The tragic fate of Gladioli: a summer’s loss in Durban

It’s summer and grass cutters are busy as bees. From morning till evening, you can hear the awful din of their weed eaters and leaf blowers. Yes, they don’t rake the leaves anymore but simply blow them away with the leaf blowers. With the festive season around the corner, everybody wants their gardens to look neat and tidy. So, nobody seems to mind the noise even on a Sunday morning.The municipality, too, has gangs of grass cutters busy all over Durban. While we all should be happy that the municipality is sprucing up the city for the festive season, I wasn’t impressed with what I…