Marianne Alexander Presents Gardening in South Africa Throughout the Year

Geographically, South Africa is a diverse country with many different climatic zones. As a gardener, it is important to understand how to achieve and maintain a beautiful garden no matter what your natural environment and ground conditions are. Gardening in South Africa Throughout the Year explains what needs to be done each month to keep your garden in tiptop condition. In addition to month by month suggestions for general gardening tasks in the various climatic regions, and tips on how to keep up productive kitchen and fruit gardens, the text covers how to utilise the specific elements of each season (foliage in autumn, the sculptural qualities of bare trees in winter, spring bulbs and fragrant plants for summer) to create a garden that has colour and interest all year round. This practical, beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable aid to gardeners in every part of the country.

About the author

Marianne Alexander has designed gardens from scratch in many parts of South Africa. She now works as a photojournalist and is a regular contributor to a number of local gardening and lifestyle publications. She has lived in Cape Town for over 20 years.

Contents

Introduction, Month by Month Gardening Guide (including Garden Tasks and Whatís in Flower this Month), Pests and Diseases, Natural Pest Control, Glossary, Index.

Illustrated panels include How to plant a tree or shrub, Trenching and composting, How to make compost, Pruning, and Growing softwood cuttings.

Featured topics cover the Fragrant Garden, the Soil, Feeding the Garden, the Vegetable Garden, Bulbs for Winter and Spring, Compost, Autumn Colour, Pruning, Container Gardening, Plants for Winter Interest, Indigenous Garden Plants, Lawns, Summer Bulbs, Propagation, the War against Weeds, Flowers for the Vase, Waterwise Gardening.

Ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans as Tuinmaak in Suid-Afrika deur die jaar

Suid-Afrika is ‘n diverse land met verskillende klimaat sones. Dit is belangrik vir ‘n suksesvolle tuinier om te verstaan hoe ‘n pragtige tuin geskep en onderhou kan word ongeag van jou natuurlike omgewing en grond kondisie.

Hierdie boek verduidelik wat van maand tot maand nodig is om jou tuin in top kondisie te hou. Daar is ook algemene tuinmaak take vir die verskillende streke, idees vir ‘n produktiewe kombuis en vrugte tuin, en idees om die elemente van elke seisoen te benut sodat jou tuin regdeur die jaar kleurvol en interessant sal wees.

Dit is ‘n praktiese, pragtig geillustreerde boek wat vir tuiniers dwarsdeur die land van onskatbare waarde sal wees.

Oor die skrywer

Marianne Alexander het al baie tuine regdeur Suid-Afrika ontwerp en werk tans as ‘n foto joernalis en lewer bydraes aan heelwat tuin en leefstyl publikasies. Sy bly al vir meer as 20 jaar in Kaapstad.

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• Gardening in South Africa Throughout the Year by Marianne Alexander
  EAN: 9781770077911
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• Tuinmaak in Suid-Afrika deur die jaar by Marianne Alexander
  EAN: 9781770077928
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