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021794 5175.GARDENS
21 – 23 SEPTEMBER
McGregor Magic Open
Garden Festival
Over 20 private gardens will be on display, plus there’ll
be workshops, expert talks, music and a garden market.
Entrance is R120 and includes access to all gardens.
Guided bird and medicinal plant walks cost extra. Visit
tourismmcgregor.co.za or call 023 625 1954. Tickets are
available at quicket.co.za
21 – 24 SEPTEMBER Magoebaskloof Spring Festival
Crab apples, azaleas and flowering cherry trees
create a glorious playground of blossom through
Magoebaskloof and Haenertsburg, Limpopo, where
there are three beautiful open gardens to enjoy.
Festivities include a craft fair and delicious food. E-mail
[email protected] or visit
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apply. 2. An SMS costs R1,50. Errors will be billed and free SMSes don’t apply.- Entries close 30 September 2019. 4. It is not mandatory to supply your e-mail
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WHAT’S ON
23 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBER Clanwilliam
Wildflower Show
Head to the Western Cape and celebrate the beauty of
endemic plants and flowers in the `Blomkerk’. Open
from 08h30 – 18h00, entrance is R50 for adults, and
scholars, R10. clanwilliamwildflowershow.co.za
7 – 8 SEPTEMBER East Rand Orchid Society Spring
Show and Sale
Held at Greenstone Shopping Centre, Edenvale, on
Saturday 09h00 – 17h00 and Sunday 09h00 – 15h00.
Entrance is free. For more details, call Andre van Wyk
on 011 453 6888 (o/h) or [email protected]
20 – 22 SEPTEMBER Darling Wildflower Show
Enjoy a carnival of wildflowers at the Landscaped Hall
depicting endemic flowers in their natural habitat,
then wander through the craft and gourmet food
markets. Open from 09h00 – 17h00 at the Darling Golf
Club in Jacaranda Street, tickets cost R70, pensioners
and children seven to 18, R50, and children under six
are free. Tickets are available at quicket.co.za.
Visit darlingwildflowers.co.zaWelcome
CREATURES
Craneflies or daddy longlegs are
short lived, gangly flying insects.
Harmless, they don’t sting or bite.
Their larvae, known as leatherjackets,
prefer moist environs and generally
feed on organic matter. Fortunately,
the species that damages lawns isn’t
found in South Africa.WILD AND WONDERFUL
Reader Carin Houliston was so intrigued by this creature in her
parents’ Ramsgate garden, she asked us if we could identify it.
Mike Picker, co-author of Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
R390, (Struik Nature) had this to say: “It’s a nymph of the
spiny flower mantid, a subtropical species. When disturbed,
the nymphs, which often look very different to the adult, can
expand a warning eyespot on the top of their abdomens.”
The updated edition of this field guide has vivid photographs
and features over 1 500 species and insect groups, ranging
from the most common to the most ecologically important,
interesting and attractive. penguinrandomhouse.co.za
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