Do you have a slope or bank ready to be dressed more creatively than the default retaining wall blocks or mown lawn? An eye-catching cocktail dress rather than a comfortable pair of jeans; a brightly coloured pashmina to replace a worn monotone windbreaker? Aside from adding a beautiful feature, this style detail/ element increases the sustainability of the garden too, for it saves on lawnmower fuel, provides level planting pockets for better water penetration, and provides h

“People will stare. Make it worth their while”, proclaimed award-winning marketing expert, Sally Hogshead, to advertise a famous...

By Anno Torr It is now Aloe Season, and visitors to this garden are hard pressed to choose between gazing ahead at the stunning gorge...

An impressive collection of aloes infuses this winter garden with colours of the sun By Anno Torr Along a quiet residential road in the...

By Anno Torr There are times when looking through books or wandering around the garden, you hit upon a combination that excites you...

By Jenny Dean A large part of my work is creating gardens within secure gated estates.  Residents are only allowed to plant indigenous...

Mention the word succulent, and many people envision a desert -like design.  Not so! The garden pictured here is alight with color year roun

Senecio barbertonicus creates height at the top of the bank.  A small to medium size shrub with a neatly rounded shape it has bright green n

Succulents jostle with each other in this vibrant show softened by the inclusion of grasses. The drooping fronds of grasses and the grasslan