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Absa & Garden World's Annual Spring Festival: 'Nature's Champions' 30 July - 5 September 2010

The Spring Festival is a showcase for Gauteng's up and coming landscapers and this year's participants include Greg Tarr of Soul Space, Craig de Necker of the Friendly Plant, Paul Webber of Engender Gardens, and Rose Vermeulen and Bernadine Drath of Indigo Landscape Design. The aim is to show that gardening is still all about plants and how effectively plants can be used in groupings and combinations.

There will also be a designer herb and vegetable garden by Caro Sabbagha of Room to Grow. This is the second year that Caro is participating in the Spring Festival.

The Kirstenbosch-South Africa Chelsea Exhibit which this year won a silver medal is an annual highlight. The theme of this year's exhibit is "Havens of Diversity" and it displays several of the different vegetation types in our four main regions; the Cape Floral Kingdom, the sub-tropical forests, the succulents of the desert and Karoo and the aloes, grasses and bulbs of the savanna grassland areas.

There are more children's gardens than ever before with 10 schools taking part. The Spring Festival programme also features a number of events just for children such as Cup Cake Making on Saturday 14 August, and making your Spring "Mr Grass Head" & Pot Painting on Saturday August 21.

Music is on the programme with concerts by the National Eisteffod Academy (NEA) and the popular "In Tune with Nature' with maestro Richard Cock and Tanya Visser, sponsored by Mayford seeds on Saturday August 28. This is followed by the Grand Finale Concert on Sunday 5 September with Lianie May and Gerhard Steyn.

Other events will be a morning in the company of Margaret Roberts devoted to 'Delectable Healthy Food', table setting demonstrations by the Gauteng Flora Union, the 'Romance of Roses' by Ludwig Taschner, a workshop on how to mosaic a garden pot with Lizette Jonker, and a Miss Earth Tree Planting event to mark Arbor Week.

Entrance to the Designer Gardens & the Chelsea Exhibit is R20 per person, Senior Citizens R10 & children under 12 years Free. For more information on the festival contact Magriet / Corné on 011 957 2545 / 011 956 3003 or 083 997 6142.

Absa & Garden World's Annual Spring Festival: SMS Competition

Terms & Conditions

Enter this competition by doing one or more of the following:

• SMS the word SPRING to 36070
• Your entry ticket to view the DesignerGardens and the SA Kirstenbosch-Chelsea Exhibit is to be completed and placed in the box provided at Garden World
• Your entry ticket to a Reader Day event is to be completed and placed in the box provided at Garden World

There is no restriction as to how many entries any person may opt to do to enter the competition. All SMS entries are charged at R5.00, free minutes do not apply and errors will be billed. The bill payer's permission is required when using these services. This Competition is open to all South Africans who reside in South Africa, who are over the age of 18. The winner and his/her travel companion must be in possession of valid South African Passports that will not expire before July 2011 and also obtain the necessary UK visas and travel insurance themselves. The organiser reserves the right to ask for proof of this. The competition ends on Sunday 5 September 2010 at 17:30. The winner will be announced by Friday 17 September 2010. By entering this competition you give consent to the organizers to communicate with you. The winner will be notified by telephone. The winner if in Gauteng is to visit Garden World for the presentation of the prize, otherwise a photograph of the winner must be made available for publishing in the press. The organizers reserve the right to use these photographs for future promotions. The selection and awarding of the prize is at the discretion of the competition organizers and their say is final on all matters - the Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. No employee of Garden World and Club Travel or their families and advertising agencies may enter the competition. The prize cannot be exchanged for cash and is not transferable nor negotiable, and is to be taken up in May 2011 during the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show in London. Participation constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

Spring Concert with Gerhard Steyn and Lianie May: Sunday 5 September 2010

Garden World celebrates the arrival of Spring with a concert featuring Lianie May & Gerhard Steyn, Sunday 5 September 2010 at 13h00.