The Gardener Magazine - August 2020

In this issue

Join us for a tour of an abundant Karoo garden layered with colour, texture and scent. Enjoy new ideas of putting water into your garden, plant some new pelargoniums, find out what a calibrachoa is, have fun with some gardening projects and see what you can do in the garden this month. Plus we have a DIY carpenter’s caddy you can make, learn how to repot a cactus and use up an abundance of spinach.

Mirtehof PRINCELY PLENITUDE

A garden of Eden layered with colour, texture and scent in abundance.

5 mins

Water Features To Freshen Up Your Garden Design

Close your eyes. Imagine a relaxing spot in your garden, the one place you go when you need a break from the world. A space to wind down and be at peace. Imagine the fresh air, the sounds of birds and leaves rustling around you as you sigh and sink into nature and all its glory. Regardless of what you imagined, I guarantee it could be made considerably better with the addition of a water feature (unless you already imagined one, in which case props to you).

2 mins

Passionate about Pelargoniums

A garden filled with blooming pelargoniums is a positive symbol of life in technicolour…

3 mins

Design Your Own Herb Garden

If you’ve decided to grow your own food, think further than just vegetables.

4 mins

What Is A Calibrachoa?

Although the tiny flowers of calibrachoas resemble those of petunias, the plants are classified into two separate genera in the Solanaceae family.

1 min

Creative Air Plant Displays

Popular air plants are easy to look after, come in a variety of shapes and textures, and make for creative art displays. Try some of these quick and easy ideas:

1 min

Make Your Own: Aloe Vera Skin Cream

For gardeners the problem of dry skin is made worse by working in the garden, coupled in 2020 with the constant use of hand sanitiser. Fear winter no longer, for your plants are once again here to save you! The soothing, moisturising and cooling properties of aloe vera make it a prime candidate for a healing skin cream, and you can make your own by following these simple steps:

1 min

Woolly Paws

Fill up your low-water zones like the gravel garden, rock garden and sunny low-maintenance areas with new and very cute Anigozanthos varieties, also known as kangaroo or cat’s paws.

1 min

Under The Grape Vine

Many of us fondly remember the grape-vine-covered pergolas and arbours in the backyards of our youth. In high summer, fat bunches of sweet grapes ready to be harvested lurked in the dappled shade of lush vine leaves, which later turned rusty brown and fell off to lay bare the rough old twisted stems of winter.

2 mins

Lockdown Guilt!

Ask yourself what you did wrong, and then tell yourself not to do it again…

5 mins

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The Gardener Magazine Description:

Inspirational, practical, informative South African magazine on all areas of gardening including plants, gardens, garden tasks and creative DIY projects we also promote people new ideas about gardening through publsihing in our magazine, we also publish in other language.