My Design Rules (2020): Season 2, Episode 12 - Garden Challenge - full transcript

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- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Last time
on My Design Rules,

our design-duos served up
kitchens to suit all tastes.

From the minimalist
artistic to urban chic

and a bit of glam.

These kitchens could not be
more different from each other.

Our judges had the tough
task of assessing the designs

and their feedback
was pretty spicy,

from a wobbly
stairway to heaven.

- Okay. No need to move that.

- [Narrator] To a scathing burn.



- The nicest thing about
this kitchen is the cake.

- [Narrator] Overall the
judges were impressed

by the design features
of the various kitchens

and chose Team Visi as the
winners of this challenge.

- [Lasego] I'm quite happy
we've taken two challenges now.

So other Teams, they should
just take us serious now.

- [upbeat music]

- Welcome to My Design Rules.

Each of our competing duos

have big dreams of
winning this competition,

but they all have one
small problem in common,

money.

After lavish spending in
the first few challenges,

And with two rooms
still left to decorate,



Team Habitat have 68,000 Rand
left of their cash budgets

Team Visi have 64,000 Rand
and truly feeling the pinch.

Team House and Leisure have
a measly 48,000 Rand left.

So clearly money's too tight
to mention for our duos,

but that hasn't stopped them
from lamenting about it.

- [upbeat music]

- [Mpho] The budget
is looking very swack.

It's looking very bad,

but we will make
sure we finish this.

- Yeah, she's, she's,
she's the finance.

- Now the purse is closed.

- So.

- [both laugh]

- Our budget is tight.

- It's been tight since I
think after the master bedroom.

- So it's been tight, so
we've learned how to--

- After the bathrooms.

- After the bathrooms,
it's been tight.

So now we know how to work
with the tight budgets.

- We are working on
a shoestring budget,

and we've literally have to
create magic with that budget.

- We will make it work, we
are miracle workers after all.

- [both laugh]

- [Danilo] Hello, contestants,

and welcome to your next

and penalty challenge
on season four.

For this challenge,

each of you is going to have
to think outside of the box

and outside of the home.

For this challenge,

you'll be designing and
decorating the patio and garden.

- How do you design a garden?

- ♪ Garden garden time .

- I feel like this
is a challenge where

everybody can just go crazy,

and I encourage
everybody to go crazy.

You can go crazy for plants.

- Go crazy for me? [laughs]

- Abiah, can hang a
chandelier wherever he can,

so just go crazy guys.

- [Danilo] Each duo will get
their very own green thumb.

We'll be allocating
a landscaping company

to each design Team

to turn the bear rebel outside,

into award-winning
patios and gardens.

But for this challenge,
there's a twist.

Not only are you competing
for a challenge to win,

but also the biggest
reward thus far.

The winning design duo of
this challenge will walk away

with 10,000 Rand
added to their budget

for the final challenge.

- [Lasego] Oh, so

- We need to win it.

- Yeah. We need that
10,000 Rand extra.

- We ran up our options.

Do we take the risk now and
spend a lot on the garden

to win that 10,000?

- So that you can
carry on that dream

in the rest of the house.

- So we're going
prakly with the garden.

- At this point,

thinking of that 10,000

it gives me chest pains
because if we get it,

it will make a huge difference.

- It'll be like a million
Rand to our budget.

- I know, right?

- [both laugh]

- Team Habitat are clearly
gunning for that 10,000 Rand

challenge win bonus

by gambling 40,000 Rand
on the outdoor area.

Team Visi are playing it
slightly more conservatively

allocating only 24,000
Rand to this challenge.

Plus their bonus from the
kitchen challenge win.

Team House and Leisure,

taking cognizance
of their budget woes

are allocating 15,000 Rand.

Thankfully,

because we want to see
these gardens truly bloom.

We've assigned each
of the design duos

a landscaping expert.

- [afro beat music]

- Thank you for coming through.

We just compiled some
images just to show you

what kind of mood
field we're going for

for the garden space and patio.

So we've got... Obviously
this is the beginning.

It's still a Sahara
desert, just sad.

It's dry.

So dry. So we want to season
it up, add some plants,

some water. Yeah.

Cause there's--

definitely cause we
started with running a pool

and so that's a bit out of
the budget. So we thought,

how do we incorporate some water

into the whole garden space?

- [Brad] So technically
we'd want a big pond.

- [Abiah] Absolutely.

As large as we can go.

- Yeah, lots of bridges.

- [all laugh]

- You know, just things
that keep it interesting.

Cause as you can see,

what we're standing
over is a fireplace

16 century

- [Brad] 18th century

- [Abiah] 18, 16, either
way, it's so sweet.

So, you know, we just
want to make the outdoor

feel like an extension of
the indoors for this area,

the patio.

- So listening to
what you guys wanted,

I've actually just designed a
water feature around the patio

and we have a seating
area over there

and then we'll be
having lawn all around

and we'll be having
some walkways

and bridges to...

just to create that intricate
movement and also the plants,

which will be
indigenous, you know,

just to give you that feel.

And they'll have a lot color.

Team Habitat is very
fantastic, you know.

They're a very nice duo,

they're very energetic

and their ideas are actually
flamboyant, you know,

and sometimes you just
have to reel them in

with some of the ideas.

But yeah, they're very
nice duo to work with.

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Team
Visi meets with Craig,

from The Friendly Plants
to exchange ideas.

He will draw up a design and
later reveal the Master plan.

Meanwhile, one half of
Team House and Leisure

is meeting with their
landscaper from, Acton gardens.

- [Tchepo] I'm
meeting with Sarah.

And I think it's an amazing
thing that she's on board

cause she's educating
me about a lot of things

I didn't know
regarding landscaping.

So it's quite helpful
having her on board.

- [Sarah] There's quite
a large space here

being a corner stand.

So we need to look
at some focal points,

something that could attract
the viewers as attention

this space here,

we've got an aloe and
quite a large open window.

So what did you have in mind
for the feature in this corner?

- What we had
planned for this area

is to remove this aloe,

probably fit it somewhere

but then we need
to have like a pond

happening here,

which is gonna be one
of our focal points.

- [Sarah] I'm thinking your
water feature idea here,

something that's sort of
flowing from space to space

with a bit of a back wall that
sums features a feature wall.

- [Tchepo] That's going
to be really lovely.

And I think since we
have one of those walls,

that's part of like
the development.

It'll be nice to match that wall

to the wall that's
gonna be that side

for the two sides to balance.

- You mentioned that
you wanna have a walkway

coming from road
through to the patio.

What did you have
in mind for that?

- We're hoping to achieve that

with a bit of your
help, of course

Cause it's going to
be a bit of a DIY.

What we want to do is

have sort of like
organic shapes and then

in different sizes,
running into the patio.

And then on the other
side of the house,

we're gonna have a sculpture,

but that's still

like it still needs
to be finalized

because we have two
options to select from.

- [upbeat music]

- After the break the design
duos put petal to the medal

in the garden challenge

with a little horticultural
shopping spree.

- [upbeat music]

- [upbeat music]

- Aloe and welcome back
to My Design Rules.

To ensure the garden spaces
remain proudly South African,

our duos are restricted to
using indigenous plants.

So a trip to the local
garden center is in order.

- [Banele] We're
looking for plants,

and they're telling us we can
only have indigenous plants,

which is fitting because we've
been looking for local design

and now it makes us
have local plants.

- [Wayne] Right, So
these are they Clivia.

So they're gonna
work for you because,

well, firstly, they
water-wise, they're indigenous

and they're also flower.

So they attract all the bees.

So they like their
pollinator friendly,

which is what you want.

And actually most importantly,

they're going to fit into the
design that you want to do.

So I think this is actually

the one that you're
going to use.

- [Tchepo] I love that
they'll add a touch of color

to our garden.

- [Wayne] Perfect. So I
think you're gonna like them.

- Thank you so much.

- Aside from the expert advice

from the Team at
the garden center,

our design duos can also draw
on the wealth of knowledge

from their mentors.

Team Habitat met up with Amanda

to weed out what
the judges want.

- [Abiah] Meeting with Amanda.

- Sure, We didn't win
the kitchen challenge.

We were a little bit nervous

meeting Amanda.

- I'm sure you've heard
about the kitchen challenge.

- I have indeed.

- These judges are
like Katy Perry,

they're hot then they're cold

they're yes and then they're no

Ooh [sighs]

- we don't know anymore.

- There's somewhere around
there, they're like,

"we're lacking a lot
about personality."

- I'm confused to be honest.

because we've gone from

too much wrestle decile to
extreme minimalism, if you like,

and now there's not enough

of your personalities
coming through.

- I think it's time we attack
the garden's like gorillas

and go wild roaring wild.

- What are we looking at?

- [laughs]

- Um, can I expect to see
her at target or a leverage?

- Sure, if we can
get our hands on one.

- They'll definitely be one.

- It will coarse the judges
in the right direction.

- I wouldn't put it past you.

- [Brad] Scare them away.

- Let's start with
the furniture.

So, so far we were thinking
of something of this nature,

like in terms of having
seating, that will--

- [Brad] we're
up-cycling furniture.

Second-hand furniture.

- [Abiah] yeah.

- [Brad] So we've been
looking for indigenous plants.

- Yeah, keeping it proudly
South African or African.

- [Amanda] Aloes.

- Aloes

- [Amanda] cacti

- cacti

- Like some of these ones, yeah.

- Yes, We practically left the,

- [Abiah] I think that's
the indigenous grass

- Yes I love that too.

- [Brad] it's nice as a filler.

- [Amanda] You
wanna create a lush?

- [Abiah] Yes.

- Lovely garden.

- Yes.

- [Amanda] Okay, lighting's
going to be important--

- Sure, I was about...

I was afraid to
actually bring it up.

Can I just have one more

- No, no.

- Just one more.

Amanda, just one more.

- But even if I say no,
you don't obey me anyway,

You go ahead.

- Okay, but I'll
send you the picture

like we did with this one.

- [Amanda] And if
I don't approve it?

You'll do it anyway.

- I'll surprise you

just to surprise you.

[chuckles]

- [Brad] we got to bring
him from the back spot.

- We could possible consider it.

- Okay.

- [Brad] Amanda's on our side.

- [Abiah] Yes.

And we're gonna go hard and

we're gonna just put back
a little bit of attitude

into--

- A lot of attitude.

[laughs]

- [gentle music]

- [Mpho] Looking
through the garden,

and we find that they have
more hardscaping things

which are like pots, pavers.

- [Lasego] Everything
that we literally need

for the garden

So you know that we are

kind of like doing the
concrete jungle theme

for the outdoor gardens.

We want a simple
garden, low maintenance,

because of our client
is a single guy.

- [Mpho] So what we want
is an outdoor living space

um, we want our client to
be able to live outdoors

and do what they need to do.

That's why we've included
an outdoor dining area

as well as our um,

fire area.

- Yeah.

- All right, so then
what you to do is

look at some other
accessories. So, you know,

when you come to the nursery,

it's not only about plants

it can very definitely be or

everything you need to
make this outdoor room

because your garden is

actually an extension
of your home.

It's not just a garden,

it's somewhere where you
actually have to live.

So I think you guys
are on the right track,

trellising is something
you can maybe consider.

I think you can look
at doing something fun

with the trellising on
the walls or a screening.

So start playing
with ideas on that

because it's quite economical

and it's an easy way
to add a focal point.

- [Mpho] So that's
what we're gonna do.

I like that idea

- When you've done this,

Why don't you also
think of using,

you said concrete jungle.

- Yeah.

- So what about doing like
some of the concrete balls

or some pavers or

just something that's not

what people are going to
expect to find in your style?

- Lovely. I love all--

- Take it a bit outside the
box and into the garden.

- Awesome, let's get these.

- Perfect.

- [upbeat music]

- [Banele] We're doing the
Houtlander collaboration,

and what we've
been looking for is

out door furniture
that will actually

be weather proof and
weather resistant as well.

- We're actually looking for
outside furniture for our patio

and we liked this
bench as we walked in

- [Banele] and we love the
classic take on the wood

and the simplicity
which is so elegant

and we think would be
fitting for the space.

- [Stephen] Glad you like it.

Phillip and I are passionate
about Scandinavian design and

sort of timeless classics.

Those particular benches
inspired by echoes love bench.

It's got a coziness,
it's made for two

and we really feel like

we've made something that's
going to last forever.

For us,

design has to be timeless
and classic for that reason.

You want something that's

gonna look good
50 years from now

Not, not necessarily
just for a trend.

- [Tchepo] Can we have
it without the armrest?

- [Stephen] Absolutely.

And the armrest, we actually

sort of encourage for an area
where you'll be lounging.

If you're gonna sit at a table,

perhaps you don't
want the armrest

so you can slip
in and out of it.

It really depends
on the function.

- [Tchepo] I think the furniture
internists with this space,

because firstly it is wood
and we've been trying to

incorporate wood
throughout the house,

just to warm each and
every single space up.

So I believe that is
an amazing addition.

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Team House
and Leisure mentor, Tiaan

arrives to discuss their
ideas and Vision for the

collaboration.

- [Tchepo] Tiaan, We want
like your advice on...

since we already
getting this furniture,

how can we put like
a signature on it?

- First of all,

this furniture is so beautiful

and the detailing
is so exquisite.

So you don't want to
distract from that too much.

I wouldn't necessarily add color

because I think it distracts,

the wood is so beautiful and
the shape is so sophisticated.

I wouldn't wanna

mess with that too much.

- Tiaan We're also getting a
coffee table and we're curious,

should we have around coffee
table or a square shaped?

- I would consider maybe

um, looking at a square shape or

rectangular shape that
would fill up the space

and then anchor the
space a little bit

as an outdoor living space,

opposed to small
furniture kind of like

scattered on the patio.

So yeah, I think
that we'll kind of

group it a little bit better.

- And Banele and I
are getting a swan.

- A Swan?

- [Tchepo] I'm just joking

- [all laugh]

- I'm joking.

- [laughter continues]

- Banele, doesn't seem
to know about this one.

- But we are getting a pond

and we're trying to
keep it quite organic.

And as if we found it in the
space instead of a manmade one.

- Perfect.

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] After a
productive ideas exchange

with Craig from
The Friendly Plant,

it's time for Team Visi

and their mentor to see the
indigenous plant CS selected.

- Luckily Craig is very
good at what he does.

- He's an expert
in what he does.

He has a big farm, trust me.

- [Mpho] Huge farm.

- [Lasego] I think we have
an advantage from most duos

by having Craig.

So we need to use him in a way
where like, it needs to work.

- We've bought a selection
of your plants out

so that you can see
them all in one place

and give us a good idea of

what the garden's
going to look like.

- [Mpho] Craig, I also love how

you've kept to the indigenous
plants that we need,

but you've also found us

these beautiful green luscious
plants that have flowers.

I mean, when I think indigenous,

I think dry and aloes and
this absolutely is not that.

It's beautiful and
lash and vibrant

and I love that.

Annemarie, how do we
bring our personalities

and the personality
that is in the home,

out into the garden?

- Well, I think you guys
started it very well

by having this
imaginative owner,

the person you're
gonna do the home for,

and that you've worked
out his lifestyle,

what is he gonna
do over weekends?

What's he going to
do in his garden?

You know, and it's all
those types of things that

one looks at.

You stay in character.

Is there a way that
you can maybe show me

what you have in mind?

- Yeah, sure.

Let's go to the office and
I'll show you the design.

- [Mpho] Awesome, let's go.

- [Lasego] Annemarie
has helped us

not to lose track of our
concrete jungle theme.

It's more European, but
it has African style.

So rather use pop-up colors
instead of like doing patterns,

that'll be nice.

- [Craig] The way that the
garden fits together and

all the different
elements fit together

is going to give more of a wow.

When you look at the
totality of the garden,

as opposed to one
specific feature,

ideally it's a space
that you can relax in

and it's is a space that you
can kind of loose yourself in.

And the garden itself should be

a lush little concrete jungle.

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Onsite,

Team House and Leisure
palms and walkway

with concrete pavers
are taking shape

as they bring their Vision
of an organic garden to life.

Team Habitat has gone
bold once more with a moat

running through most
of their garden space

as they bring a Regal
and glamorous touch

to their multifunctional patio.

Finally, Team Visi's garden
has been designed with

a very modern field.

It has a wow factor,

but easy to maintain

in keeping with a
concrete jungle theme.

- These gardens are definitely
going to be a celebration

of local flora.

After the break I
check in on the duos

to see how green their
fingers rarely are.

- [upbeat music]

- [upbeat music]

- Although our design
duos are fairly new

at landscape design,

they've had great help and
support in curating beautiful

outdoor spaces that
have really taken root.

Now at the halfway mark,

it's time for me to check in

and see how they are shaping up.

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Every space
designed by Team Habitats

has a completely unexpected
out of the box element

in their garden
they've created a moat

where water can flow
throughout the outdoor space,

which naturally includes their
trademark artificial grass.

- I come bearing
gifts Abiah and Brad.

- Ah, thank you. But
isn't this one of ours?

- Excuse me don't be ungrateful.

A gift is a gift all
right, who knows?

This is looking
so cool and green,

the grass is green
on the other side.

- Absolutely. You know,

welcome to our chill area
and the garden space.

- Yes.

- You don't only get
one patio, but two.

- [Danilo] Two with
the price of one?

Or two with the price of two?

- Two for the price of one.

- [Danilo] Love it.

All right, describe
like a typical day
in the life out here.

- [Abiah] Well, it obviously
starts off with sunshine

and you'd be in this patio.

Patio number two with
the green grass or Gusta.

So if you've got allergies,
this is where you'd Suntan,

While looking at
the water flowing

feeling like you're on the beach

with your umbrella,

that's so happening

throwing shade onto the
patio and the neighbors,

- [laughs]

- Let's hope the judges
don't do the same.

Let's go do a quick tour.

- [laughs]

- [Brad] absolutely.

- [Danilo] So this is
like the moat I'd imagine.

So if you guys were in prison,

this would be your escape route.

- [Abiah] well, if
you've got businesses

that you just want to
throw into the Lake,

then it's your lake.

It's just a bit
Shallow for the cam.

- Yeah, we want it
to look like a Lake.

So we're gonna be
putting pebbles in

and we probably do going
to be painting the edges

the same color as the home,

- [Abiah] just to tie in
this whole merge and puzzle

in with the structure
of the house.

- [Danilo] What about the
actual nature side of things?

- [Abiah] There's gonna
be real grass here

and on this side,

lots of trees.

- We've got three trees coming.

- [Abiah] Yes.

And the front of the house.

- [Brad] Yes.

There'll be a lot of
plants there as well.

- Right, let's move
to patio number one.

Well at the halfway mark,

a lot of construction
has been done.

Looks very good are you
gonna be finished in time?

- Sure. By the grace of
mother nature. I hope so.

We just have to do
some tiling and then

- [Brad] the fireplace
is coming in.

- [Abiah] Yeah.

There's an opening
coming over here.

So we'll be shaded

next time around.

- The furniture needs to come in

table, couches.

- [Abiah] And of
course the water,

we need to just
fill up that dam.

- Well, keep the action
flowing. Good luck you two.

- Thank you.

- All right, thank you.

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Modern
and African seek.

have been the guiding words
for Team Visi's design indoors,

and they're aiming to create
the same aesthetic outdoors

with their garden and patio.

- [Danilo] How's my two
wins in a row Team doing?

WhatsApp?

- Hi Danilo.

- Right? What is the
plan out in your patio?

- Obviously we're the
Team that loves color.

So we wanna bring that
out here onto the patio.

So what we gonna do is,

introduce some bold
colors with our plants.

and also with our accessories.

- [Lasego] We're creating more
of an outdoor living space.

Cause of, we don't
have a dining,

so we, we're gonna have to
paint this table to match with

the rugged concrete kind of
black theme color and have like,

the black chairs, but a
little bit of low seating.

It's more of a relaxing space.

- [Mpho] And we've also
brought in a water feature.

So the sound will
also help calm you,

as well as our
beautiful Zen garden,

which is behind the house,
in a lovely shady area.

So you can go there and
unwind if necessary as well.

- [Lasego] So this garden,
it's going to be amazing.

- Basically,

you guys are going to be keeping
up with the Joneses then.

- I think the Joneses gonna
have to keep up with us.

- [Mpho laughs]

- [upbeat music]

- [Narrator] The
Joneses in this case

are Team House and Leisure,

who have the most exposed
garden of the three

their design plays
on natural shapes

while maintaining
a minimalist feel,

- [Tchepo] It's a
bit of a war zone.

- [Danilo] Aren't sure of
where I can and can't stand

and stand on a, like
a mine or something.

- [Tchepo] No. no, please
don't step on those.

- [Danilo] Oh, why?
They're still wet?

- [Tchepo] Yes.

- [Danilo shrieks]

- [Tchepo] So what we
basically tried doing is

we kept the really simple,

but then tried to
create like focal points

this side, this side,

and a planting area on the
other side of the house.

And then what delayed things
a bit is the pond because

they're clearing, sticking it
is taking a little bit longer,

but then once that's done

it's gonna flow like
a well-oiled machine.

- [Danilo] What about the mula?

You guys are running out
of money really quickly.

So have you kind of applied
that minimalist theme from

indoors, all the way into our
doors to keep the costs low?

- That is true.

We are doing minimal and it
starts with our furniture.

It's very minimal
Scandinavian inspired.

And it's designer

so that actually ups the
value of the property.

And also we've got a sculpture
which is by Sifiso Mkhabela,

that's coming in.

And I think that will help
with aesthetic of the house.

- [Sifiso] Well, the inspiration
behind my sculptures is

from my childhood.

My dad is a boilermaker.

So I've always been
working with him,

watching him weld
and do his work.

So, right now I decided to
take the skills that he gave me

without even noticing that
he was giving them to me

and then make sculptures.

And then start of my career,

as an artist.

- [Danilo] Of all
three design Teams,

you've got the most exposed
outside of your home.

So how do you managed to
incorporate both privacy

and design aesthetic out here?

- Danilo, we favor
for no privacy.

So we're still trying to
keep the garden open plan,

so that when you're coming
from any point of the quarter,

you can actually see
everything that's here.

And we'd like to
showcase our pond,

which we think is the only
one of with a stone culture.

- Mm-mm, Tchepo and
Banele might believe

that they're the only
ones with a pond,

but they don't know what
Brad and Abiah are up to.

Each of our design duos are
hoping their garden houses,

the four-leaf Clover
that'll bring them luck

and that 10,000 Rand advantage.

Join us in the next
episode for the

grand garden reveals to find
out who has green thumbs

and who gets thumbs down
on, My Design Rules.

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