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BETWEEN THE mountains AND THE ocean

WHO LIVES HERE? Larisa and Hubert Brody, their teenage children Rebecca and Alex, and Sputnik the Schnauzer

WHERE Somerset West

SIZE OF GARDEN 1ha

TYPE OF SOIL Clay

From a mish-mash of all sorts of different plants to the picture of breathtaking perfection – this is the transformation Larisa Brody’s garden underwent in five years.

“We relocated from Gauteng to Somerset West at the end of 2014 and fell in love with the property because of its expansive garden and beautiful views of the Helderberg on

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