South African Garden and Home – September 2019

70 SEPTEMBER 2019 | gardenandhome.co.za

KZN COUNTRY GARDEN

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ANNE SCHAUFFER

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KAREN EDWARDS

SPRING

G

avin and Ann Hayhoe live on Braemar, a

glorious 1,6-hectare property at the end of a little

Nottingham Road country lane. Ann’s family has

lived there for over 82 years, so the gracious Cape

Dutch home and garden is redolent with history.

“My maternal grandfather built the house for my parents

when they married in 1936, and my sister and I were born

here,” she says. “Gavin and I moved to Nottingham Road in

1978 to help Dad on his farm, and when he died, took over

its management. We moved into the house in 1982 when my