Pretty as a picture
WHO LIVES HERE? Mercia Kruger
WHERE Paarl
SIZE 270m2
TYPE OF SOIL Loam
Mercia Kruger of Paarl likes to create pictures in her garden – but she seldom buys anything new in order to do so.
“There is always some or other construction work on the go in our neighbourhood. It’s amazing how much stuff people throw away, which then ends up on the rubble heap: half-bricks, cracked pavers, interesting stumps or chipped pots,” she explains. “I pick them all up because I can always find a use for them in my garden. When my husband Riaan was still alive, he often asked me, ‘Where do you find all this stuff and where are you going to keep it?’ But
