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PROJECT

Planting comprises a green layer in large
concrete pots, with trees and lush foliage.
An additional green layer in lower trough
pots flanks the building façades and shop
entrances, and are planted up with evergreen
shrubbery shaped into hedges.

site conditions, in contrast to the sheltered in, they will be shaped into clipped hedges The elements are robust, hard-wearing,
nursery conditions in which they had been to add impact greenery; permanently fixed to counter vandalism
grown. • species used as floor planting under the and comprise the following:
Plant species comprised the following: very large tree avenue include a mix of • planter layouts forming seating walls
• extra large Platanus acerifolia trees in open Nandina domestica, Phormium tenax with sectional timber benches;
ground planters; (of various colours), Trachelospermum • the paving layout throughout the
• a focal group of extra large Liquidambar jasminoides, Ruscus hypoglossum and precinct;
styraciflua trees in planters at the street Asparagus sprengeri ferns. • the planter and paving layout is designed
end flanking a staircase leading to the to accommodate the various building
Doornfontein train station; Hard landscaping entrances, which are defined by specific
• Podocarpus henkelii in large, custom pots; All hard landscape elements were designed paving patterns;
• Viburnum sinensis was planted in troughs by Walter Language, who took into account • additional loose, custom-designed
flanking the building façades. Once grown the harsh conditions and usage of the site. benches and table groups are inspired

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