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‘WHILE we were away…’

Like thousands of other lush gardens filled with roses, delicate plants and lawns, Carol-Ann van Jaarsveld’s garden in the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet was also devastated by the drought.

For my new garden, I wanted plants that would require very little water but would still be colourful. Spekboom was a must,” she says. “Nothing beats those plants: they cope with the minimum of water – both outdoors and

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