SA Garden and Home

SA Garden and Home is the ultimate magazine for home lovers of all ages. It features gorgeous homes and gardens and is filled with great tips and ideas for both decorating and gardening not to mention the latest info on lifestyle trends, creative people, entertaining, travel and more.

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FRAGRANCE ZONING • Scent-scaping is the latest well-being trend for your home

Pet Garden 101 • Want to create an outdoor space for both people and pets to enjoy? Here’s how to create a garden that is stunning as well as safe for your furry friends

DECOR

A NEW Outlook • Designed to invite the outdoors in, this Noordhoek family home was given a fresh update inspired by the mountain and ocean surrounds

FRESH AS A DAISY • Bring the outdoors in with some fresh greenery and natural materials

Then and Now • This pared back family home in Joburg has a rich and sentimental history, simultaneously honouring a legacy while accommodating modern day needs

PRETTY PATIOS • Just in time for spring, update your patio with these fresh and modern decor items

RIGHT AT Home • A contemporary family home in Johannesburg is as warm and comfortable as it is rigorously refined

THE PERFECT PICNIC • As the sun begins to warm our gardens, we couldn’t think of a more perfect time to host the ideal picnic in your backyard. Soft throws, stylish crockery and moreish food makes for a great afternoon

FLOORING FOCUS • End the floor wars by picking the best option for your home right from the get-go!

SIMPLY SEAMLESS

Natural Rhythms • Floral designer, creative maker and conservationist Nicky Andrag transforms a variety of plants into unique botanical artworks for her nature-focused brand, Velt

GARDEN

Weird And WONDERFUL HERBS • To top off your outdoor dining experience this spring, grow some of our favourite unusual herbs you’re unlikely to find in stores

Backyard Forage • There is no need to travel deep through forests and along coastlines to try foraging. You may have some unsuspecting plants in your own backyard that you didn’t know were edible

SPICE WORLD • In the Spice House – a custom-built greenhouse at Babylonstoren Estate, near Cape Town – master gardener Gundula Deutschländer and her team have created a verdant paradise dedicated to showcasing the many charms of spice-bearing plants

Victorian Secret • Alasdair and Philippa Beaumont replaced crazy paving and boring beds with this lush, tropical outdoor room, designed with specific spaces for eating and relaxing. A small courtyard-style rear garden and side return belonging to a Victorian terrace in North Yorkshire

In The Garden September Garden To-Dos • Spring has finally arrived!

INDOOR GARDENS

IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN • Strawberry plants should be flowering in profusion now – up their feeding with a good organic fertiliser for fruiting plants.

We’re Planting • Nothing shouts ʻspring!’ quite like these favourites in flower:

WHAT’S ON • Get gardening this September:

Red-Hot Summer • Outdoor feasts wouldn’t be the same without the stars of a summer vegetable garden: tomatoes and chillies

Alfresco Made Easy • It’s part of our nature as South Africans to be outdoors, soaking up the sun and socialising with friends and family. Let’s explore a few ways to make the most of it

Alfresco Tips

Bring The Spring Indoors • The spring season would be incomplete without a touch of living decor around your home. Use these tips to fill your home with as many spring flowers as you...