Carissa (Carissa Macrocarpa) is native to South Africa, but it is a long-time favorite of our area and you will find it planted along the eastern coastline of F
A cottage garden is traditionally a mixture of colourful ornamental plants mixed with vegetables and herbs grown for the table. It is a working garden where plants are to please us and sustain our needs rather than impress others. With the state of our country and the world in general, we are harking back more than ever to those times where we considered which flowers will be best enjoyed by the bees those that are water wise and economical to maintain.
‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food’ said the Greek physician Hippocrates. A carefully planted garden of indigenous herbs and plants is soothing to the soul, their existence beneficial to the environment and they are a haven for bees, birds and insects.