’ is becoming so valued...

Welcome spring… with violas

Violas are irresistible. They are petite, fragrant, flowers without any fuss and come in every colour of the rainbow.

Echinacea Ticks All The Boxes

Rugged beauties, daisies on steroids, call them what you will – Echinacea purpurea, otherwise known as the purple coneflower, is a bold and beautiful perennial for sunny gardens.

Build A Mini Spiral

The spiral symbol represents movement, usually the movement from outer consciousness to inner awareness and peace. In her own quest for peace, Tanya built a mini spiral in her garden.

Stretched & Stressed

Echeverias are so popular with everyone, but sometimes things go sideways…

The Long Garden

We create gardens to nourish our human spirits and satisfy our senses.

Moonstruck!

Pretty in the sun and glowing at night…

3 Glorious Coral Trees Blooming In August

Erythrinas or coral trees are amongst the most colourful and spectacular of our indigenous flowering trees, their vibrant blooms dominating the landscape during late winter and early spring both in the wild and in suburban gardens. The nectarrich flowers are frequented by birds in a wide array of different species, adding to the allure of these magnificent trees. Hybrids and colour variants add to the range found in gardens. Erythrinas propagate easily from seed, cuttings or large truncheons.

Hurry, Up In Hogsback

Take a slow walk through a garden named Hurry.

Chelsea In Pictures

There is a carnival atmosphere at the start of the Chelsea Flower Show.

Get Good Looking Roses This October

Last chance to prune or do corrective pruning

Basic Wiring Techniques

The technique of using wire to change the shapes and styles of bonsai trees developed around the middle of the 18th century in Japan, so as far as the ancient art of bonsai goes it is a fairly new technique.

Fireworks In A Pot

An asymmetrical design helps to create balance in this pot of variegated green and bright red.

Stunning Barberton Daisies

One of South Africa’s most important contributions to world horticulture is the Barberton daisy, a beautiful, usually orange- or red-flowered herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae family.

Shiny, Brightly-Coloured Koi

There are many different varieties of koi, but they can be generally classified into bright and shiny with metallic colours, and non-metallic.

Spring At Maasstrom Farm

A vista of 400 rose varieties with the Kaga Mountains as a backdrop welcomes visitors to the MaasstrmFarm Garden.

African Thunder

A SouthAfrican designer took the Singapore Garden Show by storm with his creative show garden.

Just In Time For Christmas

Christmas is a time to go all out with decorating our homes, and the finishing touch is definitely amaryllis in full flower.

Thrillers, Fillers & Spillers

When planting up a large, multi-dimensional container as a focal point that can be viewed from all sides, use the following guide for a perfect mix of plants.

Extraordinary Medusa's Head Euphorbia For Water-wise Gardens

Euphorbia caput-medusae

Beautiful Silver Vernonia – Ideal For Summer Borders

The silver vernonia is a striking member of the daisy family Asteraceae.

Beauty And Creativity

This home by the sea is complemented by a garden that is both practical and gorgeous.