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Garden Spring
2017
talk
energise
your
SPACE
WIN! A trip to Keukenhof 2018 courtesy KLM • GardenShop Online • Stylish water
INSIDE features • Beautiful decor ideas • Lemon scent • Colour for your garden
Contact us on
0861 G-A-R-D-E-N
(427336)
Editor’s lettter
Queries: The energy, vibrancy and colourscape of
To provide you with excellent service, springtime make for boundless activity and
we have a team of dedicated and enjoyment, and GardenShop has a world of
passionate gardening experts and gardening and décor ideas to enhance and
there are several ways of directing energise your indoor and outdoor living spaces.
your gardening queries to us:
Web gardenshop.co.za
Rejuvenate and invigorate your garden with
Call 0861 G-A-R-D-E-N (427336)
gorgeous colour splashes of Lavender, Clivias,
ever-popular Daisy varieties, the wonderful red
Email us on info@gardenshop.co.za
Cape Fuchsia ‘Lemon Spritzer’™ and of course
eShop gardenshoponline.co.za
everyone’s favourite, the wonderful Pelargonium.
Connect with GardenShop! Daily
gardening posts, updates on new Inject flavor and fragrance of lemon-scented citrus herbs to set your
plants, trending gardening ideas taste buds tingling (page 12) and get to grips with basic garden
and seasonal pictures from our health (page 14). View our wide selection of exquisite water features
garden centres.
to enhance your outdoor spaces (page 20) and be inspired by indoor
plants to spruce up homes and work spaces (page 17).
WIN! Don’t miss out on the exciting GardenShop-KLM Facebook
GardenShopSA competition where you stand the chance of winning two economy
class tickets to Amsterdam, three nights accommodation and entry
Editor: Deborah Hele tickets to Keukenhof in 2018. Blooming marvellous! Plus a second
e-mail: deborah@gardenshop.co.za prize of a terrific GardenShop spring hamper worth R3000 and third
Publisher & Ad Sales: First Wave Media cc prize of a KLM hamper. Full details on page 26.
e-mail: gardentalk@firstwavemedia.co.za
Energise your space!
GardenShop
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PO Box 70966, Bryanston, 2021 PS: Don’t forget your
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featured
GardenShop Online - Get your green fingers clicking! 4
Colour for your garden - Patriotic Pelargoniums 9
A taste of spring - Lemon scented herbs 12
first wave media Your indoor space - recharge with green 17
WIN! - A trip to Keukenhof 2018 from KLM 26
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ON
PROMOTION
Enhance your garden with Clivia from GardenShop
Colour splash
with Clivia Courtesy Clivia Society
of South Africa Versicolour
Clivias bloom into magnificence towards mid September but their show
stopping performance is worth all the wait. We are all familiar with Clivia
miniata, the traditional orange variety, but for the plant enthusiast, the
flower hunter - you may want to add some special species to your
Lavender Loveliness
Hirao
envious collection.
All Clivia species require much the same conditions, preferring cool-shaded
Spring is a season of joy and happiness and what better way to celebrate its arrival with conditions with excellent drainage. Their natural habitat is in the summer
gorgeous Lavender in your garden! rainfall areas, but they flourish in most places and grow just as well in winter
rainfall areas too.
Outstanding to plant as hedges or in pots close to living spaces - where their perfume can Wide tepal yellow
be enjoyed with the added attraction of visiting butterflies – Lavender complements so many
Many new shades (pictured right) are cultivated by specialist growers
other garden plants. And it’s a wonderful drought-resistant plant too. Fresh or dried
and range from deep orange to sought-after red and rare peach,
Lavender flowers bunched together will bring a special touch of happiness
apricot, salmon and the most desirable of all, the treasured and lovely
and delightful fragrance to your home.
pink! There are also patterned forms such as Versicolours, Splash,
Our varieties include Lavender stoechas (also known as the French or Butterfly Lavender) – Picotees and Bicolours.
from ‘Blueberry Ruffles’, ‘Mulberry Ruffles’, ‘Boysenberry Ruffles’, ‘Winter Purple’ and ‘Plum’. Ghost
For collectable Clivias come and visit the Clivia Show happening at
An assortment of flowering, waterwise Lavenders awaits you at GardenShop. GardenShop FloraFarm on 9 and 10 September. A spectacular
array of rare and treasured varieties will be showcased including Clivia
‘Ghost’ and ‘Hirao’, after its breeder Dr. Hirao of Japan.
For further reading and information visit the Clivia Society
www.cliviasociety.org Interspecific
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ON Patriotic Inject colour into your garden spaces
with bold and bright Pelargoniums. Also
Pelargoniums
PROMOTION known as Geraniums, you can plant these
waterwise delights with pride as they add
splashes of colour to your garden beds,
pots and hanging baskets. Be rewarded
Hero plants indeed, originating from with dazzling colour all your round.
our South African habitats, they are Look out for vibrant varieties of Geraniums
seen and loved all over the world. at GardenShop to energise your outdoor
garden spaces!
Daisy Delight
Daisy flowers including Osteospermums are colourful, waterwise and ideal to bring bright
spring cheer and exuberance to any outdoor sunny-living space. They are extremely
popular as both gifts and for growing in abundance in gardens as colourful fillers, ground
covers and in pots.
The blooms of these star performers are also wonderful for cuttings and appear in a wide
range of colours including yellow, pink, white, purple and blue-lilac shades to red, orange
and even gold! Plus their beautiful and radiant flowers will attract a bounty of butterflies
and of course our ardent honey-makers, bees.
Visit GardenShop now and enhance your garden with the delight of Daisies!
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Let’s plant seed! Courtesy Kirchhoffs
All plants start with a tiny seed, and it is through our vast
selection of seed packets for annuals, perennials, herbs
and vegetables, that Kirchhoffs has been the gardener’s
friend for more than 100 years.
The modern garden, although often small can be both ornamental
and edible. Have fun with it. Try a new veggie that you’ve never
grown before or mix and match veggies and flowers in traditional
gardens and containers. There is no law that says lettuce cannot be
used as interesting bedding plants. Planting Basil between brightly
coloured blooms is also a sure winner.
As you grow your own veggies, use companion plants and flowers
to introduce diversity into the garden. This creates an efficient
growing system that does not need harmful chemical controls.
Flowers and herbs are used to bring colour into the mix, and to act
as useful companion plants. The result is a multi-purpose space
that looks good, smells good and is edible and healthy.
One of the best approaches is to keep watch over your own garden
and see what works for you. You can go with a colour theme or just
go carnival!
Seed germinating tips from Kirchhoffs:
• Sow seed at the depth recommended on the seed packet.
• Lightly firm down the soil so that the seed makes contact
with the soil.
• Dampen the soil using a watering can with a rose head, it
has a softer flow.
• Start watering away from the bed, swish it over the bed
and finish watering away from the bed. The first and last
droplets come out in a spurt and can wash seeds away.
• Don’t let the soil dry out during germination. Water lightly
each day.
• For shallow sown, fine seed cover the bed with shade cloth
and water through it. As soon as the seed germinates lift off
the shade cloth.
Visit GardenShop now and energise your garden with an array of Kirchhoffs seeds!
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Lemon Grass is a clump Lemon Verbena has the strongest lemon
forming perennial growing up taste and fragrance of all the lemony herbs.
to 1m high. It grows best in It grows best in full sun, likes a light soil that
full sun, in fertile, well-drained drains well and should be NEW
soil and needs plenty of watered regularly. RELEASE
water. It can also be grown in
TIP: Add the fresh
large containers.
leaves to fish and
TIP: To extract the lemon flavour, cut the poultry dishes, vegetable
stem into 5cm lengths and bruise the stem marinades, and rice but
or make superficial cuts along the stem. remove before serving. Make
Add these pieces to curry or other dishes a refreshing tea by combining dried or fresh
but remove before serving. leaves with pineapple and apple mint.
A taste
of spring
— by Alice Coetzee
In spring the fragrance and flavour
of lemon-scented herbs from
GardenShop sets taste buds
tingling with a veritable bouquet
Lemon Balm is a low growing perennial Lemon Thyme is a small,
(30cm) that grows in moist, shrubby perennial that grows
fertile soil, does best to 30cm, with small, bright
in morning sun and green-yellow leaves that Cape Fuchsia ‘Lemon Spritzer’™
afternoon shade. are lemon scented and pale
mauve flowers in spring. It likes A perennial plant with a twist – commonly known as the
TIP: Add finely chopped
full sun and gritty soil that drains well. Cape Fuchsia – this indigenous, waterwise variety boasts
fresh leaves to salads, to
lightly flavour egg dishes, as a garnish for TIP: When roasting chicken stuff the beautiful and eye-catching, slender hot pink trumpet
soft cheese, incorporated into white sauce cavity with half a lemon, half a peeled flowers which dangle from red flower spikes. Its lime
for fish, mayonnaise, marinades, vegetable onion and several sprigs of thyme. green leaves are splashed with colours of darker green
soup and stews, poultry and pork. shades to make shady areas of your garden wonderfully
vibrant and alive. Honeybees buzz straight to it!
Citronella Geranium is not just a natural mosquito repellent but its lemony leaves ‘Lemon Spritzer‘™ is long-flowering and makes for an ideal tall
can be used in cooking too. Plant it in full sun in well composted soil. groundcover and is perfect for containers and hanging baskets.
Make a delicious citrus scented sauce - for ice-cream, stewed fruit or for Spritz up your garden now with this new release available from GardenShop.
pouring over a baked dessert. Combine 3/4 cup orange juice, 2 Tbsp. finely
chopped citronella geranium leaves, 2 tsp. grated orange rind, 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon
juice, 1 Tbsp. honey and 2 tsp. finely chopped Rosemary leaves. Combine all ingredients in a
saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until thickened. Strain and serve.
For more information visit www.healthyliving-herbs.co.za
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Growing
health
in your
garden
- by Jenny Slabber, Talborne Organics
All magnificent gardens start in a well nurtured soil. A healthy soil = healthy plants =
healthy people, pets and a healthy living ecosystem which all adds to a wonderful
garden environment.
Basics for Garden Health
Growing H
A healthy soil: Needs lots of compost matter to feed the complex eco-system of beneficial
soil life such as bacteria and fungi, which protect our plants’ roots. Compost is a reservoir for
water in the soil for plants’ roots to drink from, and builds a soft friable and oxygenated soil
for roots to penetrate. Make your own compost, or earthworm bin from kitchen scraps but ea l t
if space is restricted buy Fertilise Earthworm Castings or a good quality compost. If already
planted, apply a thin layer of compost or Fertilis to your plant beds or lawns every 3 to 5 h
months which will be taken up into soil.
Vita Green 5:1:5 (16) Excellent for:
Nutritous Plant Food: To prime a healthy soil, add a fully formulated organic fertiliser which Lawn & Foliage Fertilizer
contains all nutrients in correct proportions for plant uptake, use VITA Grow 2:3:2(16) at 100g a Lawns
per m2. For conditioning existing beds planted with flowers and shrubs, fertilise with VITA
Fertilizer for Certified Organic Growing a Tropical gardens
Reg. No: K5126
Fruit & Flower 3:1:5(18) and lawns and leafy gardens apply VITA Green 5:1:5(16) at 100g per a Indoor, outdoor, container
and foliage plants
m2 every 4 months. Water lightly after application and then continue your regular watering
a Will NOT Burn
programme.
a Value for money: Only apply
Water Strategically: Catch and store rainwater from the roof in tanks, reuse bath and 100g/m² every 4 months
shower water in the garden or for pot plants. Mulch to protect soils from water erosion and www.talborne.co.za www.facebook.com/Talborne
Growing Health
prevent evaporation by planting ground covers, or covering soil surfaces with chipped bark,
gravel, wooden stepping stones or mixes of waterwise lawn for extensive areas. healthy soil = healthy plants = healthy people
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14 15
Spathiphyllum 14cm
R59.95
Your
Indoor
Space Asplenium Antiquum 15cm
Recharge with green R150
Transform your indoor living space into a
beautiful green oasis and impart a sense
Ficus
of calm with practical and beautiful indoor
benjamina
plants. Let them lift your spirits and well- 20cm
Anthirium 14cm
being as they detoxify your space with the R150
R145
release of pure oxygen.
Regardless of whether you are a
natural gardener or lack a green thumb, Phalaenopsis
GardenShop has an extensive range of Orchid 1 stem
on-trend, easy-to-care-for indoor options R135
that will work wonders to destress living
www.plantimex.co.za Lucky Bamboo,
and work environments. Whether your
3 sizes
Pure Emotions – Natural Elegance preference is for all-round leafy greens From R64.95
or those that boast a variety of colourful, Bamboo Palm
Proud supplier to GardenShop flowers, recharge and destress with green. in 19cm pot
R150
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Luscious Lawns with
CULTERRA Lawndressing
Enviromentally friendly Lawndressing from Culterra, a Johannesburg
based company that has produced a range of quality organics for the
gardening industry since 1965.
Without exception Culterra Lawndressing is the top selling gardening item in spring and no wonder,
as it improves the lawn’s soil structure and therefore soil water retention increases immediately.
As soil structure improves, microbial and earthworm populations will be stimulated.
Apply lawndressing throughout September and October.
One bag of Culterra Lawndressing covers 4m2.
Get going this season with your own luscious lawn
for spring with Culterra Lawndressing.
Available at all GardenShop stores.
GardenTalk
19Atlanta Sunbeam Skylights
R4185 Gauteng – South Africa
enlightenment made easy
Add pizzazz to your patio!
Enclose your patio with a Sunbeam
Skylight installation and let the sun
Plants, flowers, shrubs and shine in! It’s that easy and a terrific
other vegetation will always be modern and stylish way to maximize
the foundation of spectacular your sense of being outdoors –
garden design, but the right regardless of the weather. Plus, a sure
way to boost your property value!
décor element brings that little Majuba
extra touch of magic. R3985
GardenShop’s range of stylish
and modern water features
will enhance your garden,
bringing sound, movement
and gentle energy to your
outdoor space.
Capri
Small
R5885
Water features create a wonderful visual effect
and their soothing aural soundtrack adds to your
garden’s tranquility. The addition of water always
brings beauty and life to a landscape, attracting
bountiful birdlife for you to quietly observe.
Energise with Whether for your main garden environment,
home entrance, driveway or courtyard,
GardenShop’s range of easy to install, plug-
water features Square
and-play water features will suit any garden style
and fit your budget. From rustic and natural to
modern and contemporary, these garden décor
Contact us NOW for a
quotation without obligation!
sales@sunbeamskylights.co.za
Pillar accents bring peace and tranquility to any space. 082 448 1101
R4585 www.sunbeamskylights.co.za
Prices include base, pump and feature.
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20 21Bird’s Eye View
There is nothing on earth that can replace the joy of watching
different birds make their way into our gardens. Children delight
when they see birds returning to stock up on food. We love to sit
outside and watch how they chatter, feast on berries from our trees
and dig their beaks into the soil for fresh earthworms.
Birding and gardening go hand in hand. At GardenShop our birding
departments offer you the very best in bird food - nectar feed, suet,
bird puddings, raw peanuts and seed - all locally sourced with no
cheap fillers. Our birding range carriers the highest recommendation
from BirdLife SA.
Peanut Block – All birding products are available for sale online -
4 Value Pack www.gardenshoponline.co.za
R195
Let’s go to the African Bird Fair
African Bird Fair 2017 will be held
on the 9th and 10th September
at the Walter Sisulu National
Botanical Garden, Roodepoort.
Visit www.birdlife.org.za for more
information.
Bird Pudding 2.5kg
R350
Seed Bell Small
R59.95
Suet Slab –
5 Value Pack
R225
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23Is your garden
hydrozoned?
Group plants with similar water needs together for
a waterwise garden.
• High water use zone (3 drop)
This hydrozone should be kept as small as
possible. These plants will need frequent
watering throughout the year. Plant 3 drop
plants, such as annuals and spring-flowering
bulbs, in containers.
• Medium water use zone (2 drop)
Keep this hydrozone relatively small, as these
plants will need more water than that is received
as rainfall in your area. Many popular exotic
garden plants are considered 2 drop.
• Low water use zone (1 drop)
This hydrozone can be as large as you like.
1 drop plants will thrive mainly on the rainfall
received in summer, and may only need a little
extra water in dry winter months. Plants suitable
for this zone are often indigenous plants.
For further information on
• No water use zone
Water Wise, please contact
You may make this hydrozone as large as
us on 0860 10 10 60 or visit
possible. Plants that are categorized in this zone
www.randwater.co.za and are often established local indigenous plants,
click on the Water Wise logo. shrubs, and succulents. A no water
use area may also include permeable
paving and hard landscaping.
GardenShop proudly stocks a wide range of waterwise pants for hydrozoning.
24About Keukenhof (Kitchen garden)
In 1949 a group of flower bulb exporters came up with a plan to use
the Keukenhof estate for a permanent exhibition of spring-flowering
bulbs, signaling the birth of Keukenhof as a spring park. Keukenhof
is the international and independent showcase for the Dutch
floricultural sector, with a special emphasis on flower bulbs. The
park first opened its gates to the public in 1950 and was an instant
success, with 236,000 visitors in the first year alone. In the space
of eight weeks Keukenhof shows what the Dutch floricultural sector
has to offer. The focus in the park is on the 7 million spring-flowering
bulbs, in which the 100 participating companies show their living
catalogue. In more than 20 flower shows, 500 flower growers
present an enormous variety of cut flowers and pot plants.
About KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was
Win a trip with KLM founded on 7 October, 1919
to serve the Netherlands and
to Keukenhof, Holland
its colonies. KLM is today the
oldest airline still operating under
its original name. KLM has
been part of the AIR FRANCE
Dear garden lovers KLM group since the merger in 2004. With Air France, KLM is
at the forefront of the European airline industry. Offering reliability
Have you dreamt of visiting the beautiful park and a healthy dose of Dutch pragmatism, KLM strives to provide
of Keukenhof? To celebrate the arrival of spring innovative products for their customers in a safe, efficient, and
in South Africa, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is service-oriented way.
giving away a trip for two to Keukenhof, where
you can enjoy spring in Amsterdam! The prize With a small homebase from which to work, KLM has maintained
consists of 2 return Economy class flights from an international orientation from the beginning. KLM’s strength
Johannesburg or Cape Town to Amsterdam, lies in the tightly-knit, worldwide network it has built up with its
hotel accommodation for 3 nights for 2 people partners. Passengers are able to transfer quickly and easily at
and tickets to enter the park. All you need to Schiphol, KLM’s homebase, and by connecting the networks of
do to enter the competition is visit the KLM many different airlines throughout the world, they can take you from
South Africa Facebook page, answer the daily Schiphol to almost any spot on the globe.
question and you will be entered into the draw to KLM has daily flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town to
win the main prize. We will also be giving away Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Both routes are operated by Boeing
KLM hampers and a second prize GardenShop 777-200 aircraft with Business and Economy class cabins.
Hamper valued at R3000. The competition will
run from the 4th of September until the 8th of
September 2017 and winners will be announced Full terms and conditions will be available online on KLM’s Facebook
on the 11th of September on the KLM South page https://www.facebook.com/KLMSouthernAfrica at the launch of
Africa and GardenShopSA Facebook pages. the competition.
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26 27What’s happening at Children’s Gardening Club
GardenShop this spring!
Cherry Tomatoes Gardening Club
takes place every Saturday morning
throughout 2017.
Spring Day Venue: GardenShop Bryanston’s Organic
Children’s Event Food Garden
Saturday 2 September Time: 9am – 11am
Ages: 3 to 9 years
Venue: GardenShop
Bryanston’s Organic To book:
Food Garden email cherrytomatoesgc@gmail.com
or phone 071 883 5584 (Nicola)
Time: Various activities
or 079 895 1332 (Pat)
between 9am - 3pm
GardenShop Bryanston
Cost: R100 per activity
Let the kids complete
a current spring
activity with the ‘Grow Your Own’ show and tell
Cherry Tomatoes workshops with Linda Galvad of
Gardening Club Sought After Seedlings
Clivia Show GardenShop Venue: GardenShop Bryanston’s Organic
Saturday 9 September – Bryanston Food Garden
Sunday 10 September
Dates: Tuesday 22 August
GardenShop FloraFarm Bonsai Show Thursday 7 September
Friday 13 October – Tuesday 19 September
Sunday 22 October Wednesday 11 October
GardenShop Tuesday 24 October
Orchid Show Broadacres Cost: R350 and space is limited.
Saturday 2 September –
Sunday 3 September To book: Online bookings only
GardenShop FloraFarm GardenShop Bryanston
Please refer to our website for details on each event. Our monthly mailers will also fill you in on all
these exciting happenings!
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28 29GardenShop Bryanston
GardenShop Bryanston is an ideal family Your green space in the city
destination boasting a sensational selection
of gardening and on-trend home décor items
to energise your indoor and outdoor living
spaces. This gem of a store surrounded by
our concrete jungle, is a breathing space for
families to experience the delight of being
surrounded by happy flowers, luscious
plants, healthy edibles and beautiful home
and garden furniture items.
Slow the pace down by grabbing a light meal at
Munch Cafe while the children take delight in the
curious animals at Reptilians pet shop - and enjoy
the safe play areas within the nursery. And why
not explore neighbouring tenant Essex - Made to
Measure for blinds, curtains, flooring and upholstery.
GardenShop Bryanston also boasts a Weber
showroom for all your outdoor cooking needs,
stocked with grills, tools and acessories – braaing
this spring is sorted.
But the real draw card of this store is the 600m2
Organic Food Garden, designed and implemented
by Sought After Seedlings. The aim of this open
and accessible food garden is to open up a world of Find us at:
possibilities to inform, educate and inspire people to Cnr Main Road & Halifax Street, Bryanston
grow their own healthy food in large and small spaces. Tel: 011 463 5773
The Bryanston Organic Food Garden is also the venue Email: info.btn@gardenshop.co.za
for the Cherry Tomatoes Gardening Club that Co-ordinates:
teaches young children about the process of growing
26° 04′ 31″ S / 28° 00′ 47″ E
food, the environment and healthy eating through
hands-on, fun, social and educational activities.
30Versatile, unique and
exclusive to FloraImports
A magnificent selection of innovative
Green Industry products to add flair,
style and transform any garden into
an inspiring living space.
From beautiful pots, containers,
bronze statues to wind chimes,
airplants and patio furniture.
Plus terracotta pots, metal décor,
bird feeders, children’s gardening
items, baskets, indoor and outdoor
garden décor.
Tel: 011 918 4620
Fax: 011 918 4619
sales@floraimports.co.za
floraimports.co.za
FloraFarm Centre,
Proud supplier Cnr North Rand & Trichardts
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