A diverse and sensitive Table mountain garden by landscape designer Athol McLaggan
His naturalistic approach and mutual respect for site resulted in a garden that celebrates nature
When our Garden Editor, Heidi Bertish is not photographing or waxing lyrical about South Africa’s most beautiful gardens, you will find her hunting for wildflowers and lesser-known bulbs in the fynbos-covered mountains of the Western Cape. With a nose for discovering even the most secret of garden locations, it’s not surprising her botanical stories and images have graced the pages of Conde Nast House & Garden magazine South Africa, books and television gardening shows as far afield as Australia, United States and the UK.
His naturalistic approach and mutual respect for site resulted in a garden that celebrates nature
Potted specimens, elegantly framed views and bespoke art define this impeccably tended garden of rooms
Tucked into the southern corner of a historic Cape property, the boutique nursery at Stellenberg gardens offers a treasure trove of special plants and old-world blooms
Landscape designer Franchesca Watson talks about small-space gardening and how to maximise the effect in your own urban oasis
Discover the wonders of this sea-facing garden with meandering paths and a slew of colour
The gardens and palettes at Franschhoek’s Sterrekopje healing farm are as much a reawakening of the senses as they are a connection to nature
Landscape designer Franchesca Watson talks about small-space gardening and how to maximise the effect in your own urban oasis
The endangered fynbos species has been protected, rehabilitated and conserved over the years through the new book Grootbos Florilegium
Meet the Instagram friends-turned-florist dream team taking their passion for florals into a flourishing business
Couple Anique and Jonathan Pickard have given new to a disregarded car park turning it into an urban farming dream in the middle of Joburg
Something very romantic happens when plants decide to grow down rather than up
One of the most significant innovations in eighteenth-century garden circles was the notion of a pleasure garden
Pleached fruit trees, clipped hedges and gravelled pathways are within a planting palette abundant with fragrance and old fashioned blooms in shades of purple, blue and white
A boundless garden designed by Franchesca Watson seems to float above the eastern slopes of Table Mountain
Every room in Philippa Berrington-Blew’s Cape Town home leads out to a well-curated courtyard of natural wonders
Thrive Urban Farm harvests, dries and saves seed from the garden for the upcoming flower season
From symmetrical arrangements of fruiting olive trees to living art in the form of clipped shrubs and manicured topiary
Garden Designer Franchesca Watson fills us in on creating a garden infused with a heady fragrance for summer evenings outdoors
From ancient times to the present day, the rose has been a timeless symbol of beauty, transience and love
One would be hard-pressed to know that the gardens at La Cotte Farm in Franschhoek are in their infancy
A boundless Cape garden, brimming with swaying drifts of textured planting and a dreamy colour palette, floats above the eastern slopes of Table Mountain
A garden of many rooms is inspired by a long-standing romance with formalism and love of the natural world
Discovers an indigenous garden and thriving ecosystem planted as an ode to our local plant heritage
While looking for a new home for her family, the last thing landscape designer Mary Maurel expected was to find a gem in Cape Town’s City Bowl
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