What is Hydroponics?
Hydroponics is the growing of plants in nutrient solutions, with or without sand, gravel or other inert media, to provide mechanical support. Nutrition is supplied by water-soluble nutrients in place of soil.

Hydroponics allows for the cultivation of plants in areas where they wouldn’t typically grow. But that’s not the only benefit to this method – hydroponics also saves on land, fuel and labour.

Hydroponics consultants
With in-depth academic knowledge and over a decade’s experience in growing fruit and vegetables hydroponically, DaisyFresh is ideally positioned to offer consultation services to anybody planning to start a hydroponic garden – to grow produce commercially or for their own enjoyment – or for established hydroponic growers wishing to improve their yield or business.

Hydroponics kits and courses
In addition to being a supplier of quality hydroponic systems, DaisyFresh holds courses for both beginners and those with some knowledge of hydroponics. Our courses take place at the end of each month, at a venue just outside of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.

In 2006, before Mushrush® Specialist Mushroom Cultivators existed, we were playing around with mushrooms. Before we knew it, Mushrush® was born – growing spawn and fruiting a fun and exotic variety of fungi and a hobby became a business. Over the years our business, products and knowledge have mushroomed. Passion combined with international training, hands-on experience and extensive research contributes to our uniqueness. Mushrush® strives to develop excellent mushroom products.
On our family smallholding in the Natal Midlands (KZN, South Africa), we have a truffle tree nursery supplying English and Holly Oak to prospective truffle (Tuber melanosporum) farmers and our own small truffle plantation.
We have formulated our own Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) Extract containing the equivalent of 500mg/ml of our OWN organically produced reishi mushrooms – we value the importance of growing our reishi using clean water and in an environment where air and soil pollution is limited. Medicinal mushrooms are one of South Africa’s unrecognized natural treasures and offer many uses, especially to those seeking to boost their immunity levels (HIV), those suffering from various cancers, diabetes, blood pressure issues and others.
As we grow, we remain true to nature and keep up to date with GREEN matters. That our soils can be cleaned by mushrooms, is so encouraging and that packaging need not be poisonous, but in fact made of mycelium.

Beautiful & Practical
We strive to create beautiful and practical gardens to live in and enjoy, gardens that are an investment into your lifestyle, gardens that complete your house and home!

Our gardens are inspired by you!
We are also conscious of our environment and its limited resources. In an effort to try reduce our footprint we offer clients a variety of recycling solutions to help manage home and garden waste.

We strive to understand our client’s requirements to ensure the design is personal and meets the tastes, character and personality of the individual and/or family living in the home.

The Garden Girl is owned and managed by Danielle (Dan) Day, a certified City & Guilds graduate of Lifestyle College and an active member of the Guild of Landscape Designers (GoLD).
We design and install residential gardens in the Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg. This includes brand new gardens for newly built or renovated homes, as well as garden makeovers where existing gardens can be transformed into beautiful and more practical gardens that suit your individual and/or family needs.

With a good understanding of corporate environments, we can also provide unique and practical insights for commercial gardens, including office, retail and residential projects, to ensure the gardens are fit for purpose, professional and sustainable.