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North Coast District News 2
50 years plus in a coastal garden 3
Coastal trees and the Podcast 4 and 5
The NCD Garden Shop 6 and 7
From the Kitchen Garden 9
Our Monthly Talks 10 and 11
Odds and Ends 12
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Volume 6 issue 1
January 2019
We celebrate KHS North
Coast District’s 50th year!
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The Kenya Horticultural Society was estab-
lished in 1923 for the purpose of stimulating
and increasing interest and knowledge of gar-
dens and plants in Kenya. The North Coast
District extends from Vipingo in the South to
Malindi in the North. Annual membership is
Ksh 1000 per person (Ksh 1300 per couple).
Corporate Membership is offered at Ksh 2000.
Members gardeners are accepted for limited
membership at a fee of Ksh 500 per annum. Of
course we welcome new members, so why not
see if you can introduce a new member to us
Chairman’s Notes
It’s time to celebrate. Think gold!
2019 marks the 50th anniver-sary of the North Coast District, which was formed under the umbrella of the Kenya Horticul-tural Society, where it has re-mained ever since. Happily we still have members of the dis-trict with us today who were members of the society fifty years ago, though some of the more notable members who served the district on its com-mittee as well as in the chair are sadly no longer with us.
In 2019, in The Shamba Times, we intend to rec-ognize this milestone in the best way we can, by looking back over fifty years at the district’s no-table achievements, by visiting its fifty year old
gardens, and by interviews with members who have been with the district since 1968, as well as by scour-ing old newspaper cuttings and raiding members’ photograph albums for memories of the last fifty years.
Our KHS North Coast District AGM in March will celebrate our 50th anniversary with a presentation on the history of the district and its highlights, to be followed by a very spe-cial celebration lunch.
This month, we climb coastal trees, we find art in a 50 year old garden, we delve into the original Gar-dening in East Africa gardeners’ manual, we munch on bean-sprouts from Vanessa’s kitchen garden, and the NCD Garden Shop pops up. We visit members’ gardens and, as usual, we report on NCD’s events and meetings of the last three months and share with you some Odds and Ends. There’s a diary of fu-ture events, and hopefully something for everybody in this edition of The Shamba Times. Enjoy!
The NCD is 50 this year!
Formed in 1969, when the Mtwapa and
Kilifi ferries were the only way to reach
our district by coast, and when Watamu
really wasn’t much of anything, when
smoking was in vogue, men’s hair was
lengthening rapidly, Benson and
Hedges and Dubonnet were common-
place, Driftwood was still … well Drift-
wood, and Malindi played host to up-
county farmers, and a smattering of
tourists, when piki-piks and tuk-tuks
were pretty much unheard of in our dis-
trict, and where the sun shone, the sea
shimmered, and there was enough rain
to garden with ease, the North Coast
District of KHS was born. 50 years ago.
Officers of The North Coast District
Chairman Mr Crispin Sharp
Vice Chairman Mr John Golds
Hon Sec Mrs Vanessa Aniere
Hon Treasurer Mr Rupert Partridge
Shop Mrs Elfried Hoogeweegen
North Coast District News
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Gardening at Ninety. By John Golds
The journey of my Bilgewater garden began more than 50 years ago when I became the proud owner of 10 acres of beachside bush in Watamu. First job was to clear the bush
and then to begin gardening i.e. creating a brand new garden as it was back then. But let me be frank, to use the word gardening in the sub-tile of this piece is hardly accurate. Sadly my gardening is now restricted to advising my senior gardener, Katana Baya and his assistant Naseeb on new projects and in particular the creation of additional garden ‘rooms’ which I find have become one of the great joys of having a garden.
Today, In my coastal garden in Watamu I have 5.5 acres with a wide variety of flowering plants and more than adequate water to keep the lawn green and the plants flowering and healthy. The garden enjoys a
wonderful view to the ocean, and Whale Rock. I sit across from my latest pond full of flowering water lilies or look across the swimming pool and other ponds, or towards my collection of de-sert roses all of which have been planted by my gardener who always ensures that his best plants are put directly in my line of sight. At ninety (in fact 91) I am firmly in the class I used to refer to as ‘verandah farmers’ who had never really trodden their land. Great harvests come from land dotted with the farmer’s foot-prints, and the same may be said about great gardens – but there’s comes an age, when one must sensibly allow the gardeners to do their work, and simply enjoy the fruits of their efforts.
I increasingly find it difficult to bend down to pull up those weeds, stretch up to remove that unhealthy looking branch or even to dead-head the flowers or those colourful but nibbled bromeliad leaves, which if removed at an early stage can speed up the generat ion of new blooms. Instead I spend a lot of time in the garden choosing a ‘room’ of my choice by the hour or morning and thus remain a happy and contented gardener at ninety. My gardener comes to me with a photo on his mobile of a particularly fine flower or plant somehow not growing near one of my sitting areas. or indeed for a chat and to bring up the subject of a new project he wishes to start. Our current plan, the source of some disagreement between us, is to create a Mediterra-
nean rock garden full of small flowering succulents and similar plants at the entrance to the house. My gardener likes the idea, says the sunlight is just right and we can create a nice slope and have plenty of rocks to generate the correct layout but that the new garden iwill reduce the park-ing area available for cars when the garden is open to the KHS. Despite my advancing years, my garden remains always available to any KHS enthusiast seeking advice, though usually these days from my gardener, not me, and I suspect the days of too many cars for the park-ing area are over. Today my garden is for me to enjoy, to please me and to feed my soul, and that is good enough for this ninety one year old gar-dener, and I would think for all other gardeners of the same age.
Fifty years in a coastal garden
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One recent evening whilst sitting in the garden of David and Anne Taylor enjoying a sun-downer, my eye was drawn to the profusion of bright green fruit hanging in clusters on a low- branching tree thick with a covering of shiny, dark green leaves. What species of tree was this, I won-dered? “Ah!” says David “that is our Takamaka tree”...and thereby, hangs a tale.
Coming to them in the guise of a rubber plant or ficus elastica, the tree happily settled in its new home some five years ago. After a couple of years, it began to produce fruit so clearly not a rubber plant. A botanist friend identified it as Calophyllum inophyllum with a number of different common names including Tamanu Oil and, perhaps more local, Taka-maka. Considered native to Africa in Kenya, as well as Comoros, Mada-gascar; Mauritius; Seychelles; and Tanzania including Pemba Island, it has a widespread distribution: when the fruits drop from the tree, they float on the seas to other coastal areas in the tropics where they sprout and take root favouring, unusually, the salty, sandy soil.
What was also interesting to learn was that oil can be pro-duced from the oil-free nut con-
tained within the fruit! Described as a ‘botanical oddity’ for, when the ripe, now yellowish-brown, wrinkled fruit is cracked open, the blond nut kernel inside contains no apparent oil. But when the kernel dries on a rack for a month or so, it turns a deep, chocolate brown and be-comes sticky with a rich oil. Using a screw press, the oil is squeezed from the dark kernels. It is a rich, dark green and luxurious oil, possessing significant anti-microbial, antibacterial and anti-fungal qualities, too. Good for beauty purposes and for medical ones as well. Moreover, the oil has the unique capacity to promote the formation of new tissue, thereby accelerating wound healing and the growth of healthy skin, a process known as cicatrisation.
Determined to extract some oil from the fruit of his own Takamaka tree, then after drying the ker-nels David set about the process with a borrowed simple, hand press previously used for produc-ing essential oils. Whilst not entirely successful - there was too much mass with the press clog-ging up and little oil excreted, that which was produced was tested out on a friend, whose skin complaint was completely remedied! Now keen to perfect the art, David is on the hunt for a suit-able press. So, before long, we may all be able to benefit from the oil of the Taylor’s Takamaka tree.
Additional Source: Oil of Tamanu (Calophyllum inophyllum), article by Chris Kilham, The Medi-cine Hunter, 2011.
The Taylor’s Takamaka
Tree
By Wendy Taylor
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Podcast
How well do you know your coastal trees?
Can you name the trees to which our cast of pods, pictured below, belong? There are
nine pods shown below, but how aware are we as to which trees these pods belong?
You will find the complete answers at the bottom right of Page 13 of this edition.
A word about pods
A pod is a case that holds a plant’s seeds. Many of the trees or plants that feature seed pods belong to the Legume family. A fruit of this family is characterised by the case having seeds attached to one side and splitting along both sides when ripe and bursting open to liberate the seeds - a process known as dehiscing and hence, the fruit is a dehiscent type. Different types of such seed pods are defined by their sizes or appearance: Long Seed pods ranging from 20-50 cms. long; Short Seed Pods not more than 8 cms. long, numerous, flat and brown; Flattened Seed Pods; and Curly, Twisting Seed Pods. Other types
of dehiscent fruit are follicles and capsules.
Aside from these definitions, a pod can also be a pouch-like form on a plant which houses the seeds,
such as the baobab fruit.
Happy hunting in your own garden, or in reference manuals, in the search to identify all nine.
A B C
D E F
G H I
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The gardeners’ pop-up shop that comes to every meeting!
First established in 2010, the NCD Garden Shop has been a regular feature at all our events and meetings ever since. This truly is a pop-up shop as the shop has no permanent site, but is set up at each venue where NCD meets—in gardens, semi-nar rooms, lecture halls, driveways and hotel lobbies—you name it, the shop has been there. The original idea was to pro-vide members with a supply of plastic planting bags, and to make purchasing KHS calendars and notelets easier. Since then the range of garden-related items that the shop sells has grown considerably, as the price list here shows.
The NCD shop has been responsive to our members and sells what gardeners and garden owners actually want. Since 2010, herb and salad seeds, imported specially from the Netherlands, have been made available and sell well, Gar-dening wire and tie-ups, difficult to source locally, are also best sellers and, despite the recent very dry years, it seems there is a never ending demand for more rain gauges.
Books about gardening sell well too, including the locally de-vised and produced gardeners’ manuals that accompany our gardeners courses and that every gardener ought to have. On the next page of this edition of The Shamba Times, we feature KHS’ latest major publication, Gardening in Eastern Africa, copies of which the NCD shop is always happy to order and bring down to the coast for our members. Bone-meal is a big seller from the NCD garden shop, as are liquid plant feeds, particularly EM1. Many of our members are also on the look out for good quality clay and terracotta pots for their gardens, and the shop has found a good source of
these, though they are rather bulky and difficult to transport to every meeting. Members who want pots, particularly large ones, should take advice from the shop as to the best way to get hold of them. NCD members may not be aware, but the pop-up shop that you see at each meeting contributes a very worthwhile stream of revenue to the district’s finances. Please let us know what new prod-ucts you would like to see made available. Shop till you drop at the pop-up shop! Please contact Elfried on 0733 839 267 or at [email protected] for further information.
‘’The NCD Garden Shop
Everything a coastal gardener needs,
reads, and more!
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In 2017 a new edition of Gardening in Eastern Africa was fi-nally published, 83 years after the first edition and 17 years
after the last. At 677 pages, it is a perfect gift and a must have for anybody who loves gardens, every page a treasure. The first edition of Gardening in East Af-rica came out in 1934 under the aegis, like this latest one, of the Kenya Horticul-tural Society. It “proved a success and sold out after two years,” according to the second edition (1939), A third edition was published in 1950, and is both an ency-clopedia of gardening in this part of the world, as well as a history book and a fas-
cinating read.
In the 1950 edition, the chapter on coastal gardening was written by an outspoken and amusing character called H.B. Sharpe, who served in the Colonial Service and had what can only be described as very well entrenched views on gardening. Included in his recommenda-tions on planting in coastal climates is the necessity to form a society for ‘the preven-
tion of cruelty to plants’!
Like the new 2017 edition the original was very well illustrated, including with plates of plants painted by no less a luminary than
Joy Adamson of Elsa the lion fame.
And so to the latest edition of this gar-dener’s bible, now called Gardening in Eastern Africa, not East Africa. And what a joy it is. Much more ecological than all the previous versions, it has a chapter on permaculture and organic gardening, a fierce chapter on alien invasive species, chapters on useful dudus in the garden, and a chapter on me-dicinal plants. The chapter on climate is more than rainfall and temperature figures (although those matter a lot); it tackles climate change. Then there is a vital chapter on “water-wise” gardening, which is utterly crucial now.
If you are a person who is mad keen on a particular type of
plant, a collector perhaps, you will not be disappointed. There are separate chapters on palms, cycads, roses, orchids, the
achingly trendy and cute succulent, and bougainvilleas, the last revised by Josephat Muindi.
This book was a labour of love, and we have a lot to thank the
Kenya Horticultural Society (KHS) for. In a sensitive introduc-tion, Peter David Patterson and Vishy Talwar, the two chairs
since 2012, recognise that our gardens are getting smaller and that we need kitchen gardens for small households, including for high-rises. They conclude that
gardens are “no longer just nice to have; they are essential. Pollution levels are dangerous and we all need to embrace that plants help against some of the biggest environmental threats we face”.
Adapted from a review for The Star by Cathy Watson of the World Agroforestry Centre. October 2017
‘’Gardening in
Eastern Africa
The book every gardener ought to have
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We all know there are many types of gardens and of gardeners.
Most Kenya gardens were carved out of thick bush with the help of
the gardeners and some hefty slashing with pangas. Mine was no
exception. When I built my present house in 2005 at CheShale, I
chose to be back from the sea in this house as I wanted it to be
lush and green. This was very ambitious when all I had was sand
and palms, but slowly as the bush has been cleared to leave only
some chosen wild shrubs and mature palm trees, it has taken
shape.
Mine is not a garden filled with purchased plants and irrigated by tanker-loads of water, but rather by gen-
erous plant donations and plenty of pilfering from other gardens. I am lucky my well water is still drinkable
(apart from when the odd goat falls into the well) but with the agreement of the neighbours we try not to
waste water by over-watering, and large lawns are rather frowned upon, so mine is the size of a 50 cent
piece. I collect as much rain water as possible though
when my construction budget came to an end, I was
forced to use cheap guttering and could not run to a stor-
age tank. Water and food are like gold in a sandy garden.
Anyone who has built a pond knows the enjoyment it
brings, not only to you, but to the abundance of wildlife it
attracts, and at the same time creating an all-important
micro climate. I have avoided the expense of fertilisers
and chemicals and make as much compost as possible
which is not always easy with only palm trees for fodder
to feed the compost monster with. I feel wonderful when I turn over my leaf mould and there is that heav-
enly muddy smell.
The smell of compost is not quite as good as being woken up in the early
hours of the morning after the first bout of the ‘long rains’ with the perfume
of my wild Feretia apodanthora and the Cladostemon kirkii that suddenly
come into bloom at the same time. It mingles
with the lily Crinum asiaticum which has been a
saving grace in the sand with its night time per-
fume and abundant production of suckers to
spread around.
It is a special moment lying in bed with the
dawn breaking, wild flower perfume wafting in on the breeze as the palm thrush
high up in his palm house sings his heart out calling for his mate nearby.
Oh, the magic of a garden!
Members’ Gardens
Vanessa Aniere’s garden created in white
sand at CheShale
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Growing your own bean sprouts for hot and cold dishes
I love to grow my own bean sprouts: not only is it so easy but the sprouts are fun and very good for you. Most beans will sprout but it is best to buy mung beans (Vigna radiate), alternatively known as green grams or pojo in Kiswahili, which are readily available in the shops (as illustrated). Mung beans are packed with healthy nutrients, antioxidants, potassium, magnesium and fibre. I have my own bean-sprout grower but some people simply use a jar or even a bowl of water. I start by washing a handful of the beans and then placing them in the bottom tray of the bean-sprout grower with water to cover and soak overnight. Throw away the wa-ter and then separate the beans into the different trays of the bean, as shown. Similarly, if using a jar, having soaked a handful of washed beans in water, re-place the water every day as it gets a bit putrid. After about three to four days, the sprouts will be ready to use. I like to use mine when they are short and fat and before the first two leaves appear. I prefer to remove the outer skin, which can be done just by washing very thoroughly. Keep in the fridge until ready to use.
How to Use Bean Sprouts
Raw Bean Sprout Salad
Simply blanch the sprouts by placing in hot water for a second and remove. I make a mayonnaise dressing by adding a little soya sauce to the mayonnaise with a small amount of grated ginger and garlic to your liking. Mix well, toss into the sprouts and eat raw.
Simple Stir Fried Bean Sprouts
For approximately two portions: 1 generous handful bean sprouts 2 small onions 2 cloves of garlic 1 thumb-size piece of ginger 1 tablespoon of oil Sprinkling of soy sauce A few drops of sesame oil
Slice the onions and grate the garlic and ginger together. Heat the wok with the cooking oil of your choice (I prefer coconut oil). Toss in the garlic and ginger until you get their aroma without burning and then throw in the onions. Toss and stir fry till slightly soft and add the bean sprouts. Do not over-cook as you want everything to be crunchy. Sprinkle with some soy sauce and a light drizzle of sesame oil for flavour and serve. This recipe can be adapted using different types of ingredients such as chicken, beef or any seafood - to be added after stir-frying the onions. Boil noodles and toss them into the stir fry for that final touch. Chopped chives or spring onions are the best decoration. On the plate from top left deep-fried Chinese Water Spinach / Ipomoea aquatic (see The Shamba Times of July 2018); stir-fried bean sprouts; wok-tossed soft-shell crab and soy sauce; deep-fried rice noodles.
From The Kitchen Garden
Ideas for growing your own food to harvest and cook
By Vanessa Aniere
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Our
month
ly
talks
The Greater Amboseli Ecosystem Conservation Project
It was the killing by poachers of 49-year old Igor, the elephant drinking in the photograph of that name, that spurred Nick Brandt, the photographer, to set up the Big Life Foundation in 2010 together with conservationist, Richard Bonham, and en-trepreneur, Tom Hill. Craig Millar, who is head of security and has worked with the foundation for six years, gave 53 of us a fascinating and erudite account of the multi-faceted conserva-tion project operating in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, which covers 2.5 million acres and includes Amboseli, Tsavo, Chyulu Hills, Lake Natron and Kilimanjaro.
Today, there is a strong, wel l -resourced anti -poaching operation with 250 trained, local rangers, 31 outposts, 15 anti-poaching Land Cruiser vehicles, three tracker dogs, aerial surveillance for rapid response and photography, and an extensive network of informers. There has been a major reduc-tion in poaching and killing not only of elephants but of other animals and species, too - lions, giraffes, rhinos, and birds. This trickle-down effect of the original con-servation focus has meant a broadening of the Foun-dation’s mandate to the protection of the eco-system generally.
Clearly, an important part of the eco-system is the Maasai community, whose traditional co-existence with the land and the animals has increasingly been at risk through, for in-stance, population explosion; over-stocking of livestock; overgrazing and desertification of the land; the continuation of the warrior-based cul-ture of lion-killing; ranch-land sub-division with an escalation in human-wildlife conflicts. To address such challenges, Big Life Foundation has been guided by the principle that sustainable conservation can only be achieved through a community-based collaborative approach. To this end, it has also developed and applied a range of innovative, best prac-tices: from the employment and training of local males as rangers sup-ported by a network of informers - family members and friends of the rangers - to the predator compensa-tion programme; the bi-annual Maasai Olympics as an alternative to the warrior-lion killing tradition; and, the elephant-proof fences along elephant movement corridors to reduce human-wildlife conflicts and to facilitate compatible land uses in the light of a shift towards agriculture and farming.
NCD Monthly Talks
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The Extraordinary Palm
The scene had already been set for Simon Walsh’s illustrated talk, The Extraordinary Palm : Palms in Nature and the Man-Made Landscape, as soon as one stepped through the gate of Evi Walsh’s Tropical Nurseries: lofty specimens of palm trees stretching their fan-shaped (palmate) or feather-shaped (pinnate) evergreen leaves or fronds upwards and out-wards to form a canopy and a myriad of other shorter palms of all shapes and sizes, comprising the understory. Over 40 of us then sat and learnt so much from Simon - together with the contributions from the floor - about this extraordinary tree. With over 2,500 different species world-wide mostly growing in tropical and subtropical regions, the North Coast is a wonderful location for palms particularly indigenous/naturalised ones including Phoenix reclinata: wild date palm, Cocus nucifera: coconut palm, and Hyphaene compressa: doum palm; as well as other common coastal palms such as Veitchia merrillii: the Christmas palm with its bright red fruit, Dypsis lutescens: Golden cane palm, and, Roystonea regia: Cu-ban royal palm...and many, many other less common palms which thrive
at the coast, as evidenced in the MTN garden. Apart from the huge biodiversity, other aspects of the palm such as its trunk structure and root system make it somewhat extraordinary or at least quite different from other, timber trees. We also gained tips on propagation - all palms produce seeds, and on cultivation - fertilising and mulching are “musts” but keep the collar clear of mulch! and, information on pests and diseases. KHS NCD extends its thanks to our host, Evie Walsh and our expert on palms, Simon Walsh, for this very interesting event.
The Man Behind the Lens
“At long last”, writes Vanessa Aniere, “I was able to attend one of Peter Derry’s photographic courses, having always admired his beautiful flower photo-graphs which we have be-come so familiar with in our calendars and in the some of the editions of The Shamba Times.” On 18 October, a group of nine NCD members picked up invaluable tips from Peter important to the composition of all photo-graphs. Peter’s talks do not involve expensive equipment, which is very helpful to those the gar-deners who attended using their smart phones rather than digital cameras. For those members who were unable to attend, look back at previous issues of The Shamba Times and find Peter’s ex-cellent Flower Photography series.
NCD Monthly
Talks continued
Barefoot Solutions in Turkana
Jess De Boer’s enthusiasm for permaculture in Tur-kana was very much in evidence during her talk on her project in the Northern Frontier of Kenya. Her positive excitement shone through as she talked to us about the difficulties of growing anything in this dry and arid area. She was full of interesting statis-tics on her work and her message was very simple: “Permaculture is simply working with nature and not against it.” We must adapt to our environment and not turn it into something it does not want to be es-pecially with its very limited supply of borehole wa-ter! Some thirty of us attended the talk on 27 September and came away full of admiration for Jess’ efforts on this worthwhile project. Anyone wishing to learn more can check out the web site https://www.barefootsolutions.com
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The Sacred Lotus
Vanessa Aniere writes: The Lotus flower, Ne-lumbo nucifera, grows in muddy water and rises high above the surface only to bloom w i t h r e m a r k a b le beauty. Untouched by the murkiness below, it epitomises the purity of the heart and mind. Because of this, it symbolises the Buddhist be-lieve of purity, heavenly beauty and fragrance. The Lotus is the national flower of India and, in Hinduism, it represents heaven as each petal opens as the sun rises, expanding the soul. Knowing all this, I was delighted when my son, Justin, returned from Thailand with some lotus seeds. He generously shared these with other enthusiastic pond owners including me. I watched my seeds sprout and then gently placed the seedlings into my pond. Mine died as did all the others but Justin’s thrived in a bucket of muddy water below the surface of the pond only to show us their full glory about one and a half years later. This time Justin chose not to join the land of the lotus eaters, reputed to have lived in NorthAfrica in the 5
th Century
BC, by eating the flower or the seeds even though these days it is known that the seeds are very high in magnesium and contain anti-aging enzymes which repair the damaged pro-tein in our bodies.
Watch this space as we wait with bated breath for the birth of more of these beautiful symbolic flowers rising from the muddy depths
below to brighten our lives with their beauty.
Odds and Ends
Garden Art
This striking Ndoro
sculpture from Zim-
babwe is one of
nearly 400 pieces of
African art displayed
in the beautiful gar-
den of Robusta in
Malindi. The owner
and curator of this
remarkable collection
of sculptures is
Carola Rasmussen,
who worked as a
journalist and film
maker out of Harare
for many years and
who has acquired a very significant collection of
Zimbabwean stone sculptures, which she has now
brought to Malindi. The sculptures are catalogued
and are for sale, along with other high-end African
crafts. A wide variety of pieces are displayed in
the garden designed and created more than 50
years ago by Helen Cockburn who was renowned
for her orchids. Helen’s orchid house is now part
of the garden gallery, but much of the garden re-
mains in beautiful shape and is very well worth
visiting.
Carola welcomes visitors to Robusta to view the sculp-
tures and to browse in her delightful garden shop—
perfect for presents! Contact Carola direct for an ap-
pointment to view on 0789 120 921.
NCD 2018 Rainfall
The total rainfall measured in the North Coast District for 2018 was 41" = 1,041.4mm. Of course the
district is quite large, and rainfall varies greatly from place to place, and our 2018 rain measure-ment has been collected from John Golds’ garden in Watamu, being roughly in the middle of NCD.
The expected annual rainfall for NCD for the year would be between 40—50 inches , so we have had a reasonable, if unspectacular, year of rains. Here’s hoping for even more rain in 2019.
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And finally, for your diary.
Thursday 24th January 2019 at 1000 at John
Gold’s home, Bilgewater, in Watamu.
Peter Patterson on Ponds
- with Vanessa Aniere and John Golds and everything you
need to know to build and maintain your own garden pond.
February 2019, on a date to be confirmed, at Bio-
Ken Snake Farm in North Watamu.
Snakes, toads, lizards, crocodiles …..
This highly engaging event for our NCD members returns to
our diary this year—by popular demand!
Thursday 14th March 2019 at 1000 at Driftwood
Club, Malindi.
KHS North Coast District AGM and
50th Anniversary Celebration Lunch.
A very special occasion that you must not miss!
We value your membership
and would like to remind all our
KHS North Coast District members that 2019
subscriptions to the society are now due.
Your subscriptions allow the NCD to put on our
meetings/events/talks and visits each month, to
produce The Shamba Times each quarter, and
to provide annual support to the national KHS.
Subscription rates remain unchanged into 2019
and can be paid to the NCD treasurer at
MPESA 0702767177, or pay direct to your local
representative.
A: Delonix regia / Flamboyant tree
B: Kigelia africana / Sausage tree
C: Sterculia foetida
D: Moringa oleifera
E: Pithecellobium dulce / Manila Tamarind
F: Ceiba pentandra / Kapok tree
G: Dichrostachys cinerea
H: Majidea zanguebarica
I: Adenanthera pavonina
Podcast
The answers 2019
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