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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Garden & Landscape Design Trends for 2019

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Garden & Landscape Design Trends for 2019

It’s always great to scour the internet for international garden trends and landscape design trends at the beginning of each year. We’ve done our homework for 2019 and bring you our choice of expected garden trends for 2019.

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Invasive Species Control Training and Certification

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Invasive Species Control Training and Certification

Why is it so important to understand how invasive species impact our environment and to eradicate them? According to the Invasive Species Website, invasive species can have a negative effect on natural resources, human health, and the economy.

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Featuring SALI Gold Award Winning Garden, Kiribati, Zimbali

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Featuring SALI Gold Award Winning Garden, Kiribati, Zimbali

Eco Balance Landscaping recently won a SALI Gold award in the Landscape and Turf Maintenance category for Kiribati, Zimbali - In this blog post we share some of this beautiful, water-wise garden’s earthly story with you.

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Winter Garden Groundwork for Summer Glory

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Winter Garden Groundwork for Summer Glory

If you haven’t yet felt the slight nip at your heels, you can be sure it will happen soon. Winter is almost upon us and whilst our gardens on the coast take much less strain than those inland, there is still a lot of activity you can undertake in your winter garden to prepare for a beautiful summer garden. 

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6 Great South African Succulents for your Garden

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6 Great South African Succulents for your Garden

Succulents. We all love them, right? They’re hardy and can generally withstand even the worst neglect. Succulents are plants that can store water in their stems, leaves or roots, and so enabling the plant to survive in arid conditions. They are thus hardy, water-wise plants, vary in shape and size and are often used in rocky beds and in drier climates. They are extremely versatile and can be used as bed fillers, as landscaping gems, for container landscaping, as paving boundaries, and for contrasting colour and foliage.