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PROJECT

Large, natural boulders were craned in to introduce height and texture to the flat site, emulating features found in the surrounding grasslands. They also reconnect
the landscape to its regional ecology.

inspired palette symbolising growth, Soft landscaping and planting plantings of Aristida junciformis and Juncus
resilience and renewal, with movement The planting palette was designed to effusus created softness and movement,
captured in the swaying grasses and the balance sculptural drama, seasonal colour, while Helichrysum petiolare and Crassula
fresh energy of new spring shoots. Seasonal water-wise resilience and alignment with multicava contributed sweeps of cool-
rhythm was central to the concept, with the client’s brand. Aloes such as Charles, toned foliage.
bold winter colour introduced through the Koeleman’s Red, Majestic, Peri Peri, and Structural and ecological resilience
flowering of Aloes to ensure the landscape Marlothii were used as anchors for their came from Olea europaea subsp. africana,
remained alive and vibrant when much of bold form and striking winter colour, while a which added canopy and permanence,
the environment was dormant. 400L Aloe bainesii introduced vertical scale. and Aloe cooperi, which introduced a softer
Creative touches included incorporating strelitzia reginae ‘Mandela’s Gold’ reinforced grassland effect with wildlife value. Along
the company’s new logo into the garden the company’s corporate yellow and added retaining walls, Carpobrotus edulis provided
layout and weaving brand colours – yellow a South African character. erosion control, reduced heat reflection,
and blue – into the planting palette. For seasonal colour, Agapanthus ‘Lady and softened boundaries.
The overall aesthetic was deliberately Luck’ and ‘Twister’ provided early blooms, The result is a landscape with strong
contemporary, designed to uplift the complemented by hardy Dietes bicolor. seasonal rhythm, low-maintenance
existing older architecture and create a Succulents such as Crassula capitella resilience and a balance of bold sculptural
cohesive relationship with the newly built and senecio serpens introduced bursts of elements with natural softness, reflecting
structures, tying the entire site into one red, green and blue to contrast with the both the client’s ethos and the ecological
unified landscape. grasses and evergreen framework. Mass character of the Highveld.

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