Grasslands grow in popularity
DURING the dry winter months control burns were undertaken by The Kloof Conservancy and eThekwini Municipality in several grasslands in the Kloof region.
With the onset of spring and the first rains these grasslands have come alive with many flowering species of not just grasses but other plants that require fire and smoke to initiate flowering.
The new trend in gardening, especially in the large estates around eThekwini, is grassland gardening.
Why? Ease of maintenance and water wise gardening.
Sadly, the grasslands that once covered most of KwaZulu-Natal have all but disappeared due to urban growth, and the demand for pulp and paper, exotic plantations and agriculture, especially sugar cane.
I have just been watching a most interesting programme on Netflix called which talks about the importance
