WHO LIVES HERE? A clinical psychologist and a restaurateur and their two dogs
WHERE Athlone, Pietermaritzburg
SIZE 2 025m2
SOIL Clay and shale
Ten years ago, when the homeowners found this sloping KZN property, with its house built in 1941, they immediately recognised its potential. “We knew we could do a lot with the various levels and turn it into something really special,” says the couple.
Although the garden was well maintained, there wasn't much to it. “There was grass, a few plants and some trees.” One of the reasons for this, they discovered, was that the soil was very poor. Mainly clay, it also contained shale boulders which had to be
