Permaculture Gardening

With our food forest garden we are creating a show case to prove that it is possible to grow healthy food in South Africa at an Accommodation and to take foodsecurity into one's own hands.

Browse our plant list of edible species below and try growing them too or come and experience their fresh taste on your next Plett holiday.

Complete Plant List

How to grow your own food

Aloe

January 13, 2022Axel Will

We got Aloe from another Owner and transplanted them into our garden. What time of year does Aloe Vera flower? Flowering of Aloe occurs between May and August in...

Carrots

January 13, 2022Axel Will

How to get large Carrots - Plant carrots in soft soil and keep them moist How to not grow carrots - Don´t grow carrots in natural soil that gets hard...

Parsley

January 11, 2022Axel Will

Growing Parsley in South Africa. parsley is a biennial plant which means it only grows once in two years. The first year, the leaves form and after that there are...

Tumeric

January 11, 2022Axel Will

• Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant which is part of the ginger family• It grows best in light or partial shade and needs fertile, well-drained soil• Plant the...

Lemon Verbena

January 11, 2022Axel Will

Lemon Verbena growing in Plettenberg Bay one of our alltime favourite herbs!

Sweet Thai Basil

January 11, 2022Axel Will

Sweet Thai Basil flowering