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Spring is the optimal time to establish plants in the summer rainfall regions; we’re a month in, so let’s get cracking.   We’ll begin...

For the designer, pathways are as fundamental to a garden design as the plants themselves; for the day-to-day gardener, paths lead both...

‘A game lodge feel’ was the spec given to Durban landscaper Miles Steenhuisen; a space in which suburbia disappears. No view of road nor...

The Plectranthus  species, arguably the showstoppers of the shade, are at their best in April, their gorgeous colours making them...

“People will stare. Make it worth their while”, proclaimed award-winning marketing expert, Sally Hogshead, to advertise a famous...

By Anno Torr It is now Aloe Season, and visitors to this garden are hard pressed to choose between gazing ahead at the stunning gorge...

By Americo N. Bonkewitzz, PhD Lawn, says Durban butterfly expert, Americo N. Bonkewitzz, gives us the dose of “green” that we like to see...

By Anno Torr All gardeners enjoy the delightful task of potting up spring containers or stretching our summer and spring colour displays...

By Anno Torr In the east of the country, the still warm, and increasingly drier days of April and provide perfect flying conditions for...

An impressive collection of aloes infuses this winter garden with colours of the sun By Anno Torr Along a quiet residential road in the...

By Anno Torr There are times when looking through books or wandering around the garden, you hit upon a combination that excites you...

By Jenny Dean A large part of my work is creating gardens within secure gated estates.  Residents are only allowed to plant indigenous...