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Step block access stairs and wide staircases wrapping parts of the padel courts

Gazania rigens is an indigenous plant grown in the Estate’s propagation The padel courts were supplied as complete units and their floor levels were lowered in
nursery for use in its landscaped areas. order to integrate them into the existing Sports & Fitness Centre
Photo courtesy of Atlantic Beach Estate & Links Club
practices are driven by, and embrace, the Biodiversity Agreement Filler plant species
concerning the conservation areas. Euryops pectinatus, Felicia amelloides, Orphium frutescens, Senecio
For the soft landscaping, Naude selected the plants listed below. madagascariensis, Tulbaghia violacea variegated
A significant portion of the plant material was propagated in-house
by the Atlantic Beach landscaping team in the on-site nursery, using Groundcover or trailing plant species
plant cuttings from the Estate. Installation of a greywater irrigation Drosanthemum candens, Falkia repens, Geranium incanum
system and planting in the retaining walls was undertaken by the
Atlantic Beach landscaping team. Atlantic Beach padel courts
In 2023, when the Atlantic Beach Homeowners Association embarked
Windbreak plant species on the design and construction of two new padel courts, there was a
Anisodontea scabrosa, Dodonaea viscosa var angustifolia, Salvia conscious effort to lower the finished floor levels in order to integrate
africana, S. Lanceolata. them into the existing Sports & Fitness Centre, comprising sporting and
recreational facilities.
Form plant species To achieve this design solution, a portion of the existing parking
Aloe striata, Curio ficoides, Strelitzia juncea. area was excavated, and the Terraforce retaining system was used,

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