gardens

Enhance your meals with edible flowers

Life is a Garden shares a few ways to dress your meals up with edible flowers

Gardens seem to have lost their fragrance. We can ﬁx that

Look back at gardens full of rose bowers, wisterias and lilacs and you'll think that earlier generations valued this sensory delight more than we do. But the array of scented plants available to us is bountiful

A guide to making the best of December in your garden

It?s time for some Summer fun in the garden, so here are a few tips from Life is a Garden to ensure that it is ready for some R&R with friends and family

Bulging baskets of bright blooms

Whether you are looking for bursts of brilliant colour or more muted tones there are various options to delight your senses

Life is a Garden shares 6 tips to activate your indoor and outdoor garden scents

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses ? Hanna Rjon

What message are you sending with your flower delivery?

The type of flowers you send can communicate an emotion

The melon still wraps its tendrils around seed guru Amy Goldman

And her new book, with lavish pictures, details everything you want to know about them

Five essential gadgets for your smart garden

What was once one of the most low-tech pastimes is now being transformed into a gadget-filled activity with the rise of the smart garden

Gardening: Purple reign

Invasive and forbidden - but the Jacaranda's that grace Durban's streets are so beautiful

Healing Gardens

'Next time you?re feeling under the weather, down in the dumps or stressed out, don?t reach for a packet of pills ? grab your garden fork instead,' says Botany Professor, Nox Makunga

Let your garden vision board bloom

Whether you?re looking to create a staycation spot or an entertainer?s dream, Life Is A Garden has some tips that will help you get started

In a burning Amazon, an artist's warning

An exhibition celebrating the late conservationist Roberto Burle Marx became a reminder of his rage toward deforestation

Spring brings new beginnings

Spring is here, the sun is getting warmer and our gardens are showing new signs of life

Put down the chemical herbicides. There are better options.

Pesticides, in general, aren't good for beneficial insects, birds and other animals, or for the rich soil biology that is the underpinning of any healthy garden