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An all-new Kogelberg Gardening Club

- By Merilee Berrisford  A group to offer helpful advice and practical demonstrations to garden lovers and garden strugglers Here we are living in the Kogelberg with dune gardens, mountain gardens, wetland gardens and more, but many people feel completely at sea when it comes to gardening in this unique biosphere reserve. What works in one garden makes no progress in another. Some people seem to get it just right while others tear their hair out in frustration that nothing grows. The Kogelberg Branch of the Botanical Society of South Africa has come together to form…
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About Erica patersonii

Next time you pass the point where the western end of Betty’s Bay’s Porter Drive meets Clarence Drive in the next two weeks or so, slow down, take your time and look in a north-easterly direction across the field at the southern end of Ed’s Valley. You’ll see the yellow spikes of Erica patersonii aka ‘Mealie Heath’ spread out across the landscape. Erica patersonii, Mealie Heath, in one of only four known locations, this one at Betty’s Bay. Not everyone gets to see them these days – they are listed as Threatened and occur in…
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