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Editorial What’s on

Spring can be glorious in the garden with new markets & pop ups
leaves emerging in silvers, greens and burgundies; Saturday 1st August –
and sensational bursts of colour from flowering Masterclass on Organic Farming at
bulbs like Narcissus, and Amaryllis. Terminalia trees Greenhouse Technologies, Glen Valley,
begin to show their new leaves in shades of silver 8.30am to 3pm
Saturday 1st August – 10am to 3pm
and green, and the garden slowly transforms out of Bull & Bush
its winter clothes into the delicate shades of spring. Saturdays, 8th & 15th August – Intro-
The garden should be a place of solace, inspiration, duction to Organic
and joy, and with such a rich variety of indigenous Gardening/Farming Workshop at
plants, and easy to grow exotics, we really are spoilt Kingfisher Farm, Notwane
Saturday 22nd August –Pres-
for choice. The right plant in the right place will ervation Workshop at Kingfisher
always yield the best results. Be sure to care for all Farm, Notwane
your garden creatures, and here’s wishing you Joyful Saturday 29th August –Market at
Gardening this Spring! S.C Sanitas, 10am to 3pm (to be confirmed)
Email gardensbotswana@gmail.com to be put on our Saturday 5th September - Bull & Bush
Saturday 19th September –
mailing list Sanitas TBA & Spring Open Farm
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these garden films

Publisher: SC Gardens BBC’s Monty Dons
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Printer: Digital American Gardens series
Managing Editor: S.Coleman
Contributors: Sanitas, Julia Farmer, Harold Hester, Ian White, Nancy Horenburg,
Miriam Delorie, Petra Strydom, Bettina Kelly, Karin Duthie, Lisa Rautenbach, and
Jenny Arnold
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