When Magriet Herr and her husband, Charles, moved into their Parktown North home 45 years ago, there wasn’t much garden to speak of, just a few shrubs and some lawn. And it stayed that way for a while. “When our children were small, I didn’t have time for gardening and there didn’t seem much point as there was always a soccer or tennis ball flying around and into the plants,” recalls Magriet.
Then, a decade or so later, the Herrs renovated their house extensively, and to complement it, Magriet planted a few accent plants, including some palm trees. Only a few of these remain around the pool from that short foray into gardening. “However, it still wasn’t a garden,” she admits. “I didn’t have the inspiration, and if I’m totally honest, at that stage, I thought gardening was for old ladies.”
This story is from the November 2019 edition of South African Garden and Home.
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