NEWS
Spring starts this month at Garden World
S
outh Africa's spring
flowers in all their
abundance will be the
stars of this year's Spring
Festival at Garden World from
July 25 to August 30.
'Nature's Bounty' is this year's
theme, as the 17 designer
gardens showcase the wealth
of indigenous plants and
flowers, tying in with this
year's Kirstenbosch South
Africa Chelsea Exhibit
entitled, 'South Africa in
Bloom; 40 years at the
Chelsea Flower Show'.
The Chelsea exhibit will
include a display of 'Plants
South Africa Gave the World'
and a named flower specimen display.
Not far away from Garden
World, the Walter Sisulu
Botanical Garden will be
creating a show garden (not
just a display) highlighting
original ways to use indige-
nous plants in city gardens.
A festival highlight will be a
herb morning on August 22
on 'Teas for Health and
Vitality' presented by herb
authority Margaret Roberts
and her daughter Sandy, who
have just published a book
together on the subject.
They will focus on teas that
build health, provide herb
teas to taste and partner them
with eats that aid memory,
weight, arthritis, gout,
digestion and many more
common ailments. The new
Herb Tea Book will be on sale.
Other annual attractions at
the festival are the school
gardens, children's box
gardens, floral exhibits of the
Gauteng Flora Union and
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This year’s Chelsea entry commemmorated all SA’a award-winning stands over the past 40 years.
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