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Green scene
Longmans Landscaping, a company first established in 1999,
was appointed to oversee the creation of Rondebosch Oval’s
magnificent indigenous gardens.
Longmans’s Isabelle Handley observes that careful use of water was
a key consideration for the estate, especially in view of the current
drought. It was for this reason, as much as for aesthetics, that fynbos upmarket, we opted for a formal structure, using hedges as borders
and hardy exotics were used throughout the public spaces, while and repeated patterns to prevent monotony,’ Isabelle informs. Her
home owners have free reign over their individual gardens. This careful design and considered selection culminates in gardens that
is important, Isabelle maintains, as it allows people to inject their are fun, low maintenance and, with plants that flower at different
own personality into their private areas, and avoids the ‘sameness’ times, present something beautiful to look at year-round.
that can be a bugbear of estate living. ‘We’ve seen a lot of variety
in residents’ gardens, from structural, sculptural plantings to pure With their vast experience in developing premium products,
white flowers reminiscent of an English country garden,’ she reports. Rawson Developers have perfected the art of creating fantastic
teams of consummate professionals to produce lovely lifestyle
There is, however, a unifying theme that creates coherence estates like Rondebosch Oval that offer investors capital appreciation
throughout the estate: in front of each home, raised planters create as well as a fabulous lifestyle for their families.
a focal point, adding depth and offering an arresting textural
contrast against the homes’ wooden cladded feature walls. There
are, additionally, small trees (growing up to six metres) in front of
each house. Trees have also been used to create privacy between
the houses. ‘Because the appearance of the homes is decidedly
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