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Patrick Watson - South Africa

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Water is an integral part to this 1950s style oasis designed by South Africa's most celebrated landscape desigher, Patrick Watson. 'Like a goldfish bowl...this garden was made for showing off' he explains. Here water unifies the heartbeat of the African bush with the tranquility of a Japanese Zen garden

  • Teaming with Koi Carp this naturalistic pool lies amongst boulder of senna granite rock, over hung by Red-Leaf Rock Fig and Black Bamboo. Jacaranda petals float on the water surface.
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  • Loungers on hardwood deck
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  • Teaming with Koi Carp this naturalistic pool lies set amongst boulder of granite, contained by the parimeter wall.  Jacaranda petals float on the water surface.
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  • A Wooden bridge streches over  the naturalistic stream with a bubbling source flanked by granite boulders.
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  • 1950's tiled infinity pool flanked by  the  twisted branches of Wild Red- Leaf Rock Fig,  with granite stepping stones and tufted grasses.
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  • Two african tribal snake sculptures stand at the edge of a pool which twists and turns underneath the house into the main garden
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  • Detail of carved african sculpture against a rendered wall
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  • Tufted Korean (Zoisya tehnifolia) Grass growing around granite stepping stones with Crinums - an indigenous South African lily.
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  • Succulents in container designed by South African artist Dina Prinsloo
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  • Rendered wall with glass bricks gives privacy and maximises light along the boundary wall
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  • Slow moving naturalistic stream flanked by huge senna granite boulders winds it's way through the garden like a moat.
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  • Underneath a metal gate and into the main garden,  the steam twists round an old knarled indigenous olive tree edged with storm Lilies
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  • Granite rock and Tufted Japanese Grass cover the ground between  native Sagewood and Italian Cypress trees at the boundary edge
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  • Storm Lilies and a native sagewood flank the infinity pool with water cascading over the edge.
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  • A long view of the infinity pool looking back to the house and deck flanked by majestic palm
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  • With its still 'glass like' water surface  the infinity pool mirrors the surrounding garden next to the house.
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  • Huge granite boulders edge the infinity pool with the house in the background
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  • Wooden bridge streches over a stream with a bubbling source flanked by granite boulders with Japanese tufted grass as ground cover.
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  • Slow stream glistens in the sunlight as it meanders through the garden
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