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Standing in the veld grasses, tucked away at the bottom of Random Harvest Indigenous Nursery, it is hard to believe that this was once a dense stand of alien invader trees, Black and Silver Wattle.
All around one the sounds of nature buzz and hum, and on close inspection the diversity of herbaceous Highveld indigenous plants is staggering.
Carol Knoll, former editor of Footprint magazine has captured this diversity beautifully in her article "Restoration of an Indigenous Grassland at Random Harvest Nursery"
Popular tags: Indigneous Plant Nursery, indigenous plants, Indigenous veld grasses, grassland gardening
Indigenous veld grasses are increasingly incorporated in projects by home-owners, indigenous landscapers and landscape architects.
Soft swaying grasses contrast strikingly with the solid shapes of buildings.
Apart from the aesthetic advantages, gardening with grasses has strong environmental advantages as well as solving some problematic issues in urban city landscapes.
Popular tags: Indigenous Plant Nursery, Indigenous veld grasses, indigenous landscapers and landscape architects, indigenous plant species, grassland planting, disturbed landscape rehabilitation, indigenous grassland plants, indigenous grasses, veld grasses
It is important to distinguish between a grass garden and a grassland garden. Grass gardens are planted up purely with grasses.
Grassland gardens, on the other hand, include indigenous veld grasses, wildflowers, bulbs, Aloes etc., and non-living elements (wood, stone and often, water).
They are full of life, with a multitude of creatures visiting and living in them. Selecting indigenous plants suitable for grasslands and meadows will result in good biodiversity (plant, animal and micro-organism).
Popular tags: indigenous plants, indigenous grassland garden, wild grassland, indigenous veld grasses, grassland flowers, biodiversity, compost, carbon-rich fertiliser, mulch
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