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PROJECT

Mid/pre-teen play zone with mature Water Pear transplanted as a shade tree Informal stone chip pathway through mixed planting

Mixed groundcovers on the lower slope of the kick-about space Course grassy plants add height and texture

View from the lowest part of the park

show texture, form and flowers throughout year floods) made installation much more
the year. Over 40 new trees were added to the challenging.
existing ones.
SALI Award
Landscape installation In the 2024 SALI Awards of Excellence, held
Stephen Steyn of Contours Landscapes says recently during the SAGIC Convention,
that the construction phase was completed Contours Landscapes received the SALI Shield
in two months. Implementation of the of Excellence in Landscaping – Overall Winner.
design was ‘somewhat technical’, given the In addition, they received a gold award for
necessity to cut and fill large volumes of soil the project in the category of Landscape
to achieve level areas which would serve Construction with Design by Others.
as platforms for the various play zones and
pathways. Exceptionally wet weather (the Information supplied by Alistair Turrell and Stephen
2023 July/August cut-off lows resulted in 1:50 Steyn. Photos by Alistair Turrell. n

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