NEWS
Kids’ play at Garden World Festival
A
part from the recre-
ation of the Sanbi
Kirstenbosh Chelsea
exhibit at Garden
World's Spring Festival each
year, and the professionally-
designed show gardens, there
are also a number of gardens
designed by schools and
youth organisations through-
out Gauteng.
Aimed at encouraging young
people to develop their green
fingers, these are often
delightfully whimsical, while
also being of a very high
standard.
Thus, while a visit to the
Festival show gardens can be
an inspiration to the jaded
adult gardener looking for
fresh ideas for his or her
outdoor areas, one's children
can also be inspired and given
ideas as to what they can
grow and do in the little
patches allocated to them at
home or school, hopefully
with a view of
nurturing their
interest into a
lifelong passion
for plants,
flowers and the
beauty of
Pupils from The King’s School get down and dirty
nature.
preparing their school exhibit for the Garden World
Garden World's Spring Festival opening later this month
Festival opens
World complex, dates, times
on 28 July and runs through
and details of which are all
till 3 September. It includes a published in the Diary section
number of events planned for of this magazine.
various venues in the Garden
Moreover, Garden World is
organising a competition for
readers, the lucky winner of
which will receive a hamper
of seeds and bulbs especially
put together with the needs of
smallholders in mind,
including a packet of veld
grass reclamation seed to
enable one to rehabilitate a
paddock or field with good
quality grazing for one's
livestock.
Find the competition
elsewhere in this edition,
answer a simple question and
stand in line to win.
For more information:
Garden World, tel 011 957-
2046/7
AIR QUALITY
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affected and that there is not
much we can do to affect the
bigger picture, but it requires a
mind-set that acknowledges
that we can all do our bit every
day to live more environmen-
tally consciously.
One of the biggest sources of
air pollution is vehicles. But we
live outside town, and we have
to go further to work, to school
and to shop. With more
planning and combining our
errands, we can take fewer
trips, as well as using the most
fuel efficient route. We can
adopt more careful driving
habits to reduce our car's
emissions, such as accelerating
gradually, using cruise control
on the highway and obeying
the speed limit. Keeping the car
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