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INDIGENOUS PLANT PALETTES
An indispensable guide
for South African gardeners
PUB DATE July 2022 by Marijke Honig
PRICE R550
ISBN 978-1-928429-49-4 All the information you need to plan
FORMAT 230mm x 285mm and plant a garden entirely suited
soft cover to your climate and situation
EXTENT 320pp
ILLUSTRATIONS, 170
• Plant selection step by step
• Planting design and care
MARIJKE HONIG studied Botany at the University of Cape
Town, worked at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in
Cape Town, and has been designing and planting indigenous
• 24 different palettes for specific
landscapes since 2000. She has a profound love for South purposes and situations
Africa’s flora, its colours, textures and scents, as well as its
exceptional diversity. screening security sun shade coastal
retaining walls rooftops vertical gardens
Marijke combines her knowledge of plants and local plant
ecology with a love for design, creating natural-styled ponds wetlands fragrance food wildlife
biodiverse landscapes. She thinks and designs with what she
calls ‘plant palettes’ – groups of plants that serve a specific
• A directory with descriptions
purpose, such as screening, or that work for a particular
habitat. of over 440 plants
Career highlights include the Biodiversity Showcase Garden trees shrubs climbers perennials bulbs
in Green Point Urban Park, Cape Town, which features fynbos grasses groundcovers water plants
educational displays and some of the extraordinary biodiversity
found in the Cape; landscaping the High Constantia Estate,
where diverse habitats support an abundance of wildlife; and
an American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 2010 Imagine if all the walls and fences in
award-winning residential garden. our suburbs were natural barrier
plantings teeming with wildlife?
She enjoys sharing her knowledge in talks and articles,
exploring themes such as resilience, and regenerative
A nature reserve right on our doorstep!
practices in landscaping. – Marijke Honig