This regional mall was such an adventure to work on… The developers were extremely passionate about the project, and we worked with a very talented team of landscape contractors and architects. What impressed me most was the commitment from the developer that planted over 120 indigenous trees around the precinct and opted to plant…
Read More
The new development for Investec properties, Cornubia mall includes more than 1ha intensive indigenous commercial planting … At Cornubia mall, now almost 9 months old there were quite a few interesting statistics with regards to numbers…read the extract below or for the full article published in the July issue for the ProLandscaper. “This project entails…
Read More
COTTONTREE is a land & playscape design firm that was started in 2012 with a focus on sustainable value and quality. Our motto is ‘playing outside’ and we understand the importance of childhood memories that are shaped by our environments and nature. Christa has worked on various national and international projects including nursery schools, commercial…
Read More
This family friendly eatery will boast with beautiful ‘wild’ play areas in a safe environment while the parental au pairs relish a lunch. ETA …end of 2018.
Read More
The new development for Investec properties, Cornubia mall includes more than 1ha intensive indigenous commercial planting surrounding the large shopping mall. The landscape storyline narrates four seasons to distinguish between the different zones. The northern section, completely on deck, is without irrigation and very water-wise, as opposed to the southern section with the iconic fig…
Read More
The caption for this photo is: “You guys get the crystals, while I get them out!” This is my three children, that change my life…now I am a mom too 😉 As an arty mom of three ducklings, and with a profession in landscape architecture, I recently found myself more and more …PLAYING OUTSIDE.…
Read More
We recently had to write this for the Pro Landscaper’s Agenda section: (August aka Women’s month)…and I think it sums up our vision perfectly: Question: Which woman or which women within the industry have inspired your career and why? “The green industry – that forms a part of the construction industry is a complex…
Read More
We were privileged to be part of a team developing four parks and open spaces for the Gamagara municipality in the Northern Cape. Cottontree was involved in the concept and design stages only and developed a planting palette and play options for the arid area.
Read More
The airport upgrade at Mthatha was part of the infrastructure upgrade programme under the previous presidential administration. Planting used were all indigenous with shade trees in the parking, feature planting and colour around the entrances and veld grass and water-wise ground covers along the pathways. There were a lot of challenges including herds of goats…
Read More
This new franchise school Opti-baby, Eagle Canyon, was established with a variety of different smaller play grounds tailored to the little users from crawling baby to jumping toddlers and biking around on scooters.
Read More
COTTONTREE LANDSCAPES 