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(The one-stop nursery and farm stall)
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Shrubs  Succulents
Home made products Curios
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Skadubome
Vrugtebome
Kunsmis
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“Uit Hom en deur Hom en tot Hom is alle dinge” (Rom
11:36
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“For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things”
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The Leeu Gamka Nursery and Farm stall is situated 75km from Beaufort West and
125 km from Laingsburg on the N1 and is
the only succulent nursery (vetplant kwekery) situated on the N1.
Prince Albert
lies just 60 km from Leeu Gamka.
This unique project started on
the Dutch Reformed Church Grounds in 1998 with just 200 indigenous trees. Soon there was a need for other plants such as shrubs and fruit trees,
especially olive trees. Today the
nursery hosts indigenous and exotic trees, fruit trees, indigenous and exotic
shrubs, conifers, grasses, ground covers, herbs, creepers, perennials, aloes and
succulents.
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The biggest challenge for a
nursery at Leeu Gamka is the “brakwater” (under ground water with a high
salt content). Our plants are well
adapted to the harsh Karoo climate.
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One of our main aims is to
provide affordable indigenous plants to the public and to encourage water-wise
gardens. Water is becoming scarcer
and we must find ways to preserve this precious resource. Succulents and aloes are a good choice if you want to make a water-wise
garden. The Nursery has 41 different
aloe species. We are the only
nursery in the country that sells the Aloe
chlorantha. This aloe is found
in a small region in the Fraserburg district.
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We serve light refreshments on
our farm stall verandah. We sell a
selection of local produce such as olives, homemade preserves, dried fruit and
crafts and also stock a selection of Christian books.
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Pop into the Leeu Gamka Nursery
and Farmstall on your next trip along the N1.
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N G Kerkgronde / D R Church grounds
Tel. 023 521 2836
Fax 086 635 1337
Posbus /
P O Box
10 Leeu-Gamka 6950
leeugamka@mtnloaded.co.za
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Leeu-Gamka's art venue
Leeu-Gamka Nursery and Farm stall
hosts an art
venue in the historical Dutch Reformed Church Hall.
This hall was built in the Cape-Gothic style and was completed
by 1922. This landmark is
clearly visible from the N1 between Beaufort-West and Laingsburg.
The Leeu-Gamka Nursery and Farm stall invites all art lovers to
experience true
Karoo
art.
Our first exhibition is by Lidi van Schalkwyk
Hope
rising from the ashes
Jeremia
was sent to the house of the potter to realise God can make failed
lives new. Lidi uses old
rusty irons to create striking works of art.
She uses these items to show the world that one can make
something beautiful with items that have been discarded as rubbish.
She combines this “rubbish” with clay to make a whole new
picture, with Bible themes of hope.
Lidi
is well known for her Kallaharees (also known at the clay trolls) and
clay angels. After Lidi
and her family moved to Leeu-Gamka, she bid the Kallaharees goodbye
and is now concentrating on her larger works.
She also makes clay pots with a very unusual texture.
These pots go strikingly well with a large variety of
succulents.
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Junie 2009
Die Leeu-Gamka NG Kerk het op Saterdag 20
Junie ‘n heerlike outydse Kerkbasaar gehou.
Dit was ‘n heerlike dag en al die besoekers het heerlik gekuier
in die historiese Kerksaal en op die stoep van die Kwekery.
Baie dankie aan almal wat Leeu-Gamka so getrou ondersteun.
Daar is ook nog heelwat vleis produkte te koop, so kom loer gerus
in.
Plant
van die maand
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| Dovyalis caffra (Kei-appel / Kei Apple) |
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Die Kei-appel is ‘n droogte bestande,
doringagtige struik met ovaalvormige, wasagtige blare.
Die plant produseer klein, roomgroen blomme  gevolg deur groot, ronde appelkooskleurige
vrugte. Die vrugte is
smaaklik, maar effens suur. Dit
is ryk aan vitamien C en kan rou geëet word.
‘n Heerlike konfyt of jellie kan daarvan gemaak word.
Voëls eet die vrugte, veral Bloukuifloeries, Knysnaloeries, Kwêvoëls, Swartoogtiptolle en muisvoëls.
Wildsbokke, ape en bobejane hou ook daarvan.
Wild en bokke bewei die blare.
‘n Perfekte plant vir plase en wildsplase – ‘n waardevolle
bron van voer. Die blomme
lok insekte. Kei-appels is
uitstekende kandidate vir die “voëltuin”.
Die larwes van die Afrikaanse Luiperd-skoenlapper voed op hierdie
struik en ook op Saliehout. Piekels
kan van jong vrugte gemaak word. Die
Pedi meng die sap van die vrugte met pap.
Hierdie struik word veral vir sy vrugte geplant, maar die dorings
maak dit moeilik om hulle te pluk. Gewilde
heiningplant in baie dele van die wêreld. |
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-Skeppende
Tuinmaak met Inheemse
Plante
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Tuintake vir Julie
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Snoei gevestigde bome om van gebreekte, dooie of
siek takke ontslae te raak |
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Plant bladwisselende bome en struike |
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Beskerm gevoelige plante teen ryp |
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Plant rose met kaal wortels |
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Snoei rose en bespuit dormante roosbome met
kalkswael om siektes te keer |
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Sny meerjarige blomplante terug |
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Verplant plante wat te groot word vir hul potte.
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Handige
plant wenke:
Gee suurliewende
plante asyn
Asaleas,
katjiepierings en kamelias vereis suur grond, en in ‘n streek met
harde water kan jy ‘n probleem hê met blare wat vergeel.
Voeg twee eetlepels asyn by ‘n liter water en giet ‘n koppie
vol rondom elke plant. Herhaal
elke twee of drie weke tot die blare weer groen en gesond is.
-Wennerwenke vir
die tuin
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Events:
25 Julie 09 Prince
Albert Landbougenootskap Skoudans
4
– 8 Aug 09
Fraserburg Toneel Fees
22
– 24 Oct 09
Booktown
Richmond
– Karoo Book, Art & Food Fair
www.richmondnc.co.za
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The Nursery will be closed on Saturdays during June and July!
Let asseblief:
Die Kwekery sal Saterdae gesluit wees vir Junie en Julie.
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Akkommodasie
/ Accommodation in and near Leeu-Gamka
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Abrahamskraal
Gasteplaas/ Guest farm - from R150 per person per
night (Approximately 15km van Leeu-Gamka on the road to Prince Albert)
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Gamka
Farm B&B
(Ongeveer 8km van Leeu-Gamka)
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Leeu-Gamka
Hotel
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Rietfontein
Akkommodasie |
Bookings /
Besprekings: 023 5212 836
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Liefdadigheidswerk
op Leeu-Gamka:
Die plaaslike NG Kerk
bedryf 'n koskombuis waar honger kinders uit die gemeenskap op
'n Maandag en Woensdag gevoed word.
BADISA(Barmhartigheids dienste van die NG Kerk en die VG Kerk)
behartig ook 'n koskombuis op ander dae in die week.
Indien enigiemand kos of klere wil skenk aan die behoeftige
kinders van ons gemeenskap, kan u dit by die NG Kerkkantoor of
die kwekery afsit.
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For
a detailed price list please click
here
Vir
'n volledige pryslys, kliek
hier .
"Uit
Hom en deur Hom en tot Hom is alle dinge"
"For
from Him and through Him and to Him are all things"
Rom.
11:36
Leeu-Gamka
Kwekery & Padstal
(The one-stop Nursery and Farm stall)
Tel: 023 5212 836
Fax: 086 635 1337
E-mail: leeugamka@mtnloaded.co.za
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