Much excitement – first when we realised that the owl house that the Benkenstein boys built last December had occupants and this week the Fluff-Ball made his/her appearance:
Tag: gardens in George
Fairview Garden
At Fairview the food is home-made and often home-grown, sourced from our own garden and we keep our own chickens for the freshest of eggs. In recognition of our responsibility to the environment we also use ‘green’ products for housekeeping, laundry and cleaning. Desmond has a ‘wormery’ and three compost heaps. And Juno does her best to keep us in supply of dog poo to throw down the mole holes as a way of trying to convince them to move to the neighbors for less smelly passageways.
Our garden is definitely our biggest attraction and we can set up visits to other local private gardens.
April and start of a change of season in the Fairview garden (by Desmond)
Apart from the last ten days of sudden summer weather we are really aware of a change of season in George. We quite enjoy the early morning and evening chill in the air.
Both Philda and I make a point of driving down Third Street to enjoy the Autumn show of browning leaves presented us by the lane of Liquid Amber trees.
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Van Kervel School metal work learners
We are situated opposite Van Kervel School- a double medium school that caters for learners with special educational needs, but also offer normal academic subjects. To quote their school website:
‘These learners benefit more from concrete learning programs where they learn by doing. In most cases they will eventually find employment in practically orientated professions; therefore more emphasis is placed on the skills or vocational learning programs in our school where learners can acquire skills such as panel beating, spray painting, motor vehicle repairing, woodworking, welding, building and maintenance, hospitality studies, educare, office administration and hairdressing. ‘
Our beautiful screens and arches that transform our rose garden into the spectacular, bears testimony to Mr. Myburgh and his metal work learners. Because we are situated close to the school, Mr. Myburgh could walk across with his pupils and they could take ownership of the project – from taking the initial measurements to the final product.
We are as proud as they are of their craftsmanship.