Why Plant indigenous ?
Search your soul and find out if it feels right to exclude all other living creatures from the space we occupy and deny them the wherewithal to exist alongside of us. If the answer is that it feels wrong, you are well on your way to becoming an indigenous gardener.
We are blessed with a vast array of beautiful indigenous plants in South Africa and these are the basis of creating habitat in our gardens.
Indigenous gardens are not only about planting beautiful plants, but planting them in such a manner as to create a habitat for the many creatures that rely on indigenous gardens for their living in amongst the urban sprawl, with its attendant destruction of their habitat.
Have you ever thought about what happens to all the creatures that lived in what was a natural area yesterday and today is nothing but bare earth where the bulldozers have gone through?
The ones that survive will migrate to one of the islands created by indigenous gardens.
One of the joys of creating an indigenous garden is learning all the new plants and their wondrous interactions with birds, butterflies and other creatures. Another is observing nature’s perfection of design in how certain plants are specifically designed for certain creatures. How there is nothing for nothing, and how rewards are offered by plants to insects and birds to ensure pollination. How stationary plants have evolved to ensure their seeds are dispersed. The list goes on and on.
Indigenous gardens are not only for wildlife, they enhance your life as well. Think of being woken in the morning by the dawn chorus in your garden rather than the shrill ringing of the alarm clock. Rather hear the sound of water than the cacophony of modern life. Observe the birds that visit your garden and have butterflies resident in your garden rather than a fleeting glimpse as they pass through. Share the wonders of nature with your children by observing the life cycles of frogs, butterflies and other creatures.
Feel the peace of nature seep into your soul in your backyard and know that with all the environmental problems that face us, in your small way, you are doing your bit to right some of humanity’s wrongs.
Why Plant indigenous ?
Search your soul and find out if it feels right to exclude all other living creatures from the space we occupy and deny them the wherewithal to exist alongside of us. If the answer is that it feels wrong, you are well on your way to becoming an indigenous gardener.
We are blessed with a vast array of beautiful indigenous plants in South Africa and these are the basis of creating habitat in our gardens.
Indigenous gardens are not only about planting beautiful plants, but planting them in such a manner as to create a habitat for the many creatures that rely on indigenous gardens for their living in amongst the urban sprawl, with its attendant destruction of their habitat.
Have you ever thought about what happens to all the creatures that lived in what was a natural area yesterday and today is nothing but bare earth where the bulldozers have gone through?
The ones that survive will migrate to one of the islands created by indigenous gardens.
One of the joys of creating an indigenous garden is learning all the new plants and their wondrous interactions with birds, butterflies and other creatures. Another is observing nature’s perfection of design in how certain plants are specifically designed for certain creatures. How there is nothing for nothing, and how rewards are offered by plants to insects and birds to ensure pollination. How stationary plants have evolved to ensure their seeds are dispersed. The list goes on and on.
Indigenous gardens are not only for wildlife, they enhance your life as well. Think of being woken in the morning by the dawn chorus in your garden rather than the shrill ringing of the alarm clock. Rather hear the sound of water than the cacophony of modern life. Observe the birds that visit your garden and have butterflies resident in your garden rather than a fleeting glimpse as they pass through. Share the wonders of nature with your children by observing the life cycles of frogs, butterflies and other creatures.
Feel the peace of nature seep into your soul in your backyard and know that with all the environmental problems that face us, in your small way, you are doing your bit to right some of humanity’s wrongs.