{"id":161207,"date":"2020-05-06T00:53:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T22:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/renishaw-hills-landscaper-elsa-pooley-shares-her-lockdown-gardening\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T00:53:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T22:53:18","slug":"renishaw-hills-landscaper-elsa-pooley-shares-her-lockdown-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/renishaw-hills-landscaper-elsa-pooley-shares-her-lockdown-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Renishaw Hill\u2019s landscaper, Elsa Pooley, shares her lockdown gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renishaw Hill\u2019s landscaper, Elsa Pooley, shares her lockdown gardening<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\"\"The national lockdown and phasing in of economic activity will keep South Africans home-bound for a while yet, but this does provide homeowners with ample opportunity to spend some much-needed time in the garden. South African landscaper, Elsa Pooley – who assisted in creating, the Renishaw Hills\u2019 indigenous gardens – has shared some home gardening tips for those in lockdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so busy during my normal working life that I very seldom spend real time in my own garden,\u201d said Elsa. \u201cHow things have changed during the lockdown! I now take enormous pleasure in being able to enjoy the plants in my garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her advice to anyone looking to start landscaping without assistance is to find a small area of garden, and start piece by piece: \u201cWeed it, trim any old parts of the plants, large or small \u2013 this will give immediate satisfaction. Now, with summer ending, is as good a time as any to get going. Once this is done, move to the next spot. If the weeds seem to be out of control, measure off a metre at a time and, over the following weeks, you will see real progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that taking time out in the garden and its greenery is soothing during these uncertain times: \u201cI find I am taking great pleasure in observing which plants are coming into bud \u2013 with the colour still to come \u2013 and planning where I will move plants around when I have help with digging in the future. I am also realising that neglect can be benign. Sometimes leaving the plants in your garden to grow and spread can lead to unexpectedly lovely combinations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsa suggests keeping a \u2018garden diary\u2019 to keep track of which plants are in flower this week, either in a notebook, on a phone or computer, with images to remind oneself \u2013 even if the plant names are unknown at this stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you noticed how many orange flowering plants are in bloom at the moment? All this will change from the end of May when we head into the winter succulent flowering season. For me, autumn is very special \u2013 great flowers and butterflies, and, especially for the fact that it\u2019s Plectranthus season!\u201d<\/p>\n

Phil Barker, Managing Director of Renishaw Property Developments, developers of Renishaw Hills, said taking refuge in the garden is a good way to rejuvenate mind and body.<\/p>\n

\u201cElsa Pooley\u2019s work at Renishaw Hills has provided our residents with some of the most magnificent indigenous gardens which are providing much-needed inspiration right now,\u201d said Barker. \u201cHopefully her advice will go some way in igniting a passion for horticulture and reconnection with nature at a time when most people are restricted to their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about the mature lifestyle village, contact Renishaw Hills on info@renishawhills.co.za or visit www.renishawhills.co.za<\/p>\n

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