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MAPACHA COTTAGE at - tucked into the mountains, the garden merging with the landscape. As it should do.
11/12/2023

MAPACHA COTTAGE at - tucked into the mountains, the garden merging with the landscape. As it should do.

BEFORE AND AFTER. Recently completed in the city bowl
07/12/2023

BEFORE AND AFTER. Recently completed in the city bowl

What a privilege to visit this past weekend. And to experience it as guests! Yes, the name has changed (previously kera...
07/12/2023

What a privilege to visit this past weekend. And to experience it as guests! Yes, the name has changed (previously kerala) but it’s still the same magical place. Brilliant to see how the gardens have come on over the past couple of years and how the landscaped gardens are merging seamlessly with the endemic fynbos. These are some pics of and the surrounding gardens, which we designed and installed in stages over the past 4 years.

Beautiful mature olive for this dry- look courtyard on the Atlantic seaboard. Wonderful instant impact. Thank you for g...
05/12/2023

Beautiful mature olive for this dry- look courtyard on the Atlantic seaboard. Wonderful instant impact. Thank you for growing such lovely plants

This was a really special one. It’s less than 100 square meters but is packed with interest and style. Inner city London...
04/12/2023

This was a really special one. It’s less than 100 square meters but is packed with interest and style. Inner city London meets Miami fresh in the heart of the city of Cape Town. I loved designing this garden and the team loved building it. Thank you to for trusting us with your home and for backing my vision for the space! It has turned out just how we had hoped. All photos by

A long overdue visit to yesterday. Such a lovely time of year to visit this magnificent place with so much in flower. A...
25/11/2023

A long overdue visit to yesterday. Such a lovely time of year to visit this magnificent place with so much in flower. Also good to get some much needed design inspiration so late in the year when there’s not much left in the tank and the brain needs a recharge! Well done to the team at stellenberg for keeping this place looking the way it does. It is a massive undertaking and gardening on this scale is relentless and unforgiving. Feel very privileged to get to enjoy it.

Lovely entrance scene unfolding slowly.
24/11/2023

Lovely entrance scene unfolding slowly.

This one is just settling in now. It’s still a baby and needs time but there are little glimpses of things to come here ...
24/11/2023

This one is just settling in now. It’s still a baby and needs time but there are little glimpses of things to come here and there.

gets a brand new hedge of buddleja Saligna today.
03/11/2023

gets a brand new hedge of buddleja Saligna today.

It might to hard to visualize but this little one is underway and slowly taking shape. These little spaces are always a ...
11/10/2023

It might to hard to visualize but this little one is underway and slowly taking shape. These little spaces are always a real challenge.

I feel like I haven’t done a hand rendered Plan in way too long. They’re a bit of a labor of love, but they do tell the ...
16/09/2023

I feel like I haven’t done a hand rendered Plan in way too long. They’re a bit of a labor of love, but they do tell the story pretty well and besides, clients absolutely love seeing them. This is about as much that I can give away of this one as the client hasn’t seen it yet!

Kids garden on the drawing board. This one is a lot of fun and is filled with great little features and things for the k...
18/08/2023

Kids garden on the drawing board. This one is a lot of fun and is filled with great little features and things for the kids to experience. The existing slope will be split over 2 terraces. This allows for a lovely design opportunity- to make the journey up and down a fun experience through curved ramps, a climbing wall and a slide. The existing mass of gabion wall desperately needs some planting too. All in all lots of fun. Can’t wait to build this.

SMALL SPACES. This is something very close to my heart. What’s a small space? Well it depends which landscape designer y...
17/08/2023

SMALL SPACES. This is something very close to my heart. What’s a small space? Well it depends which landscape designer you ask. For me and in terms of the gardens I design typically, it’s less than 100m2. I think I love designing small spaces so much because they’re difficult to get right. They’re unforgiving and every detail needs careful consideration. As designers they make us think- HARD. There’s often a lot that one needs to fit into a small space and they typically need to fulfill a multi- faceted brief. The brief for this garden was long. It needed to provide space to dine, space to sit and relax. It needed a private space for teenagers - where they could get away from adults and hang out. It needed play space for an 8 year old boy, a fire pit, storage, a swing, Braai area, lovely planting, a space to hang washing and keep it hidden from view and privacy from neighboring houses. That’s a lot, but this design delivers on every one of these requirements. I love this garden as it reminds me of my time working in gardens in London. This is probably the closest thing to a London type garden here in Cape Town. A terraced Victorian house with a long, skinny plot. This type of space offers so much in terms of how one deals with the layout. It completely lends itself to a garden of rooms, where one needs to be coaxed into the space by creating division and intrigue- not allowing the viewer to see the whole thing in one go. It has to entice. I can’t wait to build this garden. It is one of my favorites (but then, I think I say that every single time…)

Thrilled to have our bains Kloof project featured in this month! Go and have a read to find out a bit about the process...
11/08/2023

Thrilled to have our bains Kloof project featured in this month! Go and have a read to find out a bit about the process of designing the garden that links the main house to the cottage.

WHATS YOUR VIBE. I’ve been designing gardens for people for about 13 years now. Before that I spent years designing othe...
29/07/2023

WHATS YOUR VIBE. I’ve been designing gardens for people for about 13 years now. Before that I spent years designing other things: interiors, film sets etc. Every now and then I get asked what my style is. “What’s your vibe?” Is something I’ve heard casually for years. I’ve thought about this quite a lot and to be honest, I don’t really know how well I can answer that. Perhaps I lean towards the contemporary as I do love clean lines and understated detailing. But I also love organic shapes, asymmetry and the casual in many things. I’ve never actually designed a garden for myself and I’ve often wondered exactly what I would do if I did. Maybe I’ll make the time to do it at some point and then we’ll see what transpires. Here are some sketches for a small, classical garden im working on today. I wouldn’t say out of my comfort zone but I don’t get to do these too often. Am I enjoying myself with this one? Absolutely! So maybe this IS “my vibe” after all. Let’s see….

The bones and key plants are in and suddenly it’s almost looking like a garden. A special space for special clients- lon...
21/07/2023

The bones and key plants are in and suddenly it’s almost looking like a garden. A special space for special clients- long in the making.

So good to watch this unfold today. In a little over an hour and a half this neighboring house went from being a promine...
20/07/2023

So good to watch this unfold today. In a little over an hour and a half this neighboring house went from being a prominent eyesore to being largely concealed. In a couple of years these wild camphor trees (chosen to withstand the strong winds and extreme conditions of the site) will fill out and hide this house from view. Planting big trees must be one of the best parts of the job.

We’ve been looking forward to this for months and now It’s finally time for us to make this space beautiful. What a back...
28/06/2023

We’ve been looking forward to this for months and now It’s finally time for us to make this space beautiful. What a backdrop we have here! This house by is just so lovely and we can’t wait to deliver a garden that compliments it.

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