Tracey Miller-Smith
Caring For Your Winter Garden

Gardening in winter seems to trouble a lot of people, but it needn’t be so. Here we share some direction to help your cause, and prepare for a beautiful summer garden.

Caring For Your Winter Garden
Tracey Miller-Smith
How to keep snakes away from your home
How to keep snakes away from your home
Tracey Miller-Smith
Ongoing Garden Maintenance and Lawn Care

Looking after a garden is an ongoing affair and like any relationship, it really does take regular and ongoing maintenance, especially at this time of the year. With all the rain, weeds grow faster than the plants so generally speaking every plant in your garden needs to be cared for specifically.

Ongoing Garden Maintenance and Lawn Care
Garden Makeovers, News & Updates
Tracey Miller-Smith
“Karoo-Style" Garden Make-over: The Vintage Barn

The idea was to create a succulent garden that would be water wise and low maintenance, whilst at the same time incorporating the aesthetics of a “Karoo Padstal” in look and feel – the type of vibe that they hoped to bring to the North Coast.

“Karoo-Style" Garden Make-over: The Vintage Barn
Blog, Garden Service, Water Wize, Quick Tips
Tracey Miller-Smith
Why Compost is the Best Investment for Your ...

The service of composting can be thrown around in the garden services industry as an optional or unnecessary procedure but we see composting as a vital and essential service in every garden. This blog explains the procedure, benefits, and best timing for composting your garden beds.

Why Compost is the Best Investment for Your Garden

Garden Makeovers

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Rain Water Harvesting in Water Tanks

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Rain Water Harvesting in Water Tanks

Rain Water Harvesting is quite simply the collection of rain water for use elsewhere. One of the common forms of rain water harvesting is to collect the water from the roof of a building into a storage water tank - here we show you how

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A FULL GARDEN MAKEOVER, SECTION BY SECTION

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A FULL GARDEN MAKEOVER, SECTION BY SECTION

Our team recently undertook a delightful albeit challenging garden makeover, with the most rewarding outcome.  Here we take you through the full story, section by section. This is the garden of a home that is just over 10 years old, and nothing has ever been changed from the initial garden layout. Read our story of this makeover, section by section. Watch the before and after videos and check out the awesome photos.

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Entrance Garden Makeover - an Attractive and Interesting Focal Point

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Entrance Garden Makeover - an Attractive and Interesting Focal Point

Entrance Garden Makeover -An entrance garden, being the first element of a garden one sees when entering a property, should be a focal point that is neat and uncluttered but simultaneously attractive and interesting.

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Garden Makeover - Creating a Secluded Teenage Garden

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Garden Makeover - Creating a Secluded Teenage Garden

Part of our recent San Lorenzo Garden Makeover project was to create a secluded space for teenagers to be at peace in a beautiful garden setting. The space was initially an awkward shaped lawn filled with scrub and hedges, of no use to anyone.