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ESTATE GARDENS ummer made a spectacular entrance halfway
through September with a heat wave and
Stemperatures ranging from 33 – 35 degrees!!!

The garden beds have been well prepared and rested
before the planting of our summer colour which was
specially propagated according to plan and design.
By popular demand, New Guinea Impatients have
been included again this year. We hope to surprise
everyone with a “huge summer burst” shortly!

As always, attention is given to more water-wise and
low maintenance plants without lowering our garden
standards. This plan seems to be working well and is
Summer We have done a massive amount of garden
very necessary going forward in SA with the unknown
rainfall patterns.

maintenance for summer with the removal of
fever trees outside the estate office, which were
GARDENING causing havoc with the building structure, and
recurring plumbing and sewage costs. The removal
of a lightning struck tree was taken down for safety
reasons. The cutting back of frosted plant material
and preparing beds for summer colour.

The team has been hard at work doing various
upgrades and maintenance of the gardens, ponds and
dams as well as creating new designs in the common
belts around the estate!

We cannot wait for you to witness the mystical
ethereal colours of summer around the estate!

Special thanks to our gardening team for the
speed at which you work together, with Mother
Nature, especially in these extreme and varied
temperatures.
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