DESIGNING FOR CITY LIVING
The 2020 Lifestyle Garden Design Show focuses on urban renewal and provides a number of functional take-home ideas for gardeners
LAYING, connecting, growing and resting are all important functions that people need to do in gardens. The latest garden designs that highlight these themes can be seen at the 2020
Lifestyle Garden Design Show which has just launched in Randpark Ridge, Gauteng. The show features a number of garden spaces, designed by students of Lifestyle College.
The garden spaces have been designed to highlight the trend of urban renewal, urban greening and living within a community space.
With the belief that one can create a garden almost anywhere, the show provides ideas for patios, micro gardens and small balcony spaces.
While a garden must be pleasing to the eye and capture the senses with colour, fragrance and texture, gardens are also extensions of our homes. As an outdoor room, the garden needs to be functional, providing a place for entertainment, for children and pets to play, a place for rest and a unique space which speaks to our own interests and hobbies.
Pgardens which are built up in a community district where families meet and children play safely. Green spaces, including a showcase of edible delights, are connected by a boulevard, overlooked by stacked balconies that add a riot of colour.
One show garden not to be missed is Fynbos À La Mode, a contemporary setting showcasing the best our floral kingdom has to offer. Framed by a series of moon gates, the garden features intriguing colour accents and fynbos species like proteas, leucadendron (cone bush) and coleonema (confetti bush).
BY KAY MONTGOMERY