South African in Johannesburg

Melanie’s Blog

So what do YOU get up to in Jozi?

The January rains are a little late this year, only coming mid-February, which was great for building show gardens, but not so great for filming a gardening show. Necessarily, shooting gardens happens outside, so we're totally at the mercy of the afternoon Highveld Thunderstorm when it comes to getting pretty pictures of fabulous places in and around our city. And today was no exception. From a gorgeous little 3 courtyard garden in The Hurst, we headed for Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, to take in the different sections of development there, … Read More...

Melanie’s Recent Posts

IS GREEN ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR’S BLACK?

There’s a house I drive past up the road from us that has a little high-end ‘home industry’ thing going on, bringing fabulous kids clothes from overseas to sell to all the yummy mummies of the northern suburbs. To show people where they are, … Read More...

Elections or Selections?

So, we have elections coming up. But considering I gave up a promising career in politics to continue having far too much fun playing around with a helicopter on tv, I canna get too vocal about the Machiavellian movements of the majority of the parties … Read More...

February Flag Flying

The one thing about staying in Joburg over the Christmas season is it becomes the most rustig place in the country – well, almost. But the problem with that is that you get so laid back, it’s hard to pull yourself back upright again! I have to admit … Read More...