Gardening trends for the new year WILL 2013 be the year you slow down and smell the roses? Sharing your world with plants is surely the best way to find and maintain a healthy, balanced life and a visit to an accredited garden centre will yield any number of ideas to inspire you.

House price growth likely to be subdued THE housing market has begun the year on a very weak economic footing‚ FNB's household and property sector strategist, John Loos‚ said yesterday.