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The South African mix

Published February 21, 2012 | By Thomas Wittenburg

The English heritage is widely spread in South African gardens. Traditional English plants like roses, petunias and begonias are very popular. However, what makes the South African gardens so interesting is the mixture of English tradition and native exotic plants.

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Brazilian gardening: Everywhere is room for a plant

Published February 16, 2012 | By Thomas Wittenburg

People in Brazil are passionate gardeners. Even those living in the very densely populated areas of the country do not want to live without a garden. However, sometimes the “garden” is no more than a container or a couple of flowerpots.

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Romance and bad weather in Norway

Published February 13, 2012 | By Thomas Wittenburg

The people in Norway like it romantic. Maybe this is their way of coping with the extreme weather conditions and the long period of darkness during the winter season.

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Purely native Down Under

Published February 9, 2012 | By Thomas Wittenburg

A garden needs water, of course. It even needs lots of water when temperatures rise to subtropical or tropical in summer. But what, if there is hardly any water for watering the garden plants? Gardeners in Australia know the answer.

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French gardens: Poetry in motion

Published February 6, 2012 | By Thomas Wittenburg

It’s Gallic! A garden is a garden, but in France it is not that simple. The country seems to be full of Gardens of Eden and thus gardening is a highly emotional thing to do in the land of wine, baguettes and camembert.

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