LANDSCAPING: GOLD AWARD WINNERS
More winners of the South African Landscapers Institute (SALI) 2016
Awards of Excellence (click here for July Issue, pages 58-75)
Compiled by Carol Knoll
Monaghan farm
A SIMPLE LANDSCAPE IN KEEP
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andscape contractor Life Landscapes won a SALI Gold Award in the category
Landscape Construction with Design by Others for Stand 68 Monaghan Farm,
which is situated immediately north of Lanseria airport in Gauteng. The
acclaimed estate combines the essence of farming with contemporary living... with
its carefully positioned one-storey, low-slung homes in grassland (a typical pale
yellow in these wintry scenes), its organic vegetables, herd of Nguni cattle, horses,
and naturally occurring fauna and flora. Black-backed Jackals are plentiful and
have bred on site, while Yellow Mongoose, Leopard Tortoises, Hedgehogs and
other mammals and reptiles are found in this largely natural habitat. Fish Eagles
have been on the farm for decades while, along with other raptors, there is a
diversity of grassland birds. At absolute maximum, only 3% of the whole farm will comprise
built structures.
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