Creating a colourful, shady indigenous forest garden in your back yard may seem an impossible task.
Most people these days feel that their small outdoor spaces are unsuitable for creating a tree-rich shady haven.
At Random Harvest Indigenous Plant Nursery, Jeffrey Mapila and Fritos Ncube have transformed a very hot, small courtyard space into a unique indigenous shady garden with astounding attention to detail in their garden design.
Not only did they look at the key elements of a forest, but they created the garden with their nursery customers frequently asked questions about gardening in the shade, in mind. An added bonus for a tree-rich space, is that it helps to beat the Greenhouse Effect. To let the forest recycle itself by leaving leaf litter and dead wood to decompose on the forest floor, means that carbon will be stored instead of being released into the atmosphere.
Jeffrey's shade (forest) garden checklist:
List of Indigenous Plants Used In The Small Forest Shade Garden
Note: Many of the trees that were used in the display are a bit large or pose a threat to pipes and walls with agressive root systems in small spaces. We used available trees to make shade in the garden, not necessarily those ideal for a small shady garden. Below is a list of small indigenous trees that would be suitable to include, as well as shrubs and groundcovers and smaller plants.
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