You are not only limited to attracting butterflies and birds to your garden.  You can also creating an inviting habitat for our indigenous old world monkey, the Lesser Bushbaby (Galago moholi).

The presence of these cute, furry and saucer-eyed nocturnal mammals will only enhance the quality of your outdoor living area.

The first thing to consider when planning on inviting bushbabies to your garden is your pets.  If you have dogs or cats, it might not be such a good idea, as you might be luring the bushbabies to a certain death.

Seeing as these little nocturnal pro-simians are indigenous, you will need to plant indigenous plants in your garden to create the perfect environment for them.  Take into consideration what they need in terms of food, water, nesting and safety.  I suggest you conduct intensive research on these tiny furry creatures to be able to ascertain what their needs will be.

Firstly, bushbabies are arboreal, which means they spend most of their time in trees.  Therefore you will have to plant some large trees in your garden.  They are omnivorous and eat tree gum – from acacia trees – flowers, fruits and insects, such as moths, beetles, butterflies, grasshoppers and even small reptiles, such as lizards.   They are not dependant on water, but it would be a wise idea to provide a safe watering spot for them in your garden.

You can entice them to stay and breed in your garden, by providing a nesting log or box for them.  In nature, they will nest in the hollow of a tree.  Bushbabies normally give birth to one or two offspring and sometimes even up to three babies.

Finally, please keep in mind that these animals are wild and you should not try to keep them as pets.  Be satisfied with providing a habitat for them in your garden, where they can exist in peace and are free to roam as they want.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping can design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner and can provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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Attracting butterflies to your garden is as easy as planting indigenous, flowering plants in your garden. The first step you will need to take in creating a butterfly friendly garden is to conduct research on the endemic species of butterflies in your region. From there you will be able to determine which plants you will have to incorporate into your garden design, which will provide food and shelter for the butterflies that you wish to attract.

Some common plants that are inviting to butterflies include wild irises (dietes grandiflora and dietes bicolour), Blue Freylinia (freylinia tropica), Honeybells (freylinia lanceolata), Cape Honeysuckle (tecomaria capensis) and Cape leadwort (plumbago auriculata). Adult butterflies feed on nectar and their larvae – caterpillars – feed on the leaves of larval host plants.

Butterflies are attracted to colour, so make sure that you plant flowering plants, which are on your endemic butterflies’ menu. Your lay-out should be carefully thought through, as these dainty and pretty insects love sunny areas. Therefore, you will have to plant your butterfly-attracting plants in sunny areas. Naturally, you will have to research the needs of the plants, to ensure they will thrive in the sun. Butterflies also need water, so it would be a good idea to create an area for them to drink from.

Finally, it is important to avoid pesticides as much as possible, as this will harm not only the butterflies, but also their offspring – caterpillars. Not only will attracting butterflies to your garden add life and beauty to your garden, but you will also be contributing to conservation, as you will be restoring the balance of the ecology in your garden. And, sadly most of our indigenous butterflies are endangered. Butterflies are essential role players in pollination.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping can design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner and can provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature. We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service. We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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You can create dimensionality by incorporating varying levels into your garden design.  You can either utilize extreme levels or subtle levels.  It depends on your personal taste and the area where you would like to create your garden.

Terraces and raised flower beds are both options to be used in creating different levels in your garden.  You can also plant a selection of plants together, which vary in species, density and height.  Decorative boulders, water features, Koi ponds, and wooden decking are also often employed to add different levels in your garden.

The possibilities are truly endless!  Our landscaping gurus will astound you with their inspired ideas.

Should you wish to have your very own Kingfisher garden, you can contact our office on (012) 460 7990 or send us an e-mail to edrich@badecbros.com and we will send one of our highly experienced and innovative landscaping designers out to create a unique garden design, tailored to your specific needs.  You will also be provided with a free, no-obligation quotation.

Our team of dedicated professionals has been designing and implementing exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner for the past 12 years.  We can also provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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One can add depth and appeal to garden design, by using an extensive palette of colours. This can be applied to all of the materials incorporated in creating a unique garden.

The first range of materials would be plants. You are not restricted to flowering plants in bringing colour into your garden. Many plants have varied foliage colours. Just look around you when you are outdoors. Try to count how many shades of green you can count, by merely looking at the leaves on the plants around you. Decorative grasses, such as mondo grass (ophiopogon japonicus), dwarf mondo grass (ophiopogon japonicus kyoto), and jaburan grass (ophiopogon jaburan vittatus) have beautiful green leaves. Black mondo grass (ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens) is a dark purple-black colour and acorus gold grass shimmers like old gold. Agaves are grey-green in colour, while euphorbias are a darker green and four fingers range in colour from pale green to bright orange. Fire chief phormiums are a beautiful rusty red in colour and the leaves on a star jasmine are dark green.

Flowering plants add seasonal colour, such as the bright yellow or deep orange flowers on the day lily. Gorgeously dainty pink flowers adorn the gaura – butterfly plant – and who can resist the blood red of a rose?

You can also use pebbles, rocks, stepping stones, pots, sculptures and benches to add colour to your garden. The possibilities are truly endless! Our landscaping gurus will astound you with their inspired ideas.

Should you wish to have your very own Kingfisher garden, you can contact our office on (012) 460 7990 or send us an e-mail to edrich@badecbros.com and we will send one of our highly experienced and innovative landscaping designers out to create a unique garden design, tailored to your specific needs. You will also be provided with a free, no-obligation quotation. Our team of dedicated professionals has been designing and implementing exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner for the past 12 years.

We can also provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature. We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service. We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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Appropriate drainage in a garden is of utmost importance; otherwise you will end up with muddy areas in your garden, rotting plants or even worse, damaged house and wall foundations.

Soil types, such as clay soil, will certainly cause drainage problems in your garden, as it tends to retain water.  A shallow water table on your property will also create drainage problems.  You can check for poor drainage on your property by looking out for wet patches or puddles of water on the ground.  

The first technique you can use to improve the drainage in your garden, entails removing the first 15cm of topsoil and replacing it with more soluble soil.

Another technique which can be used – and which is not as intensive – is to create different levels in your garden area.  You can either arrange a slightly sloped ground level in your garden, or you can shape your garden areas in such a way, as to create channels to carry the excess water away.

A third technique involves installing a French drain.  This entails creating a type of underground sieve, by digging a trench and filling it with loose debris, like excess building materials or pebbles.  This sieve should be covered by a strong steel grid and a layer of top soil of about 15cm thick.  The ideal place to create this sieve would be at the lowest part of the garden, where most of the water gathers.

You can also utilize a poorly drained area by having your landscaper design and create a large pond. 

Should you wish to have your very own Kingfisher garden, you can contact our office on (012) 460 7990 or send us an e-mail to edrich@badecbros.com and we will send one of our highly experienced and innovative landscaping designers out to create a unique garden design, tailored to your specific needs.  You will also be provided with a free, no-obligation quotation.

Our team of dedicated professionals has been designing and implementing exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner for the past 12 years.  We can also provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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A sloping garden area has the potential of causing a lot of logistical garden lay-out headaches for a home owner. Fortunately our professional team of landscaping experts is at hand to offer years of experience and superb assistance.

Should you find yourself with a sloping garden area, you can contact our office on (012) 460 7990 or send us an e-mail to edrich@badecbros.com and we will send one of our highly experienced and innovative landscaping designers out to create a unique garden design, tailored to your specific needs. You will also be provided with a free, no-obligation quotation.

Our team of dedicated professionals has been designing and implementing exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner for the past 12 years. We can also provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature. We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service. We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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What do birds require to not only survive, but thrive?  Once you have determined that, you can start by providing for these needs and attracting birds to your garden.

Just like us, birds need food, water and shelter.

Different birds require different types of food, such as seeds, fruit or insects and also have various needs for shelter, depending on their habitat preferences.

You can start by setting up a bird feeding tray in your garden.  Make sure that you can view this bird restaurant from your favourite spot in the house or garden.  Ensure that the birds will be safe from your dogs or cats, while they are occupied with feeding.

Secondly, you can install a bird bath, which will both provide water to drink and to bath in.  It would be best to place the bird bath close to the feeding tray.

Finally, you can attract birds by planting indigenous plants in your garden.  Some birds, such as weavers, hadedas, and barbets love large trees.  Robin chats and thrushes love dense bushes.  And mousebirds, touracos (louries) and barbets love fruit-bearing trees.

Guarantee your feathered visitors’ safety, by keeping an eye on your cats and dogs.  If you can not train them to leave your guests alone, put the feeder and bird bath in a part of the garden where your pets can not reach.  It is also a good idea to put the feeder and bird bath in an area where the birds will have a good vantage point.  This will afford them with a chance to flee if Felix or Fido is on the prowl!

You should also make sure that you do not use any pest control that will be harmful to birds.  Stick to non-toxic and organic methods of pest control.  It is a much healthier option for your plants too!

Once you have followed all of these steps, you can sit back and await your first plumed friends.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner and can provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

Many people may wonder what exactly a landscape company is and what it does. It does a combination of things. It designs, it constructs, it maintains and it advises. A good landscape company provides a one-stop shop for all areas of landscaping, including design, maintenance, construction, irrigation, stone walls, outdoor rooms, water features and lighting for residential and commercial clients. As each of our clients has different needs, all of our designs and concepts are customized to satisfy each customer in a unique way. Our designers work closely with each of our clients to maximize the use of space and to augment the natural beauty of their outdoor living environment, while at the same time taking into account their lifestyle needs. Our design plan will ensure that you will have a thorough understanding of the project before and during construction.

Construction requires a landscape company with the knowledge, expertise, skilled labour and specialized equipment to efficiently complete a garden project on time and to guarantee its structure and the integrity of its design. We provide a comprehensive and garden maintenance service, and our staff of skilled artisans collectively represent decades of experience in their trades. The maintenance service of a good landscape company includes:

• A weekly or complete maintenance service
• lawn maintenance and turf care
• tree and shrub care, selective pruning
• annual flowers and bulb planting
• seasonal floral displays in containers
• spring and autumn clean-ups

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The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

There are a number of principles that form the basis of good garden design and that result in gardens that meet the needs of their owners. Consideration has to be given not only to the layout of the hard landscape, that is paths, water features, walls, paving and decking, but also to the plants themselves. There is also the actual need or desire of the owner to be taken care of as well as seasonal restrictions. Garden design must also take into account maintenance and irrigation requirements and the amount of funds available for both construction and upkeep of the project.

If there are to be limitations in the budget, then garden design will probably come up with either a simpler garden with fewer plants and cheaper hard features, or with a garden that is created part by part as the owners can afford it. Garden design may be carried out by the garden owners themselves, or alternatively by professionals with diverse levels of experience and expertise.

Most professional landscapers are trained in the principles of design and also in horticulture, and they usually have an expert knowledge and experience of using plants in different situations. Occasionally the design of your garden is going to depend on features that cannot be moved, such as large boulders. This type of feature is actually useful in providing a focal point around which the rest of the garden can be planned. Planning the outside area yourself can be immense fun. and the finished product can give you enormous satisfaction.

The landscaping experts at Kingfisher Landscaping design and implement exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service.  We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.