Earth Day Challenge with Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira & Husqvarna
Get into your garden and make a difference for Earth Day.
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3 ways to make a long-lasting impact this earth day
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day event, this annual occasion is celebrated in over 100 countries and has gained traction in South Africa over the past few years.
3 reasons why now is the perfect time to start a veggie garden
As a way of getting outside, or into nature, or just having a moment to yourself, gardening may be just the reprieve you?re looking for
How to grow your own food in a modern-day victory garden
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a vegetable garden may also provide one thing we seem to be lacking at the moment: control over our lives
Adding joy to your world with flowers
Christina Stembel of Farmgirl Flowers on flowers to help brighten the home during self-isolation
Make your own Easter Bunny farm
Get into the festive Easter spirit by encouraging the little ones with this cool outdoor project
Growing a Vegetable Garden Might Be Just What You Need During the Coronavirus Crisis
We asked the experts how to get started so you can begin enjoying the fruits of your labour as early as next month
How to grow basil
In an extract from his new book, 'Grow Fruit and Vegetables in Pots', Aaron Bertelsen, vegetable gardener and cook at Great Dixter, offers advice for how to grow basil
How to take care of your garden while the country is on lockdown
While we do our bit to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa with self-distancing and self-isolation, why not use this time to learn a new skill?
Follow these 5 Instagram accounts for some gardening inspo
Thanks to South Africa's sunny disposition, it doesn't take much to get the gardening tools out and start digging.
How to nurture your small piece of the Earth, without harming the rest of it
In the quest for the perfect home landscape, homeowners have great capacity to do damage
How to create a beautifully blue garden
Life Is A Garden's tips on adding the 2020 Pantone colour of the year to your garden
Exceptional perennial varieties keep a garden fresh and interesting
Here, on the threshold of the growing season, the gardener salivates over the prospect of trying new plants
TOKARA's rare plant fair
Meander through tranquil walks dotted with sculptures by local artists while taking in the vistas over the large garden dam
Herbs that add not only flavour in the kitchen but beauty in the garden
Chives and oregano can enhance your cooking and add beauty to your yard
The future of botanical illustration is endangered, but the job is vital
Alice Tangerini and her colleagues have devoted their lives to the task of discovering, and thus protecting, plant species and their ecologies that are the basis of life on Earth
The hellebore: Popular and now available in a dazzling variety
A hardy perennial that's won a place in the heart of the gardener and shows no sign of becoming disfavoured or trite
Enhance your meals with edible flowers
Life is a Garden shares a few ways to dress your meals up with edible flowers