Fine Touch Landscapes

22/11/2020

The health and environmental issues associated with pollution caused by agro-chemical farming in South Africa are disregarded by regulatory authorities.Pesticide exposure leads to acute poisoning, birth defects, endocrine disruption and cancer in human communities.The framework regulating pesticide....

05/09/2019

Posted by Nigel Dunnett on Instagram. Here's what he wrote: "Possibly the longest habitat wall anywhere, in the Castle Gardens public park, Malmø, Sweden. Made with precision, neatness, and attention to detail, in a black painted timber frame. Just the sort of ‘Artful Ecology’ or ‘Smart Ecology’ approach to encourage these habitat features to be used up-front and in prime positions, as well as hidden away in the wild areas."

Image & quote via https://www.instagram.com/p/B19TENEgtUg/

30/06/2019

Land restoration could attract large private investments in the fight against climate change over the coming decades, if Governments and the United Nations put the right incentives and conditions in place. When the goats on his farm had nothing more to eat, because the soil was eroded and most of th...

23/05/2019

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15/05/2019

https://medicinegarden.co.za/about/plants-bees-south-africa/

Download the large JPG or the PDF file. The Plants for Bees – South Africa Info-graphic is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.The Information in this work is a compilation from a large number of public resources and by no means an exhaustive list. Please report...

14/05/2019

Busy bees have to sleep, too! Native bees sleep 5 to 8 hours a day, often in flowers holding each other's legs so they don't fall out! This pair of bees is napping in a Globe Mellow flower. Credit:

Learn more about native bees, nature's best pollinators: Almanac.com/content/native-bees-best-pollinators-your-garden