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(The one-stop nursery and farm stall)
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Shrubs  Succulents
Home made products Curios
Tea Garden
Skadubome
Vrugtebome
Kunsmis
Christelike boeke
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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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Februarie
2010
Summer is finally
drawing to an end and we must start to prepare for our autumn garden
chores. We hope that you
enjoy our monthly newsletter. You
are very welcome to send this newsletter to other friends and family and
share our passion for Indigenous plants.
Die Kwekery se
padstal spog met pragtige handgemaakte produkte van onder andere Krea
Koup. Hier is werklik ‘n
verskeidenheid geskenkies teen sakpas pryse.
PLANT
VAN DIE MAAND
Faucaria sp. (Tiger-jaws
/ Tierbekvygies)
The genus name was derived from the Latin word
faux that means jaw. Faucaria
refers to a collection of jaws, in allusion to the arrangement of the
toothed leaves of the plants. These
plants generally form small clumps of miniature aloe-like rosettes.
The roots are only somewhat fleshy.
Short stems are often formed with age, but are generally obscured
by the clump-forming habit of the plant.
They make excellent subjects for growing in
pots and flower freely in cultivation.
Water sparingly during winter and summer.
-Mesembs of the World
Alien
plants and Invasive Weeds
This year we focus on alien plants and invasive weeds.
Bryophyllum delagoense (Chandelier
plant / Kandelaarplant)
Description:
Perennial, erect, hairless, succulent herb or shrublet 0.2 –
1.2m high, reproducing rapidly by vegetative offsets at the leaf tips
and from seeds; often
forming dense stands. The
leaves are grey-green, mottled with darker green to reddish spots.
The flowers are pale orange to deep magenta.
These are cultivated for ornamental purposes.
They flower from June to July.
Invades:
Hot and dry rocky ridges in savannah and urban open space.
Invasive
status:
Declared Weed
Origin:
Madagascar
Poisonous!
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Tuintake vir Maart
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Plant saailinge vir
calendulas, koringblomme, Yslandse papawers, bokbaaivygies,
leeubekkies, gesiggies en pronk-etjies, dan is jy verseker van ‘n
kleurvolle winter en lente.
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Lig en verdeel
oorgroeide meerjariges wat gedurende die somer geblom het, soos
achilleas, agapante en daglelies.
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Haal bolle wat in
die somer geblom en reeds doodgegaan het uit en bêre hulle op ‘n
koel, droë plek. Onthou
om die grond met kompos te verryk voordat jy winterbolle plant.
Met die uitsondering van enkele inheemse bolle, moet die
meeste lentebloeiende bolle eers geplant word sodra die
nagtemperature begin daal en die grond begin afkoel.
Bolle wat in warm grond geplant word, sal hul blomme afgooi.
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Gee vrugtebome hul
laaste bemesting van die seisoen.
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Saai groente soos
beet, wortels, dwerg spinasie, knoffel, preie en kropslaai in Maart.
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Events:
5 - 7
Maart 2010 Prince
Albert Gemeenskapsfees
1 – 8
April 2010
Klein
Karoo
Nationale Kunstefees - Oudtshoorn
30 Apr.
– 1 Mei 2010 Prince Albert Olive
Festival
5 Junie 2010 Leeu-Gamka Dankfeesbasaar
ngleeugamka@webmail.co.za
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Bespreek
die Kwekery vir funksies
Ons
het die afgelope jaar ‘n hele paar funksies hier by die Kwekery
aangebied. Onder andere
‘n Moedersdag ete, ‘n tee vir bejaardes en ‘n kultuurstigting
groep uit Kaapstad, asook ‘n paar klein toergroepies.
Ons
het Saterdag 21 September ‘n heerlike spitbraai by die Kwekery
gehou. Die tafels is
tussen die plante gedek. Liggies en kerse het aan die Kwekery ‘n
heerlike atmosfees gegee. Hou
ons gerus ingedagte indien u weer ‘n funksie beplan.
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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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