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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

A Wild Garden at Sunset

These are a few images from a garden photoshoot that I did earlier this year.

The garden is massive and was landscaped to encompass a predominantly
indigenous (African) look and feel ....

I adore these glimpses taken during late afternoon - they are truly african ...
the sky, the golden colour, the grasses, aloes, and more ....

A My World Tuesday post

Friday, May 28, 2010

An Estate Garden

a gorgeous late autumn sky over northern Johannesburg

Scenes from an amazing Urban Garden in the outskirts of Johannesburg

Landscaped and designed by my friend Donovan of Nature and Beyond.

It's a blend of garden and wild grasses and predominanatly inidigenous - which

is the way to go in terms of water requirements and

the wonderful array of birds of the area.

Click here to view previous post of this garden

View more Sky images here and here
and more Scenic here
and Shadow shot images here

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Garden Bed

Confused? The title of this post is a play on words and yet it's also

what it is ..... a gorgeous metal bed ensconced in the middle of a garden,

surrounded by loads of indigenous plants, trees and grasses.

Why? Well it's part of a project that my friend Donovan from Nature and Beyond

(landscaping) is working on - the idea is to create a "Bed of Roses"....

I look forward to the final result.

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and more Outdoor Wedneday here

Saturday, May 8, 2010

The Garden Shed

a rustic garden setting...

view more Monochrome Images here

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

With an African Touch

This is one of the many old homes in Parktown - a suburb of Johannesburg.

A vast number of them are heritage homes i.e. they have historical and heritage value.

The others?

Well, people buy them, renovate them and make the best of the vast spaces ....

This is on of those such homes, where the style of the house and the large patio

(with it's columns) retains the old world architecture.

The difference?

The use of old, rustic and african items, to make this space individual and

special to it's owners. I particulary adore the upholstery on the patio furniture,

being a traditional South African fabric called Shweshwe - a great blend of styles,

I think ...

a close up view of the upholstery and some of the african styled influences...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

A Tranquil Spot

the perfect spot to enjoy tea

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Beyond the Gate

a view at one of the open gardens

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Terracotta Pot

This image was taken during another one of the open gardens in

Johannesburg last spring .....

It was really delightful garden to walk through and photograph, with

an almost provencal flavor to it ... loads of gravel, large terracotta pots,

some metalwork, a few large Plane trees, roses, benches, etc.etc.

view more Sepia scenes - here

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

At the end of a long day

a quiet spot in the garden to rest a while at the

end of along day .... gardening, maybe?!

Postcript - featured on Bright, Bold, Beautiful Blog Apr 24th, 2010

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and more Wordless Wednesday posts here

of of course, being a Wednesday, click here for more Outdoor Wednesday posts

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Take a Seat

a quiet spot in the garden to ponder the week from

view more wonderful Monochrome Images here

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

another glimpse of the gorgeous property and garden previously featured
on my blog ... this time a view of one of the kitchen windows and
the vibrant garden just outside of it.
Here is another Blue Shutter post and more images of the garden here

view more Outdoor Wednesday posts here