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CORNWALL HILL COLLEGE
WATER MATTERS

Water-wise is a term most South Africans have heard of. It

is used to describe a water and plant management practice
that emphasises using plants that have lower water needs

and grouping them by their water needs to encourage more
efficient water use.

Connor Herbst and
Megan van Tonder

he recent devastating drought and the next rains. The question is, can a water-wise
countdown to day zero across the Cape garden be pretty, colourful and exciting?
brought home the stark reality of being
BY NICOLE ZERWICK • IMAGES BY IVAN MULLER Twater-wise. It is a fact that gardeners Garden and Home magazine (gardenandhome.
must manage their water usage efficiently so co.za) put me at ease. “Don’t fret - being a water
that we do not run out of this precious resource. I wise gardener doesn’t mean your garden will be
confess that when I think of water-wise gardens, dull and boring. A water-wise garden can have all
my mind conjures up images of Karoo towns the colour and vibrancy of any other garden and
with windswept packed red earth and stunted will reduce water wastage during the drought.
wilted shrubs hanging on for dear life until the All it takes is a new approach to gardening that

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