Events

GROW FOOD NATURALLY: A course on how to grow food naturally presented by Pat Featherstone. Today and tomorrow, 8am-3.30pm daily. Cost: R750. Stables Lane, off Brounger Way, Constantia. Contact Soil for Life on 021 794 4982 or e-mail info@soilforlife.co.za or visit www.soilforlife.co.za GUIDED GARDEN WALK: Join Heidi Timm for a stroll through Kirstenbosch’s upper garden. Today and July 27, 10am-noon. Kirstenbosch. Walks free, but garden fees apply. Booking essential on 021 799 8783. COLOUR: A talk on colour for your winter garden. Wednesday, 10am. Morne’s Super Plants, 150m north of Tokai and Main roads, Tokai. Contact 021 715 4666. GARDEN TALKS: Roomtogrow presents garden talks to celebrate the Kirstenbosch Centenary. 10.3011.30am. Sanlam Hall (Gate 2), Kirstenbosch. Talks free, but garden fees apply. No booking. Contact Cathy on 021 465 6440 or 072 201 2535. Wednesday – Wildflowers of Southern Africa, by Dr John Manning. July 31 – Propagation of Indigenous Plants, by Trevor Adams. ASTRONOMY: A talk by Jasper Horrel on the MeerKAT and SKA project to the Cape Natural History Club. Friday, 8pm. R20. The Athenaeum, Newlands. Contact Eleanor on 021 762 1779. VEGETABLE GARDENING COURSE: Attend a gardening course. July 20 and 21, 11am to 3pm. R580. Booking essential. Ferndale Nursery, Brommersvlei Rd, Constantia. Contact 082 365 0050 or visit www.soughtafterseedlings.co.za ROSE PRUNING: Join a free rosepruning demonstration with Ludwig Taschner. July 20 and 21, 10.30am. Ludwig’s Roses Winelands, R304 offramp on N1, Klein Joostenberg, Muldersvlei. No booking needed. Contact 021 884 4552 or visit www.ludwigsroses.co.za DISTRICT SIX: A guided tour of District Six with the Cape Natural History Club. July 21, 9.30am-noon. Booking