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THE RESILIENT garden

Despite the three-year-long drought in Cape Town, this garden, which the owner Angela McQueen refers to as resilient, is lush and abundant. It relies on grey water, harvested rainwater and rainfall. “It was established on a budget,” explains Angela who does all the work herself. She follows permaculture principles so it’s completely organic. Her technically minded husband, Alister, installed most of the infrastructure, including the rainwater harvesting systems. “A resilient garden will survive change beyond the norm, recover

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