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Garden resolutions for 2014

31 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Gardens, Uncategorized

≈ 8 Comments

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Beehive, compost, garden, gardening, Home and Garden, home grown, New Year, organic


  • Start a compost bin
  • Install a rain garden
  • Plant more Natives
  • Build an edible garden
  • Use Natural Pest solutions
  • Be more water wise
  • Encourage wild life into the garden
  • Acquire new bee hives
  • Start seed saving
  • Up-cycle more
  • Relax and enjoy the garden

What are your resolutions?

Giant Winter Leek

May the year 2014 greet you with days as fragrant as roses, as colorful as rainbow, as bright as sunshine and as happy and cheerful as a lark.

 

Garden revamp

25 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Gardens

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

barren ground, buffalo lawn, feature garden, Flowers, garden, garden renovation, Gardens, home, Home and Garden, mature garden, organic, plant, plants, water feature


The 25000 plugs of Buffalo Lawn planted
The 25000 plugs of Buffalo Lawn planted
a view to the Wate feature
a view to the Wate feature
This wall is going to have mirrors placed on it
This wall is going to have mirrors placed on it
The water feature
The water feature
Random pots
Random pots
Vebfore
Vebfore
Before
Before
before
before

Six years ago I was called into this garden to create a feature garden out of barren ground. We created the water feature and gravelled the vast majority of it. Recently a Ficus in the garden had to be removed which upset the now mature garden. My client was very thrifty in saving all her plants by potting them up. As you can imagine there was a huge mess after the tree had been removed.

The new detail was to remove the gravel , rearrange the pavers and plant up with Buffalo lawn plugs all 25000 of them.

September workshop – The Sunset Garden

08 Sunday Sep 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in workshop gardens, Workshops

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

Calendula, garden, gardening, gertrude jekyll, Home and Garden, home grown, organic, plants, red poppies, Seed, sunset garden, three gardens, tomato, ztl


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Sonia, Shelley and Renata were full of SUN-shine when they created the

“Sunset garden.”

The J garden was past its prime and needed a huge rework.

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Here Renata and Sonia discuss what seeds they are going to plant. Chili, Tomato, Bright Lights Spinach were decided upon.

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Shelley found treasure of dozens of Calendula seedlings in Craig’s garden and proceeded to plant them in rows like the rays of the sun, radiating out from the pineapple.

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The red poppies were left at the one corner and more lettuce was added.IMG00984-20130907-1327

The completed rework…. now all we need is a little rain, sunshine and patience.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
Gertrude Jekyll

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 The August workshop – Three gardens in one

Plants on steroids?

19 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in earthworms, Gardens, Herbs, Organic

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animals, compost, coriander, earthworms, food, garden, green tips, herbs, Home and Garden, home grown, key hole, organic, Vermicompost, winter savory, worm, worm castings, worm farm, worm garden


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The lush Coriander in the container with a Mini worm farm installation.
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The  mint after being fed with worm castings

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The Winter Savory fed with worm castings.

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The August workshop – Three gardens in one

07 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Gardens, Growing, workshop gardens, Workshops

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

coke bottles, egg shells, food, garden, gardening, herbal plants, Home and Garden, home grown, organic, plant, planting seeds, useful plants, worm farm


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The course participants introducing them selves to each other. Here we have Colin, Carlene, Enid, Felicity, Penny-Jane, Erica, Linda and Marina.

The weather was perfect for gardening. The group divided themselves into 3 groups and each group created a different garden.

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Compost, gardening tools, plants , old coke bottles and wood were all gathered up with which everyone used to create their gardens.

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Everyone frantically busy creating their gardens.

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Enid planting seeds. Enid looks after orphans in Kayalitsha and is starting to grow food to feed them.

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Deep in design thought and discussion.

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Linda sprinkling the crushed egg shells to deter the snails.

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Even our resident  Cape Angulate Tortoise came along to see what all the activity was all about.

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Erica, Justin and Enid created “The Sweet Garden” due to the fact that a worm farm was incorporated, the vegetables planted are sweet and Lavender which will attract the bees.

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Carlene and Felicity (Linda had to leave early) show us their “Pizza Garden” Fabulous to go outside and pick fresh produce for your Pizza!

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Colin, Marina and Penny-Jane created a useful plants garden, consisting of herbal plants.

A wonderful fun workshop was had by all. After the last 2 days rain the plants will be growing actively in no time at all.

 

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July workshop garden – ZTL garden (Zero to landfill)

 

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