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Editorial What’s on

markets & events
I have to say that besides the plants in my garden, Saturday 6th August – Farmer’s Market
I enjoy the sounds of visiting birds the most. They and Car Boot Sale at the Rugby Club, 10
make each day in the garden unique, and their am to 3pm
joyful calls always brighten my mood. So the theme Saturday 20th & 27th August –
for this issue is mostly to do with the element of Introduction to Organic Gardening/
sound in the garden, from water features, to the Farming Workshop at Kingfisher Farm (tbc)
Saturday 3rd September – Farmer’s
more abstract, like the sound of footsteps or rain Market and Car Boot Sale at the Rugby
on paving or grass. Club, 10 am to 3pm
Saturday 17th September – Preservation
Sound is something that we don’t have much Workshop at Kingfisher Farm (tbc)
control over, winds blow when they will, but we Saturday 24th September – Spring Open
Farm Event in Notwane, 10am to 4pm
can add elements that create the ambience we
would like in our gardens, like windchimes, or Land Events: Market & Art
fountains. Exhibition on 15th October @ the
Land - contact Nancy (pg 52)

Spring is always a little confusing in Botswana, Zoom Meetings: Bromeliad
sometimes starting early, or almost not at all, with propagation 27th August - 75435290
temperatures dropping suddenly in late August, or Francistown, & Palapye
blasting us with summer-like intensity. The trick is Contact: Jenny -jsm@btcmail.co.bw
to be prepared, keep the frost cloth ready, your Contact: Lynn -
tender plants and seedlings under cover until all plcfreeman@gmail.com
threat of a cold spell has passed, and water well
when the days get hot. August is also usually the Win!!
windiest month, so be sure to observe what Gardens Botswana
melodies the wind plays in your garden. S.C membership
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