Tag Archives: DCHS

Remembrance Day and Delville Wood

Posted on November 11, 2017 by colonialist

I have been very involved with the annual prize-giving for the Garden of the Year Competition run by Durban and Coast Horticultural Society, and today delivered my speech in my capacity as President and handed out the cups. As in … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Living is More Than Keeping Breathing!

Posted on September 18, 2017 by colonialist

This past weekend, from Thursday through Sunday, in my capacity as current President of the venerable Durban and Coast Horticultural Society (Est 1903!), I was much occupied with our stand at Durban’s annual Sustainable Living Exhibition. A painful back meant I … Continue reading →

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Spied on, Identification Parade, Point of Interest, and Chick Lit to get Fired up after.

Posted on January 30, 2017 by colonialist

Last night I got spied on by this Cream-striped Owl Moth Cyligramma latona. They are quite shy, so I was pleasantly surprised that it stuck around for long enough for me to go indoors for my camera. One second after I … Continue reading →

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Making Exhibitions of Ourselves.

Posted on August 20, 2016 by colonialist

For the second of three days running, we described some of the principles of design as shown in our model, we answered questions on matters horticultural — and some that had no connection with that subject — and we invited … Continue reading →

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Rare Medium, Well Done

Posted on August 19, 2016 by colonialist

The Weekly Photo Challenge theme of Rare has provided the perfect opportunity for me to post pictures I would, in any case, have featured today: This garden-on-a-table is an exhibit at the Durban and Coast Horticultural Society, to illustrate the importance of design, … Continue reading →

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More Pictures at an Exhibition, and Including Mussorgsky/Ravel

Posted on August 18, 2015 by colonialist

And now, a few shots to show some of the demonstrations given by the talented members of DCHS which contributed towards receiving the ‘Best in Category’ Certificate: © Colonialist August 2015 (WordPress)

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