No matter what your lifestyle, there are ways you can enjoy the benefits of gardening and improve your surroundings.
The way you water your garden can affect your plants’ growth, health and hardiness; it also determines how much water is used effectively and how much is wasted.
Apartment-dwellers need not miss out on the pleasures of gardening – plenty of plants thrive in pots and garden bags, set up in small areas.
Mulch keeps your garden looking tidy, reduces the need to water, suppresses weeds and it makes use of material that might otherwise be dumped in a landfill.
Planting fruit and vegetables can bring your household so many benefits. You and your family will be healthier, save money, help the environment – and enjoy fresh-taste sensations that can’t be replicated from supermarket produce.
It makes sense to add native plants to your garden. Because they were ‘home grown' over millions of years natives can be quite well suited to our conditions, in some cases thriving with a minimum of fuss.
Growing your own herbs is easy, satisfying, and saves money on fresh herb plants sold at supermarkets – not to mention the packaging that goes with them.
Water friendly gardens are designed for their soil type and climate, so they flourish with minimal watering.
A rain barrel collects rain for watering the garden, washing the car and other outdoor uses. A single rain barrel holds up to 250 litres, and double-barrel models hold 400 litres.
A rain garden has plants that tolerate extremes of rainfall.
Composting is a natural process that breaks down organic material like leaves, grass clippings, food scraps and paper into a nutrient rich soil like material, which is great for the garden!
Worm farms break down your organic rubbish into nutrient-rich compost and ‘worm juice’ that can then be used in your garden.
Effective Micro-organism (EM) composting is a bucket system that uses micro-organisms to break down food scraps into a compost and liquid fertilizer, which you can then use in your garden.
