SA’s favourite gardener, Tanya Visser, is back on The Home Channel this summer with another season of her wildly popular show, The Gardener.
Each week, Tanya features a fabulous and creative garden and gardening element and then shows viewers how to practically and easily get the look in your own garden.
From bonsais, seedlings, planting open spaces to finding the perfect flower for that shady spot,Tanya has the know-how to get it right.
She also finds creative ways to use cement in the garden with great DIY projects that will inspire viewers to build their own outdoor haven in their backyard.
The Gardener Projects
- Episode 1
Tanya is at the Sunday Tribune Garden show in Pietermaritzburg; – South Africa’s own Chelsea show, where some of the best gardens in country are on display…
PPC DIY PROJECT – Fibreglass pond water featire
- Episode 2
Tanya is the Southern Drakensberg, visiting one of the open gardens in Underberg. Judy’s garden is an explosion of colour, full of roses and other perennials…
PPC DIY PROJECT – Concrete water feature
- Episode 3
If you are into indigenous gardens then you will really love this garden. Tanya visits an indigenous garden, with wide expansive spaces and interesting garden rooms…
PPC DIY PROJECT – Organically inspired garden ornament
- Episode 4
This week on the Gardener: Tanya explores one of the feature gardens at this year’sSundayTribuneGardenand Leisure show 2011. This vibrant and colorful garden was designed by Landscaper Dave Moore for the Royal Agricultural Society.
PPC DIY PROJECT – Concrete table and chair set - Episode 5
Tanya is in the Southern Drakensberg in a quiet town of Himville where she visits one of the beautiful gardens in the area. Tanya chats to Greg Thompson from Blok designs about the design of the garden…
PPC DIY PROJECT - Transforming a wooden deck into a beautiful garden room with concrete table and chairs - Episode 6
Set in this stately coastal home, is the magnificent garden with beautiful level that accentuate the architecture of the property...
PPC DIY PROJECT – Raised garden beds - Episode 7
Tanya visits Ericsberg farm where an informal garden is sprawled around this historic farm. From an expansive herb garden to a romantic woodland walk to a charming rose garden – this garden is a real treasure.
PPC DIY PROJECT – A river boulder pathway using a slurry mix - Episode 8
At the 2011 Sunday Tribune Garden and Leisure Show, Garden enthusiasts were treated to splendour of gardens and everything green. This week Tanya explores one of the feature gardens at the show, a Kiddies garden.
PPC DIY PROJECT – Concrete mushroom for a Kiddies garden
- Episode 9 & 10
Tanya visits a spectacular garden in the southern Drakensberg that is full of delightful roses, colourful blossoms and expansive lawns. She also chats to the owner, Anita Turton about her passion for gardening and her inspiration in creating such a classy and stylish garden.
PPC DIY PROJECT – Concrete pavers part 1
PPC DIY PROJECT – Concrete pavers part 2 - Episode 11
Tanya chats to designer of the Sunday Tribune garden, Gordon Stuart from McDonald Stuart Landscaping Co about this spectacular creation. In the DIY slot the team makes a hanging curtain using concrete moulds
DIY – Concrete Curtains -
Episode 12
Tanya visits Debbie Mingay at her garden located on a farm near Bulwer where she discovers the hidden treasure of the Southern Drakensberg. In the DIY slot the team creates a screening area to hide a gas bottle in the garden
DIY – Concrete Creating an enclosure -
Episode 13
Tanya explores 2 of the most modern and contemporary feature gardens at the 2011 Sunday Tribune Garden and Leisure show. It’s the Gardener’s very own feature garden as well as an easily maintainable garden by Lelo Landscapes. In the DIY slot -the team builds a simple fire pit for all those braais in the garden
DIY – A Fire Pit
