In the garden this month - May 2021 - by Leone Williams, Petal Faire Nursery
Annette Watt recently told me a lovely story about her 91-year-old mom’s quest for a specific almost extinct variety of orange for her marmalade. Along with gardening, Franci Muller’s great passion is making preserves. Starting in Zimbabwe where she was born, and now in Caledon in the Western Cape, wherever Franci has lived, she has always had a...
Celshot - and how it can work for your business
In January 2020 I came upon the idea for doing marketing for ANY business very cost-effectively. I produced my first radio ad in 1986 for Jacaranda FM. Yes, that seems a long time ago, but this also means that I have a lot of experience in the field. Since then, I have produced literally thousands of audio ads for broadcast on a variety of mediums....
In the garden this month - April 2021 - by Leone Williams, Petal Faire Nursery
Zach Bush is an American medical doctor and global influencer who is advocating for soil health and regenerative agriculture. In this time of doom and gloom, Bush is passionately optimistic about our ability to turn around the damage done to the planet and advance human health and resilience against disease. He predicts a major turnaround in...
In the garden this month - March 2021 - by Leone Williams, Petal Faire Nursery
A delighted Tiliana du Preez told me recently that the management of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria has given the Cycad Society permission to establish a cycad botanical garden around the monument. The approximately 67-hectare grounds of the iconic structure built in 1937-38 are already known for being home to many indigenous plant species,...
In the garden this month - February 2021 - by Leoné Williams, Petal Faire Nursery
By now, I suppose we are all addicted to social media to some extent, but every so often it channels something extraordinary our way to quieten those pricks of conscience. I had one such case recently, when Trees in Africa (one of my favourite pages) posted information about and a link to an astounding body of root system illustrations, analyses and...
In the garden this month - October 2020 - by Leoné Williams, Petal Faire Nursery
Recently, a client sent me a photograph of a gorgeous flowering tree in her garden that had me mystified. When she told me it was the syringa I sourced for her about ten years ago, the penny dropped. No, I am not in the habit of supplying clients with the invasive syringa tree (Melia azedarach) that is such a blight in many of our gardens. This...
A purposeful partnership
My Product has been identified by the Crossroads Bread Project as a preferred supplier, and we’ve partnered with them to provide an e-commerce and management solution that plugs in to their program, reaching all their affiliates. My Product will form an integral part of their social development program with the churches and institutions that are...
The Crossroads Bread Project
As South Africa buckles under the weight of a global crisis that has laid waste to lives and livelihoods, as hunger and hardship have haunted this land, something remarkable has happened: people have come together to bake bread. A collective of corporates, churches, communities and concerned individuals have pooled their power in a project that is set...
Unique bread project launches
More than just food for thought: Crossroads where deeper connection, serving and service meet Even before guests were welcomed by their hosts at the launch of the Crossroads Bread Project at the Reformed Church in Daspoort Pretoria a few days ago, they were greeted by the smell of fresh warm bread. It was an aroma that made mouths water and...
