Articles
Urban home garden design in Ga-Rankuwa, City of Tshwane, South Africa
Article number
1279_18
Pages
117 – 124
Language
English
Abstract
Using a qualitative approach and purposive sampling to capture diversity in garden appearance and design, 92 urban home gardens in Ga-Rankuwa township, City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province, South Africa were described and their design documented and analysed.
Eight design elements were identified, namely medicinal, perennial food, annual food, security and privacy, ornamental, bare soil and veld, charm, and ancestor reverence.
Three of these design elements provided residents with material benefits in the form of food and medicine.
The other five elements provided non-material benefits that broadly formed part of the social domain.
Eight design elements were identified, namely medicinal, perennial food, annual food, security and privacy, ornamental, bare soil and veld, charm, and ancestor reverence.
Three of these design elements provided residents with material benefits in the form of food and medicine.
The other five elements provided non-material benefits that broadly formed part of the social domain.
Authors
M. Jansen van Vuuren, W.B. Van Averbeke, M.M. Slabbert
Keywords
urban home garden, design element, Tswana culture, township
Groups involved
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Working Group Urban Horticulture
- Division Horticulture for Development
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Working Group Landscape Horticulture
- Working Group Turfgrass
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems
- Working Group Mechanization, Digitization, Sensing and Robotics
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
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