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Visit to Prieure Notre Dame D’ Orsan

August 26th, 2013

Our head gardener, Liesl van der Walt and her team are at the Prieure Notre Dame d’Orsan in Maisonnais, France. This is home to architect Patrice ...

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Three Friends of Winter

August 22nd, 2013

In August we highlight the three friends of winter in our tea of the month. The three friends we refer to are the pine, plum ...

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How to Prune Blackberries

August 13th, 2013


Winter is a restful time in a garden – and the season to rev plants up for the next harvest. We’re busy pruning all ...

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A Guava Walk

August 9th, 2013

It’s the stories that hang on a tree that gives a garden its magic. These guava trees came from the other side of our valley as ...

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Waterblommetjiebredie

August 6th, 2013



A great Boland convention is waterblommetjiebredie (a delectable, hearty stew). Waterblommetjie (Aponogeton distachyos) literally denotes “water flower” and is endemic to the Western Cape.  During the ...

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