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INSPIRED BY NATURE

PROTEA JACKET

am writes: Most days I walk in the Helderberg Nature Reserve and I enjoy the changing seasons and flowers. The proteas were so magnificent in August 2019 that I was inspired to plant some seeds, and I was really surprised when they germinated. To celebrate I decided to make a protea jacket. The species I chose is the Protea repens or sugarbush. I like the idea of the old farmers using the

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