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Hello SANA members!

 


Happy Valentine's Month


Happy Valentine's Month to all of our lovestruck members! May you all have a wonderful, love-filled month.

Read below to see our ideas on how you can spoil your loved one!

Water Wise Watch: February


In association with Rand Water and the Water Wise campaign, we'll be bringing you the most up-to-date tips and info regarding South Africa's water situation. Click the link below to read February's article:

Water Wise Watch: February

February in the Garden

Let your love bloom in this Valentine’s month when you fill your garden (and heart) with stunning flowering plants in the most passionate colours, available at your favourite nursery.

Read more here

Bold Clowning Around


We all have high expectations of the plants we give a home to and while some results may vary, salvias very rarely disappoint.

And, if you’ve never heard of Mimulus before, it’s a great time to become acquainted with this gorgeous little bloom. Mimulus, translated from Latin, means “mime” which refers to the funny clown-face the fat petals of the flower make when viewed head on. 



Read more here...

Creepy Crawly Caterpillar Seed Planter!


A project for even the smallest of hands - this caterpillar seed planter requires minimal effort or expertise and is sure to create lots of fun in the garden.

Place your friendly-looking caterpillar somewhere in the garden or on the verandah and watch as the seeds start to sprout through, creating a ‘hairy’ effect. Make sure to water your furry little friend every couple of days so he can grow beautifully.


Click here to see how to make one!


Strawberry Fields


For this Valentine’s Day we decided to leave the traditional red roses for another day and create a bouquet of strawberries dipped in chocolate - and it's super easy to make.


Recipe here


Indoor Plant of the Month: The "Love palm"

February is the month of ‘LOVE’. With Valentine’s Day dominating the agenda, stores are filled with red roses, chocolates, red hot chillies and other novelty items. In amongst all of these you are likely to find ‘The Love palm’.

Unlike the typical Valentine’s Day colour options, Love palms will survive and last for several years! 

Find out how to take care of your 'Love palm' here!

Planting for Bees Poster

We've designed a brand new poster for "Planting for Bees" and this is available for download on the Life is a Garden trade page, by clicking on the following link:

Planting for Bees - Rand Water

We have also uploaded the same poster without the Rand Water system, for those members who do not use the system. This link is below:

Planting for Bees - Without Rand Water

Plant of the Month A5 POS


The plant of the month A5 Point of Sale materials for February are available for download from the Life is a Garden trade page, which is accessed via the SANA website. Simply click the link below to get to the "Point of Sale" section on the trade page and click on the POS of the particular plant you'd like to download. Then scroll down to get to the download. Click the download and save to your drive to print later, or print immediately. Each month, we'll produce POS for that particular month's plants and add these to the trade page too, eventually building up a database of POS materials for a variety of plants.

You'll notice there's a white band along the bottom of each POS material, where you can add pricing.

The Flowering Favourite POS materials are also available for download from the POS section on the trade page.

Download the POS materials for your garden centre here
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