MayFord Seeds

16/05/2026

Grow crisp, compact broccoli right at home this season! 🥦
MayFord’s Parthenon F1 hybrid broccoli variety is a top performer for cool-weather gardens. Here’s why gardeners love it:
🥦 Perfect for autumn & winter growing
🥦 Produces tight, high-quality heads
🥦 Ideal for beginner and experienced growers alike

Fresh from garden to plate starts with a seed 🌱

🛒 Find MayFord seed packets at leading garden centres and retailers nationwide.

13/05/2026

Hello NAMPO 2026! ☀️🌱 We’re excited to be back and ready to connect with you. Come visit us at the Nutri Feeds Hall to explore our varieties and learn more about what Sakata Seed Southern Africa has to offer. MayFord Seeds are available for purchase again this year! Whether you’re a home gardener or seasoned grower, we’ve got something for you.🌱

06/05/2026

One month to go!
Mozart Mambo and Merlot combines the most popular Mozart melodies from opera, symphonies and piano music, re-arranged by the Charl du Plessis Trio with Richard C**k conducting the Cape Town Festival Orchestra for one night only in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. Book at Quicket.

29/04/2026

NEW to the MayFord seed range! 🌸 Say HELLO to Primula Malacoides Lavender, our most shade‑loving flower seed yet.

Perfect for autumn sowing, this easy‑to‑grow beauty brings soft lavender blooms to low‑light garden spots, containers, borders and gaps between shrubs.

Flowering in just 90 days, it’s the perfect way to add early‑season colour where other plants won’t. 💜

🛒 Find MayFord seed packets at leading garden centres and retailers nationwide.

21/04/2026

If you’re planning a productive veggie garden this autumn, Red Creole onions should be at the top of your sowing list this season. 🧅This short‑day red onion produces flat, pungent bulbs and thrives in full sun and sandy loam soil. 🌱

🛒 Find MayFord seed packets at leading garden centres and retailers nationwide.

17/04/2026

DID YOU KNOW? 🐞🌱 Ladybugs are tiny garden heroes! They naturally protect your plants by feasting on pests like aphids, mites and scale, helping your garden grow healthier without harmful chemicals. 🥬

More ladybugs means happier and stronger plants! 🤩

15/04/2026

15/04/2026

Perfect Sunday afternoon entertainment awaits with the ever-popular Charl du Plessis Trio, joined by the Phoenix Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Richard Cøck🔥

'Take a Sad Song and Make It Better' celebrates the timeless music of The Beatles in a vibrant crossover programme, featuring Charl’s signature jazz-infused arrangements of some of the world’s most beloved songs✨

🗓️ 30 August, 15:00
📍Linder Auditorium

Book now on Quicket 🎫 🎟️

15/04/2026

Highlights from an amazing weekend at the Malanseuns Gardening Festival (10–12 April) 🌱☀️ Thank you to everyone who visited the vegetable garden display. We hope we inspired you to from seed at home! Here's to a wonderful festival! 👏