Projects & Features

Designing a Garden with Succulents and Aloes

66 Garlington Estate

A simple combination of contemporary design and with natural planting , chosen for its drought tolerance and ease of maintenance. Added practicality of the spaced paved patio extends the sun room when the stacking doors are open.

Before
During construction
Planning
On completion
During construction
After 6 months

66 Garlington Estate

A simple combination of contemporary design and with natural planting , chosen for its drought tolerance and ease of maintenance. Added practicality of the spaced paved patio extends the sun room when the stacking doors are open.

Before
Planning
During construction
During construction
On completion
After 6 months

3 Villa Valencia

Small townhouse garden, designed for very low maintenance with high visual impact.

Access was required from the existing deck to the built in braai. This decked pathway ultimately became the main feature in the garden, complimented by the sweeping lines of the lawn and contemporary planting style.

Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
Before
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
During construction
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
Planning
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
During construction
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
During construction
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
After 6 months

3 Villa Valencia

Small townhouse garden, designed for very low maintenance with high visual impact.

Access was required from the existing deck to the built in braai. This decked pathway ultimately became the main feature in the garden, complimented by the sweeping lines of the lawn and contemporary planting style.

Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
Before
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
Planning
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
During construction
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
During construction
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
During construction
Contemporary-small-garden7: Contemporary designed private garden Villa Valencia in Pietermaritzburg KZN with decking pathway, steel bed edging and mixed succulents and foliage plants.
After 6 months

Cypress Way, Woodgrove

A renovation/complete overhaul project that resulted in a pretty, formal garden with a bench as a the main feature. The symmetrical blocks of pink Gaura either side break up the lines of what otherwise would have been a long difficult space to work with.

Formal-garden: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
Before
Formal-garden-4: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature including garden bench.
After 6 months
Formal-garden-2: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
Planning
Formal-garden-5: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature including garden bench.
After 6 months
Formal-garden-3: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
During construction
Formal-garden-6: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
After 6 months

Cypress Way, Woodgrove

A renovation/complete overhaul project that resulted in a pretty, formal garden with a bench as a the main feature. The symmetrical blocks of pink Gaura either side break up the lines of what otherwise would have been a long difficult space to work with.

Formal-garden: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
Before
Formal-garden-2: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
Planning
Formal-garden-3: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
During construction
Formal-garden-4: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature including garden bench.
After 6 months
Formal-garden-5: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature including garden bench.
After 6 months
Formal-garden-6: Garden landscaped in Woodgrove retirement village, Pietermaritzburg with cobble edging, gravel garden feature and beds planted with pink Gaura.
After 6 months