Enjoy our selection of fresh garden finds, news, reads and accessories to inspire your green fingers.
Global Garden
Tom Stuart Smith has won the Hepworth Wakefield Gallery competition to design its new 6 000 square metre garden. The design is set to bring together the drama of the riverside setting and architecture of the Gallery. ‘It’s a romantic response to the surrounding urban setting and a celebration of the importance of the landscape,’ says Tom.
More info: hepworthwakefield.org.
Blue Steel
Get your fingers on Burgon & Ball’ Topiary and Trimming Shear in Blue Sky at a reduced price.
Shop: fineandfabulous.co.za.
Book Worm
Celebrating Gardens in Style by sue sandrock is a practical look at four gardening styles – Formal, Landscape, Cottage and Naturalistic –and traces their origins and development with suggested planting for each.
Read our full book review here.
Shop: otterley.com.
Dig In
Indigenus, an international brand with distinctively South African roots, collaborates with top South African designers and architects. The result? High-end, functional planters that are oh-so-easy on the eyes.
Shop: indigenus.co.za.
A Girls’ Best Friend
Chic as garden accessories come, invest in a diamond shaped and form blown ‘Watercan Crystal’ watering can, the crown jewel of any garden.
Shop: gardenglory.com.
Indoor Tribe
Bring the joy of the outdoors in with a Hydroponic Indoor Garden from Microgarden, available at leading nurseries.
Contact: microgarden.co.za
