Wednesday 14 December 2016

Visit to Riversfield Garden

Riversfield Farm garden is found in the book "Remarkable Gardens of South Africa" by Quivertree Publications. In this book are featured the 20 top gardens in South Africa   http://www.quivertreepublications.com/books/remarkable-gardens-of-south-africa/
I had the opportunity to photograph this garden. I got out of bed at 4:30 am and arrived at the garden as the first light was filtering through the clouds. I have photographed this garden before and always find something new and different, so is the size and sprawling magnitude of this garden. In the book the chapter opens with...."Formality and symmetry are first impressions, but as one's eye embraces the different spaces a sense of quirkiness and slightly off-kilter positioning becomes apparent - the overall result being a statement of originality and humour" For an in depth history of this magnificent garden go to....   http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/21192/Vosloo_David_2012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Those who want to see photos of the garden go to.....    http://richardhuntphotographer.blogspot.co.za/p/blog-page.html