David Hicks at Riversfield Farm – the closing of a chapter

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dc.contributor.author Vosloo, Pieter Tobias
dc.date.accessioned 2013-03-20T13:43:04Z
dc.date.available 2013-03-20T13:43:04Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.description.abstract David Hicks, internationally renowned British interior designer, author and garden designer, designed only three gardens in South Africa of which Riversfield Farm in the KZN Midlands was his last and uncompleted by the time of his death in 1998. In 2005 the owners, with the assistance of prominent South African landscaper Jan Blok, commenced with the construction of the potager at Riversfield Farm; the only unbuilt part of Hicks’s design. In the article the interpretation of the Hicks sketch plan design by South African landscaper Jan Blok, construction constraints and the completed project are described and illustrated. This project, which can be considered significant in the South African landscape architecture context, is discussed from the perspective of Hicks’s own published design approach. en_US
dc.description.abstract David Hicks, internasionaal erkende Britse binne-ontwerper, skrywer en tuinontwerper het slegs drie tuine in Suid-Afrika ontwerp, waarvan Riversfield Farm in die KwaZulu-Natalse Middellande sy laaste en onvoltooide projek was ten tye van sy afsterwe in 1998. In 2005 het die eienaars, met die hulp van bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse landskappeerder Jan Blok, begin met die konstruksie van die potager (kombuistuin) by Riversfield Farm, die enigste onvoltooide deel van Hicks se ontwerp. In die artikel word die interpretasie van Hicks se ontwerp, konstruksiebeperkings, en die voltooide projek beskryf en illustreer. Hierdie projek, wat beskou kan word as van beduidende belang in die Suid-Afrikaanse landskapargitektuurkonteks, word bespreek uit die perspektief van Hicks se eie gepubliseerde ontwerpbenadering. af
dc.description.librarian am2013 en_US
dc.description.librarian ai2013
dc.description.sponsorship After David Hicks’s death in 1998, his son Ashley completed and edited the book started by his father and published it in 1999 under the title My Kind of Garden. My gratitude is expressed to Jan Blok Designs & Landscapers for information and images of the project, as well as arranging the memorable visit to Riversfield Farm. My appreciation also goes to Mr. Neville and Mrs. Helen Schaefer, the owners of Riversfield Farm, for allowing me to publish this article as well as to the David Hicks Estate for permission to reproduce his drawing of the Riversfield Farm potager (figure 1). en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html en_US
dc.identifier.citation Vosloo, P 2012, 'David Hicks at Riversfield Farm - the closing of a chapter', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 172-183. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21192
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject David Hicks en_US
dc.subject Kitchen garden en_US
dc.subject Potager en_US
dc.subject Garden design en_US
dc.subject Jan Blok en_US
dc.subject Landscape architecture en_US
dc.subject Kombuistuin af
dc.subject Tuinontwerp af
dc.subject Landskapargitektuur af
dc.subject.lcsh Landscape architecture -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal en
dc.subject.lcsh Landscape gardening -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal en
dc.subject.lcsh Kitchen gardens -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal en
dc.subject.lcsh Riversfield Farm (South Africa) en
dc.title David Hicks at Riversfield Farm – the closing of a chapter en_US
dc.title.alternative David Hicks by Riversfield Farm – die afsluiting van ’n hoofstuk af
dc.type Article en_US


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