As much as interior design is my passion, outdoor spaces make my heart sing! Being privileged enough to live in South Africa and to call Hilton home, our garden grows like a weed in muck.
Soon after we moved into our new home, our existing retained wall at the back of our property, came crashing down in an impressive summer storm. After failing to get our claim through with our insurance, we decided to build our dream vegetable garden. After a few YouTube videos on how to brick lay, I got to work.
The space before the retaining wall gave in
Space on the left is what we worked on
Mess and more mess..
We tiered the area into three platforms and after building the small retaining walls, chalked out the design.
We build some stairs so we could move the washing line to above our garden shed. The stairs were reinforced to act as a buttress wall for the remaining original walls. (Lucy is my inspector!)
Coming together, from day one to completion took me nine months. It was back breaking work that I am continually rewarded for.
So our dream vegetable garden is complete and flourishing. An outdoor paradise that produces food!
