Herb garden installation and vegetable garden design Gauteng by Living Green Landscapes

Herb  Veg  Gardens  in  Gauteng

Imagine stepping outside to pick fresh basil for tonight's pasta, or harvesting rosemary, thyme, and chillies just metres from your kitchen. There's something genuinely satisfying about a garden that feeds you.

Our Service

What We Design & Install

Raised bed gardens

Structured, accessible growing beds in timber, brick, stone, or Cor-Ten steel — designed to complement your garden's aesthetic whilst making growing genuinely easy.

In-ground food gardens

Integrated growing areas with well-defined planting zones, neat pathways, and a layout designed for both beauty and practicality.

Herb borders

Planted herb sections woven into existing garden beds or along pathways — culinary and fragrant, beautiful and useful.

Dedicated kitchen gardens

Full food-growing areas with a thoughtful mix of herbs, vegetables, and edible flowers, designed to be productive across all four seasons.

Container herb gardens

For smaller spaces, balconies, or patios where raised beds aren't practical — container arrangements that bring fresh herbs within arm's reach of any kitchen.

Combined ornamental and edible gardens

Designs that are genuinely beautiful to look at whilst also being productive — where food plants and ornamental planting are woven together.

Benefits

Why Install a Herb or Veg Garden?

Flavour

Freshly harvested herbs and vegetables have a depth of flavour that no shop-bought produce can match. Growing your own changes the way you cook.

Wellbeing

Time spent in a productive garden is consistently ranked among the most therapeutic and grounding activities. Growing, harvesting, and cooking from your own space creates real connection.

Sustainability

Growing your own reduces your reliance on commercially produced food and shortens your food journey to a few footsteps.

Family life

Herb and veg gardens are extraordinary for children — growing, harvesting, and cooking from your own garden creates a real and lasting connection with food.

Our Work

A selection of our completed herb & veg gardens work across Gauteng.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

We install raised bed gardens, in-ground food gardens, dedicated kitchen gardens, herb borders, container herb gardens, and combined ornamental and edible garden designs. All installations are custom-designed for the specific property, space, and client preferences.

Yes. Many of our herb and vegetable garden installations are added to established gardens. We assess the existing space, identify the best location considering sunlight and access, and design a growing area that integrates naturally with what's already there.

Gauteng's climate suits a wide range of edible plants. In summer: tomatoes, basil, courgettes, beans, chillies, and leafy greens. In the cooler months: brassicas, spinach, peas, garlic, and hardy herbs like rosemary, thyme, and sage. We design planting plans that optimise your garden's productivity across all four seasons.

Costs vary depending on the size of the growing area, the type of beds (raised, in-ground, or container), materials selected, and the complexity of the design. We provide a detailed quote following an initial site consultation.

No. We specialise in landscaping design and installation only. We do not provide ongoing maintenance services.

You need less space than most people think. A small raised bed of 2×1m can grow a meaningful quantity of herbs and salad crops. We work with whatever space you have available and design to make the best possible use of it.

We serve clients throughout Gauteng — including Johannesburg (Roodepoort, Sandton, Fourways, Randburg, Krugersdorp, Northcliff, Midrand, West Rand) and Pretoria and surrounds (Centurion, Montana, Waterkloof, Faerie Glen, Moreleta Park, Garsfontein, Hartebeespoort Dam).

Let's Create Your Kitchen Garden

Tell us what you'd like to grow. We'll design a space that makes it possible.