Landscaping
SALI Awards
PING WITH THE SPIRIT OF PLACE
When the estate was visited in August, fields of naturally occuring salmon pink to orange Aloe
greatheadii variety davyana were in flower in and around the site, and the dark twisted trunks
of the locally indigenous Rhus (synonym: Searsia) lancea (Kareeboom) trees were in sharp
contrast to the pale winter veld. A basic principle of the Monaghan Farm development is to
conserve and restore the grassland, patches of which comprise the endangered Egoli Granite
Grassland type. All homeowners are required to sow the Monaghan Mix of veldgrasses supplied
by MayFord on not less than 50% of their stands and to harvest rainwater from their roofs...no
boreholes are permitted.
The value of water is strongly emphasized on the farm (even though municipal water is
available as a top-up during dry spells) as is the ecological value of the grassland, hence the
requisite seed mix.
Carol Knoll
africandesignmagazine.com
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