I recently visited my friend’s mom who has an almost entirely indigenous garden, transformed in just three years and last year named ‘Runner Up – Best Indigenous Garden’ in the Pam Golding Properties/Home Loans from Absa Gardens of Pride competition.
Creating an indigenous garden can be a daunting task. I have taken a load of photos of this garden and will post them for identification and discussion. Hopefully, this will give us a better idea of the plants we might like to introduce into our own gardens.
First up, a take on wild dagga… Has anyone seen this cream variation before? It was the first time I have come across it.
this looks good;
https://www.mothercityliving.co.za/20090619/whats-on-cape-town-19-june-09/a/20090617/tuesday-transition-talks-indigenous-food-gardens/
indigenous food gardening, taking indigenous gardens to the next level
thanks for the link brendan, this looks great.
pity this isn’t in Durban as I would be interested in which of our indigenous plants can be added to the pot 🙂
Hey mums … did these guys catch you growing dope in your garden?? 🙂
We had Leonorus Leonotus in our old house. Only thing is, the termites love to chomp the roots, so it died a quick death. Looked striking and everyone would stop to look at it, next thing it dried up and died.
that’s a shame, julia… it is a beautiful plant.. and useful it seems:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonotis_leonurus
the colours (both orange and cream) are striking indeed! 🙂
hallo mensen ,
ik moet een werkstuk maken voor school over inheemse tuinen maar kan iemand mij even vertellen wat dat is ?
kan t niet vinden en ben geen tuin lief hebber dus weet er niks van
alsvast bedankt doei