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Indigenous Garden Plants

Event Date 
15 March 2017
Venue 
Kirstenbosch Botanical Bookshop

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Penguin Random House SA and Struik Nature invite you to join us for the launch of Gardener's Guide to Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa . Author Glenice Ebedes will share her insights into indigenous gardening. Learn how to transform your garden and make it more water-wise.

  • Date:  Wednesday, 15 March 2017
  • Time:  17:00  for 17:30
  • Venue: Kirstenbosch Botanical Bookshop, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens (Gate 1)
  • RSVP:  rsvp@penguinrandomhouse.co.za or 011 327 3550 by Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Books will be on sale at a special price!

About the Book:

This handy pocket guide introduces local gardening enthusiasts to some of southern Africa’s most beautiful, beneficial and easy- to-care-for indigenous plants, giving guidance on how best to use them and how to ensure that they flourish. 

Gardener's Guide to Indigenous Garden Plants of Southern Africa  offers:
  • A selection of 145 garden-friendly, low-maintenance trees, shrubs and bedding plants perfectly adapted to our local soils and weather conditions
  • Text that’s direct and simple
  • Full-colour photographs that show plant details and ‘in context’ planting
  • Icons indicating at a glance whether a species is evergreen or deciduous, frost-hardy, suitable for a sunny or shaded position, fast or slow-growing, water wise, fragrant and attractive to insects or birds.
An essential handbook for easy-care beautiful gardening.