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

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5 corporate garden maintenance tips to help your office garden grow

5 corporate garden maintenance tips to help your office garden grow

As a concerned employer, you take action to make sure your employees are happy and healthy. Chances are you understand the importance of having an outdoor space that gives the people that work for you a much needed time out and increases their happiness and productivity levels.

Want happier employees? An office garden might be the answer.

Want happier employees? An office garden might be the answer.

Enjoy being out in your garden after a long day at the office? Studies show that human beings respond positively to being outside and in contact with nature. The natural world reduces our stress levels, encourages a sense of calm, and increases our happiness and productivity.

5 top tips for bringing your office park garden back to life.

5 top tips for bringing your office park garden back to life.

Studies show that when employees have access to a garden (or, indeed any green but preferably outdoor space), they are happier and more productive. Even a green view can raise employee sprites, especially if those employees are confined to an indoor space for most of the day. So, if you’re lucky enough to have a garden where you work, you would do well to nurture it. If no one is using the space, find out why and make some changes.

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The birds and the bees. Quick tips for attracting wildlife to your garden.

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The birds and the bees. Quick tips for attracting wildlife to your garden.

Add an extra element to your garden by placing wildlife on your garden maintenance agenda. Not only do birds, bees, and butterflies bring your garden to life, your outside space can provide them with a conservation haven.

Eco-friendly gardening? Here's how to make your outdoor space a 'green' space.

Eco-friendly gardening? Here's how to make your outdoor space a 'green' space.

Going green (practicing environmental friendly ways of living) is a major lifestyle trend. From sustainable housing to car pools to indigenous plants, many home owners have embraced the concept of creating a green space that celebrates and protects the natural world.

Five creative tips for a stunning vertical garden

Five creative tips for a stunning vertical garden

A vertical garden is a fantastic way to bring the natural world into your home, especially if you are trying to maximise a small outdoor space. They’re relatively easy to maintain, water-wise, and can offer you a creative outlet for your garden ideas.

Already have a vertical garden but feel a bit bored with the look and feel, or feel it needs a complete overhaul?

Five design ideas to get your vertical garden started

Five design ideas to get your vertical garden started

With more options that traditional in-the- ground gardens, vertical gardens involve creatively growing plants on a structure, using both the vertical and horizontal visual planes. Water wise, low maintenance, and beautiful, vertical gardens are great for transforming small spaces or empty outdoor zones. All you need is a blank wall or bare fence and some creative planning.