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PROJECT

During spring and summer, the perennials bloom in shades of blue, purple, pink and white.

Landscaped areas have been designed for maximum visual interest, with water features and dry-packed stone walls featuring strongly.
which is filtered back into a dam. architecture or natural feature with which Geranium incanum.
Long periods of rain in the Midlands can to shape the garden design and he created Water has been incorporated into the
result in plant roots becoming waterlogged it so that the rest of the property could garden in a number of ways: a tranquil dam,
and poor growth. To address this challenge, reference itself against it, building off it. a stone­clad trough, a formal circular pond
agricultural drains have been installed He introduced strong geometric shapes and a fountain introducing the pleasant
where possible and raised beds also help in into the design, stating that the moon sound of falling water.
this regard. gates and water features “look pleasing
from all angles, as opposed to rectilinear Acknowledgement
Hard landscaping shapes that often need to be viewed from Information used in this article was made
This comprises winding walkways, water a single axis point.” Other features that available by Tim Steyn and has been extracted
features and wide garden stairs. Moon gates bring structure into the gardens include from previously published articles by Heidi
form portals to various parts of the garden raised beds, obelisks, pergolas, trellises and Bertish and Connall Oosterbroek. Photos by
and reference ancient Chinese culture sculptures. Connall Oosterbroek.
symbolising inclusion and the welcoming Local stone was used for retaining walls A coffee table book entitled Brahman
of guests. and the hard lines of connecting stairs were Hills: The Making of a World-Class Garden,
Steyn says the project had no specific softened with erigeron karvinskianus and has recently been published.

Sculptures introduce structure into the landscape n

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