The new annual layout of building a garden every
month, not only benefits the visitor who can now
experience the splendour of plants throughout the
year and get some inspiration to take home, but also
exposes the students work to the public, and help
them express their ideas visually, more frequently.
These practical little display gardens might very well
seem somewhat small, but they take tremendous
planning and hard work to construct. All this practice
prepares students for when they finish their
respective courses to handle a variety of site
problems and design issues. A bonus is that visitors
can now solve some awkward little corners and
design dilemmas in their own gardens, by seeing
real, live examples on how to solve them.
The second team, to build at Plantland The Wilds,
were the Part Time PLUS students who started their
16 month course in February. This team opted to
build a garden that was geometric in layout, at a
dynamic angle to the viewer. The garden specifically
showcased the colours of our greatest winter
varieties of aloes. The team consisted of Louise
Heyens, Mike Sherman, Jerry Rakaole, Anthony
Cawood, Yvette van Reenen and Quintin
Robberetze, who completed the garden in one
weekend.

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