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Seeds and seedlings – the Magic Seeder

I am very excited to offer a small gardening tool which facilitates the sowing of seeds, eliminating the 99% necessity of thinning out overcrowded seedlings? It is the first time that it is available in South Africa and is currently being featured on page 14 of the June 2010 issue of the Gardener Magazine. The [...]

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Invitation to Trees and Memory Workshop

Invitation to Trees and Memory Workshop

The Durban Botanic Gardens, Tafta, Ogwini Comprehensive High School, Sastri College and Ridge Park Girls College are going to participate in the “Trees and Memory Workshop on June 23, 2010 . This project’s objectives are two-fold. Bring together seniors and school-going youth to enable them to share their stories and associations with trees. The process [...]

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Indigenous Garden Tours

Come and experience two indigenous gardens in Durban North on Sunday 20 June. Be inspired by the tranquility of Nicole & Allan Gershanov’s small, natural haven in the middle of suburbia and then move on to landscaper Jean & Mike Rodel’s colourful, steeper garden to see what can be achieved in just four years. Tours [...]

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Toadstools in my pot plant

Here is a photograph of a little toadstool growing in one of my potplants. Betsie

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Ngoye forest orchids

Here are some pics of my little orchids from the Ngoye forest in bloom, taken in 2006. They are growing on some bonsais! Can anyone provide fora species identification? Betsie

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