We know South Africans love their gardens! This magazine inspires the home enthusiast with practical ideas for maintaining and enhancing their gardens, patios and backyards. New plants and products are mentioned first in The Gardener and there is also a special focus on indigenous gardening in South Africa.
August 2010 - What's On
EASTERN CAPE
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29
Sherwood Indoor Market
Sherwood Garden Centre, 16 Walker Drive, Port Elizabeth
09:00 – 16:00
Enquiries: Tanya, 072 122 1549 or 041 398 4400, www.sherwoodgardencentre.com
GAUTENG
Friday 30 July – 5 September
‘Nature’s Champions’ Spring Festival presented by Garden World and Absa
Garden World, Muldersdrift
R20 per person, R10 pensioners, children free
Enquiries: Magriet or Corné, 011 956 3003 or 083 997 6142, www.gardenworld.co.za
Wednesday 4 – Saturday 14
Orchid Festival
Kilnerpark Kwekery, 377 Abilia Street
8:00 – 17:00
Enquiries: 012 333 4847
Saturday 7 and Saturday 21
Orchid re-potting workshop: learn how, why and when
Plantae Orchids, Brits
Booking essential: Nollie, 084 752 6823, e-mail: info@plantae.co.za
Saturday 14, 21 and 28
Introduction to Garden Design
Lifestyle College
09:00 – 16:00
R1900
Enquiries: 011 792 5054, www.lifestylecollege.co.za
Saturday 21
Berlytte Fuchsia Club meeting
102 Eureka Road (off High Road), Pomona
8:45
Enquiries: Lynette, 083 297 8050
Saturday 21
Planning a meditation garden with the Herb and Indigenous Plant Guild
161 Rienert Avenue, Kempton Park West
14:30
Fee: R25 – members, R30 – visitors
Bookings: 011 393 3427, e-mail: patsyspotions@vergeer.co.za
Saturday 28
Spring Open Day and Lavender Festival
Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre
Enquiries: 012 504 2121 (am only), e-mail: margaretroberts@lantic.net
Saturday 28
Fourways Fuchsia Club
45 Oak Avenue, Fourways
14:00
Enquiries: Peter de Villiers 082 454 7513
Hellebore Open Weekends
From 10 July
Archies Plants, 24 Murray Avenue, Cnr Ridgeway Dr & Morningside Manor, Sandton
Free entrance and information
Sat 09:00 – 16:30, Sun 09:00 – 13:00
Enquiries: 011 802 2209, 083 326 6497
KWAZULU-NATAL
Saturday 7
Wormery Demonstrations with Worms4Africa
Presentations on request every Saturday
Howick, KZN
R30 per person
Bookings: Lynne, 079 022 5432, e-mail: worms4africa@gmail.com
Saturday 7
Women’s Day Celebration
Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust, Old Main Road, Hillcrest
08:00 – 12:30
Enquiries: 031 765 5866, www.hillaids.org.za
Saturday 7 – Sunday 8
Queensburgh Orchid Club Show
Mistrals Hall, Walnut Road, Durban
9:00 – 16:00
Entrance R5
Enquiries: Toni 083 789 2287, Rita 031 705 5599
Wednesday 11
Feeding and fertilizing gardens and lawns, with Gerald Schofield
Driefontein Garden Centre, Shaka's Rock
09:30
No fee
Bookings and Enquiries: Vilosh or Vani, 032 946 0850
Tuesday 17 – Wednesday 18
Demo days
Hingham Nursery, 15 Clematis Grove, Glenhills
Enquiries: 031 564 3062, e-mail: hinghamadmin@mweb.co.za
Learn more about worms on the weekends
Wizzard Worms, Rietvlei Farm (between Mooi River and Greytown)
Phone during the week: 033 413 1837, www.wizzardworms.co.za
WESTERN CAPE
Wednesday 4
Creating rooms for outdoor living with Paul Paarman
Sanlam Hall, Kirstenbosch
10:30
Enquiries: Cathy 021 465 6440, e-mail: cathya@wol.co.za
Wednesday 4
Tips on hedges
Super Plants Bothasig, 1 Link Road, Bothasig
10:00
Enquiries: Marga 021 558 0190
Saturday 4
Western Cape Fuchsia Society meeting
St Thomas’s Hall, Campground Road, Rondebosch
14:00
Enquiries: Sheila Bradnick, 021 683 9698, Penny, 021 712 1358
Thursday 5
Camellia talk with Jan van Bergen
Sithanda Plants, Peregrine Farm stall, N2 Grabouw
11:00
Enquiries: 021 848 9146 or 083 229 4630
Wednesday 11
Some of the best ground covers
Super Plants Bothasig, 1 Link Road, Bothasig
10:00
Enquiries: Marga 021 558 0190
Thursday 12 – Friday 13
2-Day Basic Landscape Design Programme
Jo-Anne Hilliar School of Landscape Design
The River Club, Observatory
R2500
Bookings and enquiries: Verosha, 031 266 4650
or Andrea, 011 672 5813 or 083 406 0065
www.hillscapes.co.za
Sunday 15 – Monday 16
Soil for Life’s Grow to live
Stables Lane, off Brounger Way, Constantia, Cape Town
08:30 – 15:30
Enquiries: 021 794 4982, E-mail info@soilforlife.co.za
www.soilforlife.co.za
Wednesday 18
Lawn Care
Super Plants Bothasig, 1 Link Road, Bothasig
10:00
Enquiries: Marga 021 558 0190
Wednesday 18
Herbalicious herbal delicacies with Marcel Warner
Sanlam Hall, Kirstenbosch
10:30
Enquiries: Cathy 021 465 6440, e-mail: cathya@wol.co.za
Wednesday 25
Deterring cats, dogs and unwanted guests from your garden
Super Plants Bothasig, 1 Link Road, Bothasig
10:00
Enquiries: Marga 021 558 0190
Thursday 26 – Wednesday 1 September
Clanwilliam Wild Flower Show
8:30 – 18:00
Entrance: adults R25, pensioners R20, children R5
Enquiries: Cecily 027 482 2541, e-mail: cecilym@telkomsa.net
Thursday 26
Talk with Lynton Johnson
Bellville, Eversdal Road at 10:00
Milnerton, Racecourse Road at 13:00
Entrance free
Enquiries: Bellville, 021 919 1106, Milnerton, 021 528 4000
E-mail: customercare@stodels.com
