Community gardens

Community gardens

A garden is a great uniter of people everywhere, regardless of race, colour, political or spiritual view. It has one language, the language of plants. That is community.Community has become so important with all these recurring Covid lockdowns since isolation is such...

Growing and harvesting ginger

Home grown ginger harvest Steps for harvesting your own homegrown ginger 1. Wait until fall (autumn) for foliage to turn yellow and start to die back.  2. Snap off a section of the rhizome and keep the rest growing, as seen here in a large container. You can harvest...

Workplace Wellness Workshops

Do you deserve a break? This organisation thought their employees did.⁣ Time out with a lunch time wellness workshop They encouraged their employees to “pause” and take time out from so much screen time and zoom meetings to reconnect with the natural...

Growing Backyard Bananas

Home grown sugar bananas How good are homegrown bananas! Do you know the best way to harvest them? Many people harvest the whole bunch but that means they all ripen at the same time and you have sooooo many bananas to eat within a week. So I have learnt the best way...

Mindfulness in the garden

Anxiety is one of the leading causes of ill health in our western society. It causes problems in many different ways. Anxiety affects our families, our workplace and our relationships. It’s the reason for much absenteeism at work, so our employers will also...