Press Release
Property | December 2007
Villas Valriche in Mauritius chooses Planning Partners for landscaping
Cape Town based Landscaping Architecture company Planning Partners has been selected to provide the landscaping design services for the Villas Valriche luxury residential development in Domaine de Bel Ombre on the south west coast of Mauritius.
The company has been conducting business globally for over 33 years and with previous clients such as Anton Rupert, Johnnic Properties, Investec, Pezula and GT Ferreira. Planning Partners have a proven track record for providing high quality, innovative landscaping concepts.
“Planning Partners have experience with Indian Ocean islands and provided us with a clear and concise design for the Villas Valriche estate. The designs suit the site’s splendid views and beautiful topography, meaning that home owners will feel at one with nature when they are enjoying their gardens,” said Alec Bates, a director of Les Villas de Bel Ombre Ltee, the principal development company.
For the Villas Valriche development, all the larger indigenous trees and shrubs along the river gorges and water courses of the golf course will be retained and where very dense, selected indigenous plants will be thinned out and transplanted elsewhere on the estate. In the open spaces currently under sugar cane, trees, shrubs and grasses will be planted to recreate the tropical feel. Roads will be lined with mature royal palms to create a majestic feel. It is important to note that over 10,000 palms were cultivated especially for this project. They have been grown on the estate and will be used in the common areas and gardens of the villas.
There are a number of different garden styles that owners can choose from. The gardens can be closed or open in rectilinear or informal styles with a choice between predominantly indigenous or exotic varieties of plant. There will also be a dedicated nursery in Bel Ombre where home owners can purchase plants to further develop their gardens when in residence. Each villa will be have external feature walls dressed in volcanic dry packed fieldstone typical to the Mauritian landscape in the gardens. The entire estate will be irrigated by an automated system to facilitate ease of maintenance and stimulate new growth in each of the gardens and the in common areas.
Anthony Wain, the Director of Planning Partners and the main designer working on this project, has previously worked in countries such as Afghanistan, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and the Seychelles. “I believe that one needs to take adventurous steps to get to where you want to be in life. By selecting the Villas Valriche contract on the basis of intellectual challenge and the detail of the work involved, we are well-suited to the development and the team behind it all,” said Wain.
The sultry climate and the carefully plants chosen for the estate will recreate a new tropical landscape where there was once only sugar cane – “A new landscape following an old pattern.” For further information on Villas Valriche and details on the different specifications that are available, please visit http://www.villasvalriche.com.
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Distributed by:Dominique Harmse
RedCube Agency
Email: dominique@redcube.co.za
Tel: 011 996 2000
Alec Bates
Director
Secondlifestyle Group
