Project Overview

A New Garden, From the Ground Up

House Allnutt is a family home at La Vue in Val de Vie Estate, Paarl. The garden was designed and built from scratch as one composition, running from the street, through the arrival court and side passages, to the private courtyard behind the house.

At the front, standard trees, clipped hedges and drifts of Salvia leucantha frame the entrance. Behind the house, lawn and layered borders wrap the plunge pool, timber deck and herringbone brick terrace, with star jasmine trained up the walls and around the pergola posts. Stepping-stone paths with planted joints link the spaces, and the shaded side passages and light wells are planted with Monstera and Streptocarpus.

The borders mix scabiosa, agapanthus, salvias and Melianthus in loose, layered planting that carries colour from spring into summer and brings the garden alive with insects, including the Cape’s foam grasshopper.

Front Garden — Three-Quarter Aerial

La Vue — Street View

Front Lawn — Standard Trees & Salvia

Salvia leucantha — Front Door

Courtyard — Pool, Lawn & Deck from Above

Courtyard — Plunge Pool & Shade Tree

Deck & Herringbone Terrace — Aerial

Pool Garden — Fence-Line Border

Herringbone Terrace — Border Planting

Star Jasmine — Espaliered Walls

Star Jasmine & Stepping Stones

Star Jasmine — Pergola Post

Stepping Stones — Planted Joints

Side Garden — Path & Hedge

Garden Path — Scabiosa & Agapanthus

Scabiosa — Evening Light

Scabiosa Border — Front Garden

Foam Grasshopper on Agapanthus

Side Passage — Stepping Stones

Light Well — Monstera Planting

Creeping Fig — Wall Detail

Salvia — Flower Spike

Foam Grasshopper on Melianthus

Project Overview

Hospitality Grounds & Private Pool

A comprehensive landscape design and maintenance project for the Protea Hotel in Franschhoek — one of the Cape Winelands' most celebrated hospitality destinations.

The brief required a landscape that complemented the hotel's elegant colonial architecture while creating a lush, immersive outdoor experience for guests. The private pool area, formal hedge borders, and planted terraces were all designed to feel both curated and naturalistic.

Aerial Overview — Pool & Gardens

Pool Terrace from Above

Estate Grounds — Aerial

Full Estate Aerial View

Garden Lawn & Tree Grove

Hedge & Floral Border Detail

Courtyard Planting Row

Planted Border & Pathway

Flowering Border — Close

Hedge Massing — Low Angle

Wet Foliage Detail

Citrus Tree in Garden

Grounds — Wide View

Garden Lawn & Tree Grove — Pool View

Project Overview

Residential Landscaping
Huis Roos

A considered residential landscape created for Huis Roos at Oakview Boutique Estate in Johannesdal — where indigenous planting, water features, and naturalistic design come together to form a deeply connected outdoor environment.

The design draws on the natural character of the site — incorporating a living water feature with papyrus, a bonsai deck collection, wildflower meadow planting, and textured ornamental grasses — creating a landscape that feels both curated and alive.

Bonsai Collection — Deck Garden

Water Feature — Wide View

Garden Composition

Garden Path Detail

Landscape Planting

Garden Feature

Evening Light

Garden Overview

Aerial View — Estate Grounds

Drone — Garden & Grounds

Estate Overview — Drone

Garden & Architecture

Landscape & Planting Detail

Garden Composition — Golden Hour

Project Overview

Residential Grounds & Hotel

A refined landscape design and grounds project set within the tranquil surrounds of Val du Luc in Franschhoek — where residential living, boutique hospitality, and the natural beauty of the lake come together.

The landscape approach was shaped around creating a calm, immersive outdoor environment that enhances both private living and guest experience. Soft planting, considered garden edges, open lawn areas, and natural textures work together to frame views, soften built elements, and strengthen the connection between architecture, water, and landscape.

Designed to feel elegant, grounded, and effortless, the outdoor spaces offer a sense of quiet luxury — rooted in the character of Franschhoek and the slower rhythm of lakeside living.

Garden Borders — Mountain Backdrop

Garden Seat — Evening Light

Kitchen Garden — Raised Beds

Lake Bridge — House Approach

Salvia Planting — Close Detail

Estate Aerial — Lake & Gardens

Lawn Edge & Planting Border

Grounds from Above — South View

Soft Planting — Garden Interior

Lake & Estate — Aerial Portrait

Garden Path — Late Afternoon

Estate Overview — Drone

Flowering Border — Wide

Garden Structure — Aerial

Landscape Composition

Lake Surrounds — Full View

Grounds & Architecture

Estate Aerial — North View

Aerial — Gardens & Lake

Project Overview

Hospitality Grounds & Hotel

A hospitality landscape shaped around the relaxed charm of La Brasserie Farm — home to Hey Joe Brewery & Co — where outdoor experience, guest arrival, and natural farm character come together.

The landscape approach focuses on creating welcoming, functional grounds that support the brewery and hotel environment, while enhancing the sense of place that makes the farm setting so memorable.

Layered planting, open lawn areas, shaded gathering spaces, and carefully maintained edges work together to create a landscape that feels both relaxed and refined — suited to long afternoons, shared tables, and the easy rhythm of hospitality in the Winelands.

Frangipani Planting — Farm Grounds

Garden Border — Morning Light

Salvia Planting — Brewery Entry

Farm Estate — Aerial Overview

Indoor Planting — Interior Detail

Grounds — Aerial Portrait

Planting Detail — Close

Brewery & Grounds — Drone

Farm Landscape — Wide Aerial

Estate Grounds — Overhead

Garden Structure — Aerial

La Brasserie Farm — Full View

Grounds & Surrounds — Aerial

Project Overview

A Cape Dutch Estate, Reimagined

Set against the mountains of the Franschhoek valley, Oakvale Estate is a private Cape Dutch manor surrounded by working vineyards, formal gardens, and a series of carefully composed outdoor rooms. The landscape was developed as a unified estate vision — measured, layered, and built to mature.

The design moves between formality and softness: twin parterre rose gardens and intricate knot gardens anchor the central axis, while a reflecting pond, swimming pond, octagonal folly, and tree-lined drives create moments of pause and arrival. An autumn palette of poplars and ornamental pears frames every long view.

Beyond the formal gardens, the estate accommodates a productive kitchen garden, equestrian lunging ring, tennis and padel courts, and quiet seating spaces — all integrated with the rhythm of the working vineyard. The result is an environment that functions equally well for private family life and refined boutique hospitality.

Estate Overview — Vineyard & Mountains

Entrance Drive — Autumn Allée

Twin Parterre — Rose Garden Aerial

Quad Parterre — Reflecting Panel

Knot Garden — Pattern Detail

Diamond Parterre — Top-Down Detail

Knot Garden — Three-Quarter Aerial

Fountain Courtyard — Spiral Topiary

Reflecting Pond — Folly & Aerial Spray

Octagonal Folly — Cypress Backdrop

Pond & Folly — Mountain View

Swimming Pond — Cypress Allée

Pond & Deck — Planting Detail

Autumn Poplars — Kitchen Garden Edge

Kitchen Garden — Raised Beds & Pond

Padel Court — Formal Garden Surrounds

Tennis Court — Overhead Detail

Tree-Lined Drive — Lunging Ring

Parterre — Top-Down with Reflecting Panel