Explore Vergelegen’s spectacular spring gardens
Every spring brings a new opportunity to breathe fresh life into your garden, and where better to gain inspiration and expert advice than Vergelegen...
DRY TAPS, HEATWAVES AND NO RAIN: CAN YOUR GARDEN COPE?
Ten tips to keep it alive and green through El Niño.
16 OCTOBER 2026, JOHANNESBURG: Worried about keeping your garden looking lush and lively during...
A hotter, drier summer is coming. Here’s how to get your...
With seasonal forecasts pointing to hotter-than-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall across much of South Africa in the months ahead, gardeners may need to rethink...
THE SMART GARDENER’S GUIDE TO WEATHERING AN EL NIÑO SUMMER
A long, hot summer can be glorious if it includes a swimming pool or the ocean, iced drinks and air conditioning. But your garden...
PRUNED, FELLED, CLEARED — NOW WHAT?
A Guide to Repurposing Garden Waste This Spring
It's a familiar scene at this time of year in many gardens: a few branches here, some...
WEEDING OUT THE GREY AREAS
5 Common Gardening Beliefs – Fact or Fiction?
Spring has a way of bringing gardens back to life, and with it a patchwork of commonly...
IF YOUR GARDEN COULD TALK, WHAT WOULD IT BE SAYING THIS...
Many of us think of winter as the gardening ‘off-season’ as we patiently wait for spring. But while your garden may appear still above...
Vergelegen’s spectacular camellia weekend
Numerous flower fans enjoyed the beauty of Vergelegen Wine Estate's internationally acclaimed camellia collection during the Somerset West estate's annual Camellia Weekend on 31...
5 AUTUMN GARDEN MISTAKES THAT COULD COST YOU IN SUMMER
We're a couple of weeks into autumn and, while the air hasn't cooled much during the day yet, it soon will. And with that...
FROM GARDEN TO GIFT: 5 MEANINGFUL WAYS TO CELEBRATE YOUR MOM...
There’s a quiet pressure that comes with Mother’s Day. What do you give the woman who would lay down her life for you? The...
CUTTING IT FINE
March can be your garden’s make-or-break month
Most of us love the idea of a beautiful garden. In reality, life gets busy. One week of...
Garden-in-a-Bucket supports sustainable food nutrition solution for community
More than 50 families in the semi-rural community of Winterveld, northwest of Tshwane, can now establish home-based vegetable gardens to support their nutrition needs...
