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Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg 19A Hosking Road

Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens 2022 – Pietermaritzburg

We are delighted to invite you to a new season of Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens – this year entitled Town and Country as the gardens can be found in Pietermaritzburg, Hilton, Howick and as far as Balgowan, Kamberg, Karkloof and Curry’s Post, Lidgetton and three lovely gardens in the Richmond area.

Times: 09:00 – 17:00
Entrance: Charities will benefit from R10 per garden
Enquiries: Jackie on 082 924 5892, jackie@otterley.com

Woodgrove Retirement Village

Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 October

28A Howick Road, Wembley

2 Conifer Drive

Christine and Ian Talbot A very small informal front garden enclosed by a well-shaped hedge. The curb appeal is enhanced by a stately paperbark tree which provides shade for a selection of pot plants. The back bank has recently been stabilised and replanted.

Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg Woodgrove Retirement Village 2 Conifer Drive
2 Conifer Drive

12 Conifer Drive

Dexter and Sally White ‘Deloitte and Touche’ standard roses are planted in the front porch window box and a water feature is placed at the entrance. The bank steps lead to a bench and bird bath.

Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg Woodlands Retirement Village 12 Conifer Drive
12 Conifer Drive

39 Conifer Drive

Maureen Keane-Murphy A colourful border planted with roses, perennials and annuals provides a screen from the road and there is a small vegetable patch at the back.

Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg Woodlands Retirement Village 39 Conifer Drive
39 Conifer Drive

41 Conifer Drive

Janet van Heerden A cottage-type garden with roses as the main feature. Features include a gravelled area planted with cycads and clivias, three arches made from poplar branches and planted with creepers and an attractive patio with a unique water feature in one of the gabions that line the wall.

Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg Woodlands Retirement Village 41 Conifer Drive
41 Conifer Drive

1 Magnolia Way

Dieter Rumelin A large weeping boer bean provides shade in the front garden and to the side of the house is a colourful rose garden with a small water feature.

Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg Woodlands Retirement Village 1 Magnolia Way
1 Magnolia Way

19A Hosking Road, Pietermaritzburg

Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 November

The garden is noteworthy for its variety of features: an Italian passageway, an English walled garden, a potager and many formal water features. It also includes a marvellous selection of cast iron gates and railings, sourced from all over Pietermaritzburg. This garden is terraced in the front with wide sweeping steps leading to the lower terrace where one can look back at the house. The veranda was enclosed, but has been opened up and columns give the house a charming, almost Cape-cottage feel.

It is not suitable for people who might struggle with steps, slippery surfaces or heights. 2022 reveal – a fascinating little pavilion built in traditional Maritzburg style that forms a backdrop for the concerts and dinners that are held on the lawn.

  • Directions: From Howick Road, pass Redlands Hotel on the right and take the second right into Hosking Road. The house is just a few hundred meters up that road, has a grey wooden gate and is on the corner of Hosking and Edgehill Roads.
Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens Pietermaritzburg 19A Hosking Road
19A Hosking Road

Casa Mexicana

Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 November

Barry Lovegrove & Christopher Duigan

Designed and built over 28 years ago by the late Barry Lovegrove, this garden features a unique combination of extensive hardscaped elements with an entirely indigenous plant collection.  Featuring many strong architectural features inspired by Spanish style of the house, the garden has derived an Afro- Mexican concept. Included are water features, hand-painted tiles, an orchid house and art studio, a secret  forest walk, along with a collection of aloes,  plectanthrus, mature trees and numerous potted succulents.  In recent months the garden has been re-imagined by Mike Hammersley.

This garden is not suitable for people who might struggle with steps with no balustrades or uneven paved surfaces.

  • Address: 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
  • Directions: From N3 West – Take Armitage/Sanctuary Rd turn off, keep left to Armitage Rd, right at the circle to Chatterton/ Town Bush rd, left at the traffic light into Montgomery Drive.  From N3 E – take Peter Brown turn off, right  at the stop then left at the traffic circle (Athlone  Circle Centre ) into Montgomery Drive.
  • Contact: Christopher Duigan – 083 417 4473 or duigan@mweb.co.za

Tea and Coffee | No Picnicking | No dogs

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