SA Garden and Home

GARDEN&HOME For the house proud, and the garden savvy, Garden&Home magazine has been one of South Africa’s favourite decor and gardening brands for decades. The all-encompassing magazine will be your solution to every facet of the home, from stylish decor, inspirational houses and gardens, lifestyle trends, expert gardening tips, solutions for small spaces, buyer’s guides and useful (yes, actually useful!) DIY projects. From cover to cover, Garden&Home inspires creativity, delivers know-how and surprises with innovative ideas

Peeling back, piling on

HELLO, WINTER!

SA Garden and Home

Inspired Notes • Autumn breezed by, but not without impressing its colour and crisp coolness on us. We got down and dirty with some DIY too!

We're in the mood • Researching home and garden ideas is one of the fastest ways minutes turn into hours lost down the rabbit hole of colourful inspiration and clever design…

Layer Days • Add a variety of textures, colours and designs to your space to create a warm and inviting atmosphere as you prepare yourself for the colder months ahead

HISTORY OF TILES • The technologically advanced and sustainable porcelain and ceramic tiles you see in the aisles of Italtile's showrooms carry a little of the DNA of their tile ancestors, here's how it all started

Making Waves • Low-cost and versatile, corrugated metal roofing has a long history as a material of choice in SA - modern refinements are now allowing it to be used in new and energy-efficient ways

HOT TOPIC LAY IT ON

AT HOME AT THE BELMONT • A born creative, entrepreneur, wife and mom of two little girls, Tammy Holmes has dabbled in cheffing, marketing, magazines, PR, advertising, fashion, ceramics and finally… interior design!

A SPACE ODYSSEY • By combining respect for the charms of a heritage building with a firmly contemporary architectural approach, an award-winning renovation has brought this Cape Town home beautifully up to date

TALL ORDER • With a lot of dedication, planning and smart design decisions, this once dilapidated house in Cape Town's historic Bo-Kaap transformed into a sleek home with infinite views

WALL to WALL • Make things Pinteresting and add energy to a room through texture, rich colour and contrast. It's a budget-friendly project that requires no power tools to get this striking Pin-worthy interior look!

HOT TOPIC LAYER UP

Layer with Lilies • With careful timing, selection and staggered planting, you can enjoy layers of lily blooms in your garden throughout spring and summer

Change of SEASONS • There is a lot of movement in a garden as you go from one season to another. The landscape changes as you add more plants, trim others and pop in instant annual colour. What makes the framework of any design are the plants that have a place all year round such as evergreens, shrubs, trees and perennials. These stalwarts of the garden have a use for each season or are just tough and reliable

Glorious Grassland • ‘New style’ gardening trends are those that are looking to the future, re-establishing their roots in the past, all the while taking inspiration from nature. In this diversity of natural habitats, we find a small area that leaves you feeling that you really could be anywhere…

In The Garden May Garden To-Dos • Although maintenance is the number-one priority this month, there is still time for planting in some regions

Wall-to-Wall GREEN • Fill your home with layers upon layers of greenery with these versatile houseplants

Bulb Lasagana • Layering your spring-flowering bulbs will deliver endless surprises and maximum blooms this year

MAY 2023 LIFESTYLE

Easy Come, Easy Grow • Plant these edibles once and they'll deliver an abundant harvest year after...