Gardening

Living in an apartment doesn’t mean living without plants. Just because you live in a small space without a backyard or grassy lawn to mow...

In keeping with Easter tradition; celebrations and festivities are kept on hold during lent (the period of fasting and prayer) until after the Resurrection Sunday. Even funerals of the aged (regarded as a celebration of life) are delayed until after the Lenten period. Eastertide is very popular time of the calendar because it is always…

Living in an apartment doesn’t mean living without plants. Just because you live in a small space without a backyard or grassy lawn to mow, doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice your health and mental prosperity by shunning the idea of a garden.

As gardening seasons ends it’s important to maintain a beautiful; and healthy garden.

Growing up years Growing up in suburban Lagos, our home had two distinct gardens; the front and back gardens. While the front garden was purely ornamental filled with perennial and annual beds and exotic specimen plant such as the traveller’s palms,the backyard garden was mainly a vegetable garden, that boasted not only vegetables but had…

Bougainvillea are currently the most cultivated climbing decorative plants for their beautiful blooms. The bougainvillea brings lots of color to the garden.

The “ Naked lady plant”, “March lilies”, botanical name Amaryllis belladonna species (family Amaryllidaceae), is a plant species...

The “ Naked lady plant”, “March lilies”, botanical name Amaryllis belladonna species (family Amaryllidaceae), is a plant species native to the floral southern-western Cape Province of South Africa, but widely cultivated as an ornamental worldwide. Due to its extremely exquisite nature, this lovely plant species has found its way to many destinations and is reportedly…

One of the iconic plants of the tropics, the frangipani, is an easy flower to grow. This small tree also makes a suitable potted specimen. The sweetly scented flowers come in a rainbow of colors and accent the large green foliage.

If asked what is the secret to planting success, the secret is for planting success is the planting soil. Soil is the engine room for your garden.

Fresh flowers are beautiful, mostly fragrant that come in a variety of colors and sizes. When you receive a fresh bouquet of flowers as gifts they are beautiful and heavenly to behold. However to achieve maximum enjoyment and longevity from them you need to provide a little ‘’TLC’’ when the flowers arrive. Fortunately what is…

Roses are the flower of love, but they are not the only variety that is romantic. There is no celebration in the world sans flowers, so also Valentine’s Day flower, and they only speak the language of love.