The Gardener Magazine

We often, especially during the open garden season, hear people saying things like, “Oh my, I visited such a gorgeous garden!” For me, the one downside of this is that sometimes we miss the human aspect of the garden, as in getting to know the owner,

The fast-growing white carpet or African morning glory, as it is also known, is a frost-hardy, evergreen, mat-forming groundcover that is scared of nothing. It will tolerate heat (such as on a rooftop in shallow soil) and drought, but will also grow

Spoil someone this Mother’s Day with a Rare and Air Gift Box. They contain a selection of beautiful airplants as well as care tips, airplant fertiliser and gift wrapping, all for R300. Add a mini Tillandsia xerographica for an extra R195. They make a

This garden immediately catches the eye due to its clever and unexpected design concept. It’s mainly a minimalist space in two rooms that features the elements of an oriental style, like the bonsai and boulders set in gravel. The African style comes

We may be able to recognise a variegated plant when we see it – but what actually causes this colour change in the first place? The answer, as you may have guessed, is not a simple one. Firstly, there are different types of variegation with different

An apple tree in a garden is one of the delights of growing your own food. There may come a time, though, when there are too many apples for one family and the neighbours to eat, and they need to be preserved to use through winter. By the end of May,

Styling bonsai using wire is a fairly modern technique that was developed in Japan at some point during the 1800s. As with most bonsai techniques, the basic principle is fairly simple but the execution can at times be quite challenging. The basic con

Very few gardeners regard slugs and snails as‘friendly’ wildlife, although birds and frogs can make a meal of them. They just do too much damage to prized annuals such as delphiniums, perennials such as hostas and vegetables such as a lush patch of l

The bigger picture is that the cost of mains water is increasing. As taxpayers, we are paying towards the building of dams, installing pipes and water treatment plants to get water into our homes, and then paying ever-increasing sums to use that wate

Editor Tanya Visser Assistant Editor Anna Celliers Managing Editor Wendy Moulton Process and Operations Manager Cindy May Wang Copy Editor Stephen Smith Design Gillian O’Donoghue, Wendy Moulton Photography and Styling Izolda van der Merwe Digital Pla

Ear worms, like the song by Robbie Wessels called Mphe Di Hoenor or the song by The Kiffness called Zol (which was popular during the big lockdown), stay with you for a few hours until you have sung and danced them out of your system. Mental worms di