Clean lines and plant repetition help to make a small space seem bigger

Photographs Francois Oberholster

Having previously had a large tropical garden in KwaZulu-Natal, these homeowners wanted their much smaller garden on their new Cape Town property to still have as much greenery as possible.

“My clients still wanted a lush green garden, despite its limited size,” says Petro Jacobs of Petro Landscaping, who designed the garden. “They also wanted to utilise as much of the space as possible for the garden and to create privacy using plants.