Why Regenerative Landscaping Is Not Just Good for the Planet—It’s Good for Your Health and Pocket Imagine a garden lush with vegetation, where birds and butterflies dart through, that requires minimal intervention and still looks stunning even in the driest of seasons. Now think of a typical suburban garden: an expansive, labour-intensive lawn requiring constant […]
Nature, Designed: A Guide to Finding Your Garden’s Signature Style Landscape design has evolved radically over the centuries, resulting in a rich tapestry of styles that shape how we experience the outdoors. From the formal, sun-drenched splendour of Spanish walled gardens to the sweeping, romantic vistas of “Capability” Brown’s English estates—and even the disciplined,
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Groundwater: A Limited Resource Groundwater is a crucial part of the earth’s water cycle, which sustains healthy ecosystems around the world. At its most basic, groundwater refers to water that has collected deep underground in porous rock and soil. These deposits can be accessed from the surface through wells and boreholes, or they can seep
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How to care for Hoya in the home Hoya, also known as the wax plant or porcelain flower, is a climbing evergreen tropical perennial plant in the Apocynaceae family, with over 5,000 accepted species. They are mostly found in Asia and Australia, growing in warm, humid jungles where they thrive in the underbrush of the
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Five Things to do in the garden this August After the cold snap, we experienced all across South Africa in mid-July, most gardeners may look at their garden and wonder if it’s even worth gardening this time of the year. With spring a month and a half away, this is in fact the ideal time
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When approaching clients for a garden design, I often hear the phrase, ‘I can’t have a nice garden because my dogs destroy and eat everything.’ If this seems familiar and resonates with you, there is good news. Nature is exceptionally resilient, and there are many ways to design a pet-friendly garden. In this blog, we
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