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Gardeners’ Circle 19 November 2018

Visit to the Harold Porter Gardens Nursery  Another wonderful gathering with hosts Karin Wall and Ebraime Hull and 39 gardeners! A firm relationship between the HP Gardens and our group has now been established.  Karin and Ebraime shared the complexities and the pleasures that go into maintaining the Gardens.  Ebriame would like us to assist in communicating the good work of the Garden nursery and the Gardens in general. We in turn would like to understand the complexities of what occurs behind the scenes before the Garden’s plants are in the ground and before the…
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Upcoming Gardeners’ Circle visit

On Monday 19 November the Gardeners’ Circle will meet at Harold Porter Gardens at 09:00 for a visit around SANBI’s HPNBG nursery. Karen Wall, the horticulturist at Harold Porter, is our hostess. Afterwards we will meet for tea and a chat at the Gardens. Meanwhile, Cornelia de Villiers has set up a Facebook page for the Gardeners’ Circle. Below is the message that she recently sent out to members: Dear Gardeners’ Circle member Please join the "Fynbos Gardeners’ Circle" Facebook group by clicking HERE.  Here we can share our photos of the gardens we visit, ask questions about plants we saw…
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Gardeners’ Circle 22 October 2018

The fourth gathering of the Gardeners’ Circle* took place in Rooi Els on the wind-free, sunnily warm morning of Monday 22 October. Numbers attending the Gardeners’ Circle have grown on each successive occasion, and this time totalled 49 people, who strolled happily from venue to venue under the direction of Dave de Klerk who had organised the proceedings. The aim once again was to visit three local gardens - each with its own specific climate and soil conditions, and to explore the effect these have on the plants one can hope to grow successfully. No…
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