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Stylish Restoration In Saxonwold

Joburg’s venerable trees have been treated with the respect they deserve in a garden makeover that features roses, roses and more roses.

Graceful Grasses

Their true beauty is blowing in the wind.

Stop And Smell The Roses

Make use of the new varieties of fragrant roses becoming available.

Boxed In!

A window box can be a whole lot of garden in a very confined space!

From Green Manures To Microgreens

Winter sowing is coming to an end, except in sub-tropical areas where the season is only really starting! Time to get ready for winter and the challenges that it brings.

ALOES: Get On Trend In 2017

Smaller aloe hybrids are adding a new dimension to the family’s appeal.

Growing Orchids In The Garden

It might sound surprising, but there are quite a few orchids that can be grown in the garden, planted in normal garden soil. While most of us think of orchids as epiphytic, there are many terrestrial (growing in soil) orchid species around the world as well, and in South Africa there are more of the indigenous terrestrial orchids than epiphytes.

Tough, Showy Noorsdoring Euphorbia For Water-Wise Gardens

Euphorbia is a large and very diverse, cosmopolitan genus in the Euphorbiaceae family consisting of about 1500 species, occurring in most parts of the world except for the polar regions.

Meet Moot House

Soak in the Grandeur of a bygone era in parktown

Water Features: Keeping Them Clean

Water Features: Keeping Them Clean

Living Room Through Seasons

Be inspired by colour, recycling and edible gardening.

Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop Of Horrors

Understanding Diatomaceous Earth

Do away with bugs the natural way.

Types Of Bees

Bees are classified according to common character traits.

Blooming Nicely...

They’re out there and waiting for you – little pots filled with bright colour that will make your indoor spaces blooming beautiful in winter.

Rolling Out The Royal Purple

Purple may be an uncommon colour for garden flowers, but there are some spectacular indigenous plants that you can use to bring it into the garden.

Mandevilla, Or Is It Dipladenia?

Call them what you will, these freeflowering plants just get better and brighter as new hybrids make their mark.

Leafy Potted Plants For Swimming Pools

Leafy Potted Plants For Swimming Pools

Food For Body And Soul

There’s no more scenic food garden than the magnificent Werf Food Garden at Boschendal.

Tough And Versatile Spekboom

Portulacaria afra

Architects of Creativity

Gardening is an extension of one’s self and one’s lifestyle, and nowhere is this more evident than this creative garden in East Griqualand

An Eden Called Babylonstoren

Babylonstoren has all the abundance of its namesake, producing and serving the freshest organic produce with an unerring sense of style.

Lilies For Every Occasion

Get to grips with the diversity of the lily family

Are You Doing It Wrong

If gardening’s not really fun anymore, it might be because you’re making one of the mistakes that we all make.

Mass In The Shade

Last month we gave you the names of small and pretty trees to plant close together to form a mini forest. Now we introduce you to the best groundcovers to plant underneath them, and they grow fast!

10 Top Tips For New Fishkeepers

Pet healthcare is so important, and fish are no different.

Copious Coprosma

I ’ve been a closet fan of the mirror bush all my life, and still harbour in my garden the old shiny, green Coprosma repens with its polished leaves.

Poppies & Roses

Moving roses – this is the month to do it!

Tree Time For ‘Me Time'

If you can’t get into the healing environment of a real forest to do some ’forest bathing’ you can go for plan B, which is to create your own mini woodland area.

Beautiful Natal Red Top

The Natal red top, also known as Natal grass or Natalse rooipluim, is a very striking annual or biennial in the grass family Poaceae.