I visited Aspidistra again. WOW this nursery really inspires one and it awakens one’s creative side. This time my dad came with us to explore the nursery and get some ideas on decorating and recycling…
I visited Aspidistra again. WOW this nursery really inspires one and it awakens one’s creative side. This time my dad came with us to explore the nursery and get some ideas on decorating and recycling…
I visited Aspidistra again. WOW this nursery really inspires one and it awakens one’s creative side. This time my dad came with us to explore the nursery and get some ideas on decorating and recycling…
I visited Aspidistra again. WOW this nursery really inspires one and it awakens one’s creative side. This time my dad came with us to explore the nursery and get some ideas on decorating and recycling…
On 1 December 2014 my aunt turned 79 and I took her and my mom to Aspidistra for some cake and tea.
She has Alzheimers and for the first time we saw with our own eyes how bad it has become. She can’t remember things that happened a few hours back. It’s heartbreaking to think that she was once a very vibrant and funny lady. She danced on tables, told stories and always made one laugh with her remarks.
She was a bit depressed when she woke up and did not want to go. You see they were busy moving into a smaller flat and she just could not deal with it. So what better place to visit than Aspidistra Nursery. I told her to get dressed I am taking her out for her birthday.
She was quiet the whole way to Aspidistra I asked her a few times if she’s okay she just said yes I am looking at the all the houses in my time it was farms… When we got to Aspidistra and she saw all the plants and ornaments she was like a child in a candy store did not know where to look next. We showed her to the little coffee shop and she smiled the whole time and that made me very happy. I told the lady that it’s my Aunts birthday and when our tea came she had some flowers on her tray. We had the most delicious Milk Tart and Carrot cake Muffins.
After tea and Muffins we took a walk through part of the nursery and when she said she was tired we headed home…
For me that morning will always be special. Even though she don’t remember a thing of it I at least have photo’s of her at my favorite nursery….
Aspidistra is for sale. Here is a link to a video made by Scott McNaughton of Harcourts. If you are the lucky prospective owner of Aspidistra please just mention that you saw his advert here on my blog.
My favourite nursery is for sale…. Aspidistra is the brainchild of Willie Schmidt a well known presenter of Pasella and Espresso. Whenever I need inspiration I always go to Aspidistra. I am always blown away by the ideas and all the different uses of old utensils, tins, pots, pans well anything really. Willie will find some useful meaning for it in the garden or home.
Scott McNaughton of Harcourts contacted me and informed me that Aspidistra is for sale. Please find a video and the information pamphlet Scott send me. It’s a honor to have the privilege to help spread the news of Aspidistra’s sale. If you are creative love nature and are looking for a home and business in one here is your chance. Please phone Scott if you are interested. Please also tell him that you got the information from my blog….
Here is a link to a video that Willies property broker send me that he made of the premises for sale.
In May I visited Aspidistra Nursery again and guess what this time it started raining. I took some photo’s ducking and diving the rain. I just love this nursery every time I go there it’s different. Looking forward to visit again and of course eating a piece of their delicious Carrot Cake…
On 14 March 2013 I had my first visit to Aspidistra Nursery near Stellenbosch. I was not feeling myself but I did not leave my camera at home either. I only took a few shots hear and there. To be honest I think if I took photo’s of everything that caught my eye I’ll still be clicking away….
Willie Schmidt get’s these statues from a man (sorry for the death of me I cannot remember his name) and then he sells it for him in his nursery. Each and every statue is unique and there are not two that looks the same. Willie also brought under our attention that if you look at the statue’s you will see the angels different expressions…
Willie uses anything he can get as a decoration in his garden and he encourages you to recycle your old pots, pans, tins, suitcases, bicycles, baths, shovels and the list goes on and on and on and on…….
When you walk through the nursery you will be astonished by the way the nursery is laid out. His garden is a feast for the eyes, different types of plants, some I can’t even remember ever seeing and some so old I thought they were extinct. Then of course the way that they are presented to you is absolutely breath taking.
There’s also a lovely tea garden and they serve the most divine carrot cake. I will definitely go and visit the tea garden again….
Willie also told us how to make compost for our own gardens. Willie originally studied psychology and worked behind bars with the criminals. After many years of practicing he decided to retire and put his theory that the best way to get rid of stress is to work in your garden to the test. And I must agree I used to love working in my garden for hours on end. It’s the best therapy and free…. But in our busy lives one forget’s what used to work very well. No now I am going to start gardening again my first step is to move all my plants into pots and pans and what ever I can lie my hands on in and around the house… This way I can free my house from clutter, decorate my garden and also save water…. According to Willie you do not need hectares of ground to have a garden, you can have a lovely garden in a pot….
I just fell in love with the above water feature and I am thinking of incorporating something similar at the entrance to my house…
I plan to visit Aspidistra again within the next two weeks again. I want to take some more photo’s of this lovely nursery and ask Willie some questions on indoor plants. My house is not very plant friendly and I so love some greenery in my house…. It’s only my bedroom and sun-room that get’s direct sunlight the rest of the house do not really see sunlight…. Keep a eye out for some more posts and photo’s of this lovely nursery called Aspidistra….
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