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Growing up, especially in primary school, I was taught that mulching is the best way to preserve water content of the soil. I did do my tad-bit of it – I planted two trees next to our school’s administration block and faithfully watered them every morning. As my days were busy through-out,  I spread a…

ORNAMENTAL GARDENING Ornamental gardening can be simply defined as planting various plants on a piece of ground from and for an artistic point of view. This entails designing such a garden to follow given patterns for a general pleasurable look. An ornamental garden therefore is one that is planted purely for aesthetic value. History is…

If you found our last blog interesting, well, here is a guide to just but a few of the types of ornamental gardens. They have been there for centuries and well – old is gold!  1. Baroque Gardens. These mainly apply the use of geometric shapes such as circles, rectangles and triangles. They also…

Ten Plants that Repel Mosquitos….. In This Edition we Present to you 5….. We have just come out of a very hot season and are now entering the cooler and wetter season. This comes with some unwelcome guests; mosquitos. To help manage them, we bring to you both indoors and outdoors plants that can help…