The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, is a large savannah grassland and acacia forest ecosystem, located in the Laikipia district in Northern Kenya. As an entity, the Conservancy works as a model and catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. In 2013 Lewa was awarded recognition as an UNESCO Heritage Site.
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Kenya
Delia’s Memorial Seat
This seat and wild lily garden was built as a memorial for Delia Craig. An impressive lady who lived her whole life in the Kenyan bush. She loved the Kenyan wildlife and landscape and so a simple memorial was designed and built in her honour, using materials and plants found on a site chosen by Chloe & Michael. A Dry stone wall seat nestles in amongst an existing rock kopje, and the indigenous lily Drimia Altissima is planted en-mass for a very short and seasonable display, twice a year with the on-set of the rains.
Salaam House
This simple courtyard at Salaam was designed within the sheltered walls of the house. Underneath the space is a large water trough and so we only have 200 mm of soil to work with. [Read more…]
Kibo Lane – Flower cutting Garden
Works in Stone
Experimenting with blocks of Kenyan rough quarried marble for sculptural pieces in the garden.
